Here are items that can be talked about on Sundays. Hope to find some willing participation at the meeting. I will be wearing a blue winter coat in the smoking section. LOL Thank you in advance for your stand on the important issues facing this country at a time of change. Not sure what the timeframe is for impeachment to take place, but December 10th is the rally and January 18th is when the new members go into session. Our reps are not really behind this movement but hopefully with grassroot efforts it will begin to change the tide. If you write to your reps then you will find that they are more center on issues like this. M-W at 7 pm there is a progressive book meeting at EauClaire public library, if your interested. We all have strong opinions on the issues facing the Nation or we wouldnt be here right? So lets not waste any more precious words and get some work done in our immediate area. Thank you again. Dont be afraid to express yourself in this medium. I know its rough n tumble with some folks but this is all new for me. As you can see there are some groups who have been doing this for at least 2 years. I know its a new group but its about time we do something. I voted over the years but it didnt help in Florida or Ohio. I intend to stick with this group until May 2006 so you will need to find a good spokesperson amoung yourselfs. I am here to get the group set up and hopefully it takes off from there. I am up for whatever the area wants. I can stand in the background and let someone else step forward or I can try to generate movement within a working group. Either way I will leave it up to the group that develops.

http://democrats.com/cdic

2. Collect petitions and handwritten letters (click printer-friendly version below to print this page)

download our petition form
print as many copies as you'll need (19 signers per page)
bring clipboards and pens
bring blank paper for handwritten letters
bring an ironing board for letterwriting (optional)
wear impeachment buttons or anti-war buttons
stand in a safe location that gets a lot of foot traffic (but don't block anyone)
as people approach you, ask them in a reasonably loud voice if they would like to sign our petition to impeach Bush
if they say yes, hand them the clipboard and pen and thank them
tell them you will email them when you get home so they can sign our full petition online and email it directly to their Representative and get a personal reply
ask them if they have another minute to write a personal letter that you will hand-deliver
here is a simple letter they can copy or modify:
[Date]
Dear Rep. X,
I urge you to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney for violating the Constitution and breaking the law. I am particularly upset that they:
- lied about Iraq to start a war
- allowed torture of prisoners
- gave corrupt no-bid contracts to their rich friends
- wiretapped our phones and emails without a warrant
Sincerely,
[Name and address]
when it's time to leave, find a copy shop where you can make copies of the petitions (not handwritten letters)
bring (or mail) the original petitions and letters to the Representative (you can call in advance to get the name of the District Manager and schedule a brief visit)
keep the copies to keypunch the emails (only) into our petition invitation form
the keypunchers should login and click here:
http://democrats.com/impeach-petition
and look just below the message for the "send to friend" link
the "send to friend" page lets you keypunch up to 20 email addresses, one per line
copy/paste all the emails and save them in a convenient document (Email distribution list, spreadsheet, or Word document) for future organizing in your community
press "submit"
this will email each person and invite them to sign our petition

3. Organize a Town Hall Meeting on December 10, 2006. (Wow thats just around the corner)

Details here.

4. Write letters to the editor and op-eds and call radio and TV talk shows because Representatives pay attention to the issues people are raising in the local media.

5. Schedule a district meeting with your Representative

Your Representative spends some work weeks in Washington and some at home.
November will be mostly in Washington, December and January mostly at home.
Designate one well-spoken person to call the District Office and request a meeting with a group of impeachment supporters to discuss why impeachment is absolutely necessary.
Each member of the group should read and bring one book or serious article on impeachment and prepare a couple of sentences for the meeting summarizing the most important argument in that book or article.
The group should meet for coffee an hour before the meeting to discuss who will say what and avoid duplication.
The person who scheduled the meeting should be the first to speak and thank the Representative for the meeting and then let each person say their name and neighborhood
One person should take notes
The key questions to ask are:
Do you agree that invading Iraq on the basis of lies is an impeachable offense?
Do you agree that allowing prisoners to be tortured is an impeachable offense?
Do you agree that wiretapping countless innocent Americans without a warrant is an impeachable offense?
Do you agree that nullifying laws with signing statements is an impeachable offense?
If you agree that one or more are impeachable offenses, what will it take for you to publicly support impeachment?