Santa Arrested for Demanding Impeachment!

[proud2BlibKansan]

Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2007-12-22 01:05. Activism

Posted by Jodin Morey, Impeach For Peace

Portland Indy Media –Santa Arrested in PDX for Demanding Impeachment
(and Offering Candy Canes, Constitution to the Cops)

On the picket lines today—for the 21st Thursday— in front of the Portland OR office of Rep. Earl Blumenauer, three of the Impeach Group's pickets were arrested: Santa and two elves. "Santa" was Joe Walsh, a Veterans for Peace member and sparkplug for regulars in red impeachment shirts responding to the Oregon congressman's refusal to co-sponsor Rep. Dennis Kucinich's HRes 799 to impeach Vice President Cheney.

Blumenauer has indicated seniority on the House Ways & Means committee is more important than his oath of office and the Constitution despite Democratic state and his district's leaders recent demands he co-sponsor impeachment. In his only town hall meeting with constituents during the fall recess, he ignored impeachment demands by 40 out of 45 speakers and a packed audience on its feet chanting "Impeach Now!" His excuse up to recently has been the eight-point mantra ordered by House Democratic leadership and the Democratic Leadership Council to explain why they want impeachment off the table.

So for a Christmas touch in the weekly Impeach group's demonstrations, Walsh decided to dress as Santa. After sealing the front door of the building with duct tape, he joined two elves in rockers to hold up impeachment signs and read a Christmas manifesto to Blumenauer—as demonstrators sang parodies of Christmas carols composed by the group's Codepink members. Soon, a half-dozen police cruisers arrived. Walsh explained their purpose and attempted to give them candy canes along with a lecture about the Constitution and Blumenauer's two-term refusal to take any action about Bush's and Cheney's high crimes rising to the Constitutional standards of impeachment.

For a look at additional coverage, see: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/12/370199.shtml

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29526

[Kurovski]

1. Poor ol'Santa is lucky he didn't get his ass tasered.

:-(

[evlbstrd]

2. I believe in Santa again!

That guy has a great name.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Santa believes in you too

:)

[FlyingSquirrel]

3. Why seal the front door with duct tape?

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Sounds like someone wanted to get arrested

[ConsAreLiars]

7. Yeah, just like all freedom fighters from Tommy Jefferson to MLK and beyond.

Just a troublemaker as far as people are you are concerned.

(edit typo)

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. LOL a no brainer, eh?

[nebenaube]

4. Blumenauer has a skeleton in his closet and can't be bothered....

All of appeasers do....

[MagickMuffin]

9. SANTA KNOWS WHO DESERVES "the LUMP of COAL"

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town


:evilgrin: Way to go Santa.:patriot: I never stopped believing.:hi:

[orleans]

10. see boys and girls? santa wants impeachment too.

(he has fuckhead & cheney on his "rotten to the core" list)

[Perry Logan]

11. Santa has his "impeachment elves" working on the problem right now.

Figure 1: Impeachment Elf