Protesters aim to take over lawmakers' offices, fight war funding

[Purveyor]

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Some opponents of the Iraq war are taking their protests straight to Congress - staging "occupations" in lawmakers' offices on Capitol Hill and in their home communities.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel's office in Chicago was targeted on Thursday.

A day earlier protesters were headed off before getting into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in San Francisco.

In Washington, peace activists dressed in pink showed up recently at the Senate offices of presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The protesters haven't abandoned the larger, more familiar gatherings at college campuses, major cities and monuments in Washington. But in recent weeks, they have been turning up at congressional offices, vowing to stay until they get pledges that lawmakers will vote against more war funding - or until they are forcibly removed.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Alllllllll Righty Then!

I knew it would eventually come to this, the political equivalent of "hit the ol' mule between the eyes with a 2x4, to get its attention".

Good on those worthies.

[Purveyor]

2. It is going to be an interesting summer, indeed! n/t

[seafan]

3. This is exactly, egg-zackley what we need. Good on them!

This is a good day in the battle to take back our country. :toast:

[rodeodance]

4. Harry Reid said today that people were getting impatient with Congress. YUP

[rodeodance]

5. REC

[IndianaGreen]

6. Politeness and good manners go out of the window when it comes to the Iraq War.

Peace Now!

[Heidi]

7. Kick.

:kick:

[sabra]

8. Lawmakers' offices being "occupied" by anti-war protesters

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=6201770

Lawmakers' offices being "occupied" by anti-war protesters

WASHINGTON Anti-war protesters are targeting the home and Washington offices of members of Congress for small demonstrations.

Not even lawmakers who were against the Iraq war from the start are immune. In Chicago today, the office of Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel was occupied by eight demonstrators. They performed skits and read names of soldiers killed in Iraq.

Recently, the Senate offices of Republican John McCain were also occupied.

The campaign of small demonstrations was organized by a group called Voices for Creative Nonviolence. The co-founder of another anti-war group says the aim is to pressure lawmakers to do what she calls "the right thing."

[Atman]

9. And so it begins...

It's gonna be a very interesting spring, now that the Scooter trial has laid bare the truth.

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