Jeff Gilbride\/Daily News staff — As U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Stanley Elementary School yesterday, a small group of protesters gathered outside demanding she use her congressional powers to impeach President George Bush.<\/p>\n
Holding signs simply reading “Impeach” and others offering statistics on deaths caused by the war in Iraq, about a dozen protesters held a silent demonstration yesterday on the sidewalk opposite the school on South Street.<\/p>\n
“Pelosi has the power to bring bills to the floor or not bring bills to the floor. She’s not been using that power,” said Sandy Coy of Wayland, who said she was alerted to Pelosi’s visit through an e-mail network. “How often do we get a chance to put our message out there to impeach the President George Bush and (Vice President) Dick Cheney and end the war?”<\/p>\n
Coy said she is a member of the Congressional District 7 Chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, an organization founded in 2004 to effect change in the Democratic Party and the country.<\/p>\n
When Pelosi was slated to become House speaker she declared that impeachment was “off the table.”<\/p>\n
Stan Robinson, a radio talk show host on WZBC 90.3 FM, said he was also protesting to spur Pelosi into bringing impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n
“Pelosi is the key to impeachment,” Robinson said. “Impeachment is a different problem than normal congressional acts because impeachment doesn’t have to withstand a veto. She really does have the power.”<\/p>\n
Will Leggett made the trip from his home in Sudbury to protest.<\/p>\n
“I’m here just to impeach (President Bush) for things like lying to us, getting us into a war that costs $3 trillion dollars and for the felony of disobeying the (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) laws,” Leggett said.<\/p>\n
Wearing a button that read “support the troops, bring them home now,” Maureen Kelley of Natick said she came to offer a visual message to Pelosi concerning her unhappiness over the war in Iraq.<\/p>\n
“I’m here because every time I hear about someone else’s son or father killed in Iraq I just want to scream,” she said. “This war is a lie. It’s all because of (oil).”<\/p>\n
Kelley said she holds peace vigils with Coy every Thursday night at the corner of routes 30 and 27 in Cochituate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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