San Diego Impeachment Saturday

On Saturday, April 28, 2007 Impeachment Actions were taken all over America by patriotic citizens. Here, in San Diego County, concerned citizen activists gathered at Torrey Pines State Beach in La Jolla for Beach Impeach. Everyone showed up with blankets, towels, backpacks, coolers, and of course signs that read IMPEACH. Those who attended laid down on the beach to form each of the seven letters of the word impeach. An aerial photo was to have been taken but a low cloud cover prevented the plane from flying over. The event, however, was a success with approximately two hundred people in attendance.

A first a few here and there....

Soon to be followed by many more.... Here are the letters I, M, and part of P. My husband, son, two family friends and I were proud to lend our bodies to the letter M.

Then it was on to The San Diego Convention Center downtown where the California Democratic Party Convention was taking place. Local activists from several different organizations came together at the door of the Convention center to demonstrate and lobby for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Members of the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace, the North County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Military Families Speak Out, and the Progressive Democrats of America were on hand along with many, many others who want to see the President and the Vice President removed from office.

Speaking appearances at the convention on Saturday were made by Democratic Presidential candidates Clinton, Dodd, Obama, and Kucinich. Speaker Pelosi, also present, spoke to the delegates as well.

A crowd of us were standing near the door holding our signs for about an hour and a half. Many of the delegates who were going in and out, gave us thumbs up, flashed peace signs, waved, and even cheered. It was exciting!

Watching both the delegates and the demonstrators, I was struck by how those present were a true representation of California's multicultural population. People of all ages, ethnicities, and economic brackets came together for the California Democratic Party Convention. I was also glad to see a large number of disabled delegates among the convention attendees and demonstrators. Everyone was included - everyone had a voice.


The Bush Chain Gang participated while the crowd chanted "Jail to the Chief!"

A resolution calling for Congress to investigate the actions of President Bush and Vice President Cheney and to take appropriate action including impeachment was introduced Saturday afternoon. It was just about 6:00 P.M. when one of the delegates came out of the door and tapped me on the shoulder. She wanted to tell me that the impeachment resolution had been overwhelmingly approved for advancement to the final vote on Sunday. Many more delegates came out and a loud cheer went up as they explained that the language in the resolution was strong including the words criminal and war crimes. It was a thrilling moment - Democracy at Work!

Sunday, the California Democratic Party endorsed a resolution to withdraw our troops from Iraq and the resolution described above.

Impeachment is on the table in California!

Thank You, California Delegates!!!


It's time for Bush to trade his "Stars and Stripes" power suit for a bars and stripes jumpsuit - he's been wrapped in our flag for too long! Wave Bye-bye, George...

The whole world hates George Bush's Amerika and sees American democracy as a hypocritical illusion. The impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney would demonstrate to our global neighbors that we, the American people, do not tolerate leaders who abuse power, torture, murder, and steal. We would be leading by example toward healing for us all.

Impeachment - a positive foreign policy gesture!
........Kitchen Window Woman.......
Resident Scholar, American Patriot Institute