Impeachment: 'It's Not Up to Pelosi,' Say Grassroots Leaders

It isn't up to Pelosi or any other elected official.

It is up to the peple to calll for impeachment in such a way that we cannot be ignored or marginalized.

Impeachment and trial by the Senate is not a joyous thing to contemplate for anyone I know. It certainly isn't to me.

It is a very serious matter to impeach a sitting President or Vice President, because it means that President or Vice President has committeed some very serious crimes; crimes against the Constitution and against the people, or he has broken internation laws and treaties to which we are a party.

As I have said before numerous times and on numerous forums, the movement to impeach should never come from any political party, but from the people. However, in such matters, our elected officials must listen to the people.

Our founding fathers (and mothers, no doubt) knew that there would be men elected (or not) who would sit in the White House, who would abuse the power of his office and worse. They gave impeachment to the people, as a remedy for just such a situation.

Impeachment should never be used by one party against the other simply for political gain. The continuing, endless investigations of Bill Clinton, resulting, finally, in his impeachment for committing perjury about adultery, which goes on in every courthouse in America, daily, I would think, is a very good example of using the impeachment process frivilously. The majority of the people in America were against impeaching Bill Clinton, not because they do not see the harm of perjury, but because we all know that lying about adultery is almost never prosecuted in any court anywhere, even though everyone knows it goes on constantly.

It was not a good reason to impeach a President. It was frivilous and nothing more than a political witch hunt, against the clearly expressed will of the people.

I hate the idea of yet another impeachment. But I hate what this administration has done to this country and to people outside of this country even more.

Never, Never, in my lifetime has a President and Vice President deserved it more, and that includes Nixon.

The people must insist on accountability or face the fact that they no longer live in an American Democracy, because if we do not insist on full accountability this time, we don't deserve the nation our founders gave us.

Impeachment: 'It's Not Up to Pelosi,' Say Grassroots Leaders:

When Democratic lawmakers return to Washington next month to take over Congressional leadership positions, many will be under heavy pressure from their supporters to start impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush.

From civil libertarians to antiwar groups, hundreds of grassroots organizations are currently engaged in a nationwide campaign for impeachment, even though some leading Democratic politicians have publicly said it's not an option.

Last Sunday, 'Impeachment for Change,' an umbrella group representing a wide array of grassroots organizations, arranged as many as 75 countrywide events to mobilize support for congressional hearings into the conduct of the Iraq war and the wiretapping of U.S. citizens.