John Conyers, American Hero -- PIX->>>

[Stephanie]

Stay out of small planes, JC. We need you!

















# U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) speaks at an anti-war rally near the White House in Washington, DC June 16, 2005, after delivering a petition to The White House signed by over 500,000 Americans and 94 members of U.S. Congress asking U.S. President George W. Bush to respond to questions raised by the Downing Street Minutes. The Downing Street memo produced for British Prime Minister Tony Blair in July 2002 portrayed Bush as inevitably invading Iraq and said 'intelligence and facts' were being fixed eight months before the March 2003 invasion. Bush and Blair dismissed this. REUTERS/Chris Kleponis
Reuters - Jun 16 4:57 PM

http: //news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050616/ids_photos_ts/r3228971383.jpg

[Independent_Liberal]

1. Damn right he's a hero!

He has our backs and we have his.

[burythehatchet]

2. the last pic in that group is the one that makes me tear up

I hope he's not a trojan horse

[KlatooBNikto]

3. Witness to history in the making.Thank you.

[CottonBear]

4. John, Charlie, Maxine and Sheila: I love you all!

Thank you for being true patriots and great Americans! :patriot:

[goclark]

5. I'll ask again, is JC married?

He is so compassionate and smart!

[Stephanie]

9. good question!

I love our progressive men!

[im10ashus]

10. He's married.

He is married to the former Monica Esters. Mr. and Mrs. Conyers have two sons, John III and Carl Edward.

http://www.house.gov/conyers/news_biography.htm

[Stephanie]

11. leave us alone!

we can dream, can't we?

:hi:

[im10ashus]

14. LMAO!

He's too good a man to be single. I LOVE that picture of him with a REAL president. Brings back such fond memories.

[goclark]

12. Married :(

snip from his web site: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. attended public schools in Detroit and earned his BA and a law degree from Wayne State University. He is married to the former Monica Esters. Together, they have raised two sons, John III and Carl Edward.



:cry: just kidding

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. I feel like a sap, but it has gotten to the point that every time

I see a picture of him, tears well up. I don't know if they are tears of grief for our country or gratitude for him. It's bizarre. I'm not usually like this. At all!

[katinmn]

18. I hear you, PP. It is moving to know of his dedication to justice

I get teary eyed in the most unusual places. Stuff hits me when I'm shopping or just going about my day. Especially when I think of Bush's War and its effects on so many innocent people.

It doesn't seem "normal" but we live in desperate times. So maybe it is normal for compassionate people to cry over justice and injustice.

:hug:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. History will sing his praises - mark my words!

:patriot:

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Love him!!

He's such the best!!! :loveya: The hardest working man in DC!

[AllyCat]

8. Wonder if the troops know about this patriot fighting for them? n/t

[Mabus]

15. I called his DC office and said "thank you"

I thanked him for helping to bring truth the American people and in a format that was easy to understand. I told them he is a real patriot and started crying.

It feels like tide is finally starting to change.

[Catrina]

16. Great pictures of a great American hero!

He will go down in history ~ there are so few men of honor in public life but he is one.

I remember when I first saw Fahrenheit 9/11 and the first scene when the black caucus was unable to get any support for stopping the certification of the 2000 election. I was stunned. I had no idea that had happened.

How frustrating for Rep. Conyers to not have had the support he needed to stop that travesty from going forward.

But things have changed since then and now he has that support, but to have fought on for so long, never being certain that he would win, that is an inspiration to me when I feel like giving up. He has not, so we must not.

I'm just glad we have him on our side!

[katinmn]

17. I'm sad that I only learned how great this man is

within the last six months.

I'd heard the name before but it really didn't register. I had no idea we had a John Conyers fighting for our rights.

Where have you been all my life? LOL
:loveya: like a daughter.

[Imagevision]

19. Watergate took 12-15 months before articles of impeachment began

Really Mr. Conyers, stay off small planes.

[Pacifist Patriot]

21. I keep telling myself that when I get frustrated.

As awful as the wait is, it really is unrealistic to expect immediate results.

[BigBearJohn]

20. I would vote for him as President in 1 millionth of a second.

I admire him to the Nth degree.

[dalloway]

22. got myself a new avatar yesterday in his honor!

[Stephanie]

23. oh, I am going to get that one too!

thanks!

[bigwillq]

24. Conyers ROCKS!

Thank you, Rep. Conyers!

[4 t 4]

25. HE IS

one fine man.........

[slay]

26. He is indeed a hero

I would LOVE for him to be the first african-american president. How much would that rock? :)

[tallahasseedem]

27. Those pictures are so inspiring.

Seeing these makes me want to fight even harder. Ladies and Gentleman, Democracy is not dead.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. Thanks so much! WOW! These are awesome!

And I was glued to those hearings when they repeated last night! I hung on every word! This man is my hero, too! But everybody who spoke was just magnificent. And they gave me hope.:patriot:

However, I am still looking for major coverage of this historic effort in the mainstream news!:grr:

[dejaboutique]

29. he rocks!

I really hope this materializes. He does have the face of a hero. Way to go!

[immoderate]

30. One of those rare moments.

The right man at the right place at the right time. John Conyers' hand is on the lever of history. What he is doing now will affect the entire world.

Washington, Lincoln, King, and now John Conyers steps forward!

--IMM

[mzmolly]

31. John Conyers hired Rosa Parks many moons ago. He's been a

"hero" for some time now. So glad he's being recognized.

Great thread, thanks Stephanie!

[CalebHayes]

32. See that dude.... He has some balls.

[kimpossible]

33. I was so proud just to have my name in that stack of papers

Feeling that one tiny bit of connection to the heroic work that Rep. Conyers is doing is just amazing. He's the greatest.

[rucky]

34. Check out my groovy new avatar!

sorry Willy Hung... we'll always have Idol.