Keith Goldberg, Times Herald-Record — You could see the signs as you came down the hill toward the entrance to the Metro-North Station: “Honk to Impeach.”
“Text IMPEACH to 30644.”
The George W. Bush presidency may end in a year, but that isn’t soon enough for the 25 or so protesters who gathered on the median of Galleria Drive this afternoon. They say they want to see Bush — and vice-president Dick Cheney — impeached for lying about the Iraq War and violating the U.S. Constitution.
There were long-time protesters: “I started before the war; it’s time the American people stand up,” Middletown’s Stiles Najac said.
There were the converts: “I voted for Bush twice, and I’m a registered Republican. I didn’t realize the Iraq war was based on a lie,” said Goshen’s Tamara Grapek.
There were the inspired: “He (Bush) made me into an activist and a writer,” said Goshen’s Tom Degan, who blogs his displeasure of the current administration.
Local civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman marched back and forth with a large American flag in one hand and an “IMPEACH” sign in the other.
The protestors blasted their message through a megaphone. They handed out pamphlets to cars stopped at the traffic light. And they implored drivers to honk their approval.
They got plenty of those; some drivers even waved fists too. Others went the other way — “Go home!” one driver shouted.