[NYTr] Sheehan, 45 Others Arrested in Conyers' Office Impeachment Protest

[nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com]

[It's not quite clear why Sheehan and her compatriots were sitting in
at Conyers' office (since he is one of the few trying like hell to
start impeachment proceedings), or if his office was the only one that
would admit the protestors. Conyers, quite reasonably, explained he's
still 3 votes short of being able to begin impeachment proceedings.
Seems as if it would have been more sensible for Sheehan to sit in at
Pelosi's office -- if possible. How the hell does Pelosi plan to end
the war in Iraq with the gang of criminals now in charge of the White
House? And Cindy? We don't care that you plan to run against Pelosi. 
-NY Transfer]


AP via The Guardian - Jul 23, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6800038,00.html

Monday July 23, 2007 11:16 PM

WASHINGTON  (AP) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Monday
at the Capitol for disorderly conduct, shortly after saying she would
run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the California Democrat's
refusal to try to impeach President Bush.

Sheehan was taken into custody inside Rep. John Conyers' office, where
she had spent an hour imploring him to launch impeachment proceedings
against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Conyers, D-Mich., chairs
the House Judiciary Committee, where any impeachment effort would have
to begin.

``The  Democrats  will not hold this administration accountable, so we 
have  to  hold  the  Democrats  accountable,'' Sheehan said outside of 
Conyers' office after the meeting. ``And I for one am going to step up
to the plate and run against Nancy Pelosi.''

Sheehan  and  about 200 other protesters had walked to Conyers' office 
from  Arlington  National  Cemetery.  She  said Conyers told her there 
weren't enough votes for impeachment to move forward on the issue.

Forty-five of Sheehan's fellow protesters also were arrested.

``Impeachment  is  not  a  fringe  movement,  it  is  mandated  in our 
Constitution.  Nancy  Pelosi  had  no  authority  to  take  it off the 
table,''  Sheehan  told her group of orange-clad activists before they 
began their march from the national cemetery.

Sheehan,  whose  24-year-old  son, Casey, was killed in Iraq, has been 
saying for two weeks that she would seek to oust Pelosi from office by 
running against her as an independent in her San Francisco district if 
Pelosi didn't change her mind by July 23 on trying to impeach Bush.

Conyers  introduced  a bill last term calling on Congress to determine 
whether  there are grounds for impeaching Bush. Pelosi has steadfastly 
dismissed any talk of impeachment, saying Democrats should focus their 
efforts on ending the war in Iraq.