demnan's quest

Faltering

I sense that just as we're starting to pick up momentum (with three more Congressmen coming on board just this week), the Impeachment movement is faltering.  We have splintered into so many different groups it's hard to be a volunteer without being in the crossroads between two different groups with two different approaches.  This is what has happened to me lately.  Neither approach is absolutely wrong or right - both approaches will achieve good things, but try convincing the leaders of these groups that both approaches are good.  Everyone wants their own little empire, few want to work together understanding the scratching of backs approach. 

So what to do?  You have to take up one and leave the other, so I've abandoned the selling buttons idea-I'm a lousy salesman anyway.  I've also abandoned the Northern Virginia Impeachment Meet-up, which never gets a response and was costing me money without a valuable return.  I'm sticking with our original impeachment group, the Virginians for Peace and Accountability,  at least half-heartedly until the peace group, the Prince William Peacemakers, picks up again in the fall.

I'm wondering when the whole impeachment thing is going to blow up.  The "Summer of Impeachment" just didn't happen.  Many groups that could have helped wanted to focus on peace rather than impeachment.  Perhaps they were right after all.  The idea of forcing government to take on a task which they felt would distract from their beloved 2008 Presidential elections was to much to ask of these corporate pigs.  So I'm less idealistic than I was last year, when I worked on Andy Hurst's campaign, but I've reached the same conclusion.  Until we can get better people in office, it won't matter how often we go and talk to them.  Tom Davis will never be responsive to us.  I know this, and yet my group is planning another meeting with him in August and I'll probably attend.

So the fledgling little impeachment group continues on, with Greg at the helm, dreaming the impossible dream.  We'll see how long his energy lasts.  Mine has just about expired.

My letter to Tom Davis

DC Voting Rights and the "I" Word

Dear Mr. Davis,

Congratulations on finally getting the voting rights for DC bill
passed.  This is a major triumph for you and a demonstration of your
skills of working with others in Congress in a bipartisan manner to
right a horrible wrong that our neighbors to the north have been
living through.  The good Ms. Holmes-Norton will make a fine full-time
Congresswoman.  "Good on you", as the kids say.

I did want to make note of a deficiency regarding your previous
correspondence to me.  Your highly efficient and courteous staff sent
me a letter explaining your views on Iraq, which grow increasingly
more like mine every day, however, I wrote to you on Impeachment.

I know that the Democratic leadership in Congress have taken
"Impeachment off the table" but that doesn't mean you should.  I am
very disappointed in the Democrats at the moment, they are reluctant
to "rock the boat" because they are waiting to clean up in 2008.  And
they shall clean up because your political party will be known as the
"Needless and Disastrous War Party", and the "Illegal Torture Party",
and the Illegal Wiretaps Party".  Mr. Davis, if you were to introduce
articles of Impeachment, not only would you be our next Senator, you
could run for President and win.  You could have the stature of
Senator Baker during the Watergate Investigations if you were to go
forth now for truth, peace and justice.  Mr. Davis, I remember those
hearings and the faithful bipartisanship that helped to right the
wrongs done by the Nixon administration.  No one hated Republicans
then, nor should they blame all Republicans now.

When I was young I got involved with an abusive man and it only took
me a couple of months to figure this out and end the relationship.
You have been in an abusive relationship with George Bush for six
years now (and he WILL VETO the bill you have worked so hard to get
passed!).  You know this.  So end the relationship now.  What have you
got to lose when all those ignorant yokels from your party won't stand
up and support this voting rights bill.  Stand up, Mr. Davis and
please do what is right.  Also, I'd like a written response on
impeachment and to hear your views on it, please.

I hope you still have the little green IMPEACH HIM button I gave you.
Keep it in your pocket for the moment, but when the time is right, I
hope to see you proudly wear yours, when Kucinich puts his on and
maybe together you can right the wrongs that have taken place in this
country.

Sincerely,

Nancy Maynard

We have the fight of our lives before us

Our President is denying the will of the people.  Will the people respond?

Today we were told that Army registrants would be sentenced to an additional 3 months in hell because no one else is signing up.

We are in a war which is causing pain and suffering and will have no good outcome, even the Generals say that.  The people in Iraq who initially supported our effort want us out because we have so dismally failed them.

This President is so resolved not to follow the will of the people that he taunts Congress to only come meet with him when they will agree with him.

The only response is to impeach this President and his administration!