Veterans for Peace Deliver 23,000 Impeachment Petitions to House Judiciary Chair John Conyers

[lame54]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=1018
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Veterans for Peace Deliver 23,000 Impeachment Petitions to House Judiciary Chair John Conyers, Jr. ...by Mike Ferner

Wednesday, a 17-member delegation of Veterans For Peace presented some 23,000 petitions to Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Conyers, chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, is the Member of Congress with the authority to call for impeachment hearings.

Also Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to send the 35 Articles of Impeachment, submitted Monday evening by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to the Judiciary Committee for consideration and hearings.

At their meeting with Conyers, several of the VFP members, each carrying a bundle of petitions, placed them on a table in front of the 21-term Michigan Democrat, and stated why they were in favor of impeachment.

Elliott Adams, VFP president, emphasized to Conyers, who is a Korean War veteran, that "it's not just about impeaching a President, it's about defending democracy. It is about whether we will continue to have a government of the people and for the people."

He warned against letting constitutional government slip into the dark waters of a unitary presidency, "...another name for a totalitarian state."

[JDPriestly]

1. 23,000 petitions or 23,000 signatures?

[truedelphi]

2. Sorry that this faded. The news and response to

Russert's death tossed a lot of decent topics into oblivion.

[countryjake]

3. KICK!