Papers
Of Impeachment:
A Citizens' Action
By Lucinda Marshall
28 July, 2007
Countercurrents.org
I’m
pissed off. And judging from the polls, most of you are too. We’re
in a war without end that we don’t want to be in, our economy
is in the toilet, and we don’t have healthcare. Other than that
Mrs. Lincoln, the play was fabulous. Well not really, the Executive
branch of our government has gone amok, the Constitution is in crisis
and our democracy is hanging by a thread. Not only are we not too wild
about our President, we like our Congress even less.
With few exceptions, I really
wonder what kind of kool-aid these folks are consuming. The Attorney
General blatantly lies under oath, the Veep doesn’t even think
he’s a member of the Executive branch and the President has broken
so many laws that treason is the only possible word that would describe
his tenure. The need for impeachment is not in question, it is an immediately
necessary act to defend our Constitution from assault by our government.
But while the crisis facing
this country continues to grow, Nancy Pelosi and John Conyers have staked
out their impeachment-free table and are framing this as an election
issue. As the Rev. Lennox Yearwood eloquently points out http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/26/2794/,
“To uncritical supporters
of the Democratic Party, I say this is not a time for partisan politics.
To use the American people’s frustration with Bush as political
leverage in the 2008 elections, and to ignore the constitutional responsibility
the legislative branch has to hold the executive branch accountable
through the impeachment process, flies in the face of our democracy.”
He goes on, “The challenge
we face as activists and leaders is how can we possibly bring an end
to this madness when the Democrats in power are not with us?”
Last week, Rev. Yearwood,
along with Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern and 400 suporters delivered petitions
with one million signatures in favor of impeachment to Congressman Conyers,
who heads the House Judiciary Committee. I’m not sure what part
of one million signatures Conyers, Pelosi and the rest of Congress don’t
understand, so let's try this one more time, I promise we'll keep it
real simple, no room for misunderstanding.
Get a blank piece of paper
and in big capitol letters that fill the page, write the following one
word:
IMPEACH
Fax that word to Nancy Pelosi
(202) 225-4188 and John Conyers (202) 225-0072 and your Senators and
Representatives. If enough papers of impeachment as it were pile up,
we will literally put that word right back on the table where it belongs
in such force that it cannot be ignored. And then maybe, before it is
too late, we will be able to begin to reclaim our country
Lucinda Marshall
is a feminist artist, writer and activist. She is the Founder
of the Feminist Peace Network, www.feministpeacenetwork.org. Her work
has been published in numerous publications in the U.S. and abroad including,
Counterpunch, Alternet, Dissident Voice, Off Our Backs, The Progressive,
Countercurrents, Z Magazine , Common Dreams, In These Times and Information
Clearinghouse. She also blogs at WIMN Online and writes a monthly column
for the Louisville Eccentric Observer.
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