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.
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.
“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?”
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.
When Pelosi was slated to become House speaker she declared that impeachment was “off the table.”
Stan Robinson, a radio talk show host on WZBC 90.3 FM, said he was also protesting to spur Pelosi into bringing impeachment proceedings.
“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.”
Will Leggett made the trip from his home in Sudbury to protest.
“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.
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.
“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).”
Kelley said she holds peace vigils with Coy every Thursday night at the corner of routes 30 and 27 in Cochituate.
The war occurred because Iraq changed their reserve currency to the Euro and use it to sell their oil. Iran wants to do the same.
Pelosi will never impeach Bush. N-E-V-E-R. The entire Congress and herself would then be implicated in the largest and flagrant cover-up in modern times, 9/11. Many officials in the US government knew of the attacks before they were going to happen and did nothing to prepare. 9/11 was an inside job. Several officials know it was a joint operation between the US and the Israelis, and they are completely afraid of being exposed. Impeachment will never happen. I stress, never.
http://www.cindyforcongress.org/
……Congress, under the Speakership of Ms. Pelosi has done nothing but protect the status quo of the corporate elite and, in fact, since she has been the Speaker, the situation in the Middle East has grown far worse, with Congress’ help, and recently more of our essential freedoms were given to BushCo by Congress. That is not what we elected them to do!
A great majority of citizens in California’s 8th Congressional district believe Ms. Pelosi has lost touch with the people of this district and America and it’s time for our reps that aren’t doing their jobs by upholding their sworn oaths to the Constitution to receive a wakeup call!
I agree that with over 45 million American uninsured, we need universal health care….. I agree that the people in the administrative branch are corrupt, as are many members of Congress…….
Cindy Sheehan