A Senator Speaks Up

... to ask, where is the impeachment, one knows that there is something wrong in the House.

and I hope a REAL Democrat runs against her next year. Most people I know (I live in her district) are vowing to vote for someone else next year. Pelosi loves the Bush crime family more than she believes in protecting and defending our constitution. Any House member that does not support impeachment should be replaced in 2008.

Barbara Boxer is one of the most progressive Senators, and has been the 15 years she's been in the Senate. In her first election, she won by 3% points; in 1998 by 10% points; and in 2004 she won by 20% points. Speaking up, taking a stand, is a winner with voters.

Here's someone stepping up to the plate. Read what Cindy Sheehan has in store for Pelosi, comment from The Nation. And further comment from DailyKos.

When Cindy Sheehan arrives in Washington July 23, she will issue the ultimate challenge to Pelosi.

If the Speaker has not put impeachment back on the table, Sheehan promises to announce that she will mount an independent campaign against Pelosi in November, 2008.

"Democrats and Americans feel betrayed by the Democratic leadership," says Sheehan, who is furious with Pelosi and her caucus for not doing more to end the war and hold Bush to account.

That betrayal is felt particularly in Pelosi's San Francisco district, where voters have overwhelmingly endorsed referendums calling for an end to the war and for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Now, members of Code Pink--Women for Peace and other groups are camping out in front of Pelosi's home to protest her failure to represent their views and values.

Sheehan, a Californian, sums up homestate sentiments regarding Pelosi when the activist says: "She let the people down who worked hard to put Democrats back in power, who we thought were our hope for change."

The depth of the frustration in San Francisco with the Speaker's leadership -- or the lack thereof -- is what makes Sheehan suggest that, "I would give (Pelosi) a run for her money."

Certainly, Sheehan's notoriety would make the race a more serious one than the easy runs Pelosi has enjoyed since she won her House seat in a 1987 special election.

Could a Sheehan challenge actually upset Pelosi? That's a long shot -- and Sheehan, who is far more savvy about politics than her critics recognize, knows this.

But she also knows that politicians are most likely to respond to political pressure. So Cindy Sheehan is turning up the heat on Pelosi with a political threat that George Bush -- after his long and bitter experience of tangling with the "Peace Mom" -- would undoubtedly advise the Speaker to treat with a good measure of seriousness.

that's good. will she support impeachment of her bff joe lieberman too?

Thank you, Senator Barbara Boxer for saying what needs to be said! Impeachment should be on the table!

It is extremely frustrating to hear so many people saying that impeachment would be a distraction from 'more important things'. Pay attention people—BUSH & CHENEY are the distraction from almost everything that needs to be done; they are the stonewalling deterrent for accomplishing anything that isn’t in their self serving agenda. When was the last time you actually felt as though they were serving YOU—people of the United States?

It’s hard to imagine anything that’s ‘more important’ than restoring/rescuing our Democracy, reestablishing our balance of power, reaffirming our separation of church & state, restoring respect for our country in the global community, and insisting that the officials of our government remember that they work for us—not in spite of us—they don’t rule us.

Impeachment of Bush & Cheney facilitates the implementation of most of the other things that need to be done. The Administration is standing in the way of anything that is not in lock step with their self serving agenda.

Take withdrawal from Iraq, for example. Most people agree that we could use a lot more help from other countries for Iraq so we could leave. Bush & Cheney have so enraged the world community, blown our credibility, and inspired so much resistance against us in Iraq, that we are deadlocked in the terrible quagmire in Iraq—as long as Bush & Cheney are our representation to the rest of the world. Impeaching them would begin the recovery process of our national image, the credibility or our country, and the inspiring of others to help Iraq for us.

Abbreviated formula:

Impeachment restores trust & respect for USA; that inspires help for us in Iraq; and that facilitates our withdrawal.

Bush & Cheney are a cancer on our country and they need to be removed as soon as possible.

Thanks, again, Senator Boxer!

Jim Lindsley; Durham, NC

Uncaring, incompentence that has killed many and enriched his friends
as I'm sure will enrich him as well- but not in speaking fees since he has no rationale. If he knows what even that means.