Overpasses for O's Impeachment movement growing
Jul 11, 2013 21:57:26 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Jul 11, 2013 21:57:26 GMT -5
Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment movement growing across the country (Video)
By: Dean Chambers
Members of the group Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment hold a protest in St. Petersburgh, Florida.Members of the group Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment hold a protest in St. Petersburgh, Florida.Members of the group Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment hold a protest in St. Petersburgh, Florida.12 photosView the full slideshow »
Members of the group Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment hold a protest in St. Petersburgh, Florida.
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In just a few short weeks, Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment has grown from the Founder, James Neighbors, to movement with groups preparing protests in all 50 states across America. Neighbors announced today that the protests are spreading across the country. The rapid growth of this new grassroots movement illustrates how strongly citizens across the country feel about the need to hold the president accountable for his actions in so many areas.
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Inspired by the protests in Carlsbad, Cal. Earlier this year on June 8, Neighbors created the page on Facebook, which now has a following of thousands with vastly more protesters in individual states organizing and preparing to take to the overpasses and streets across America in protest.
Neighbors estimates that over 12,000 people across America have joined the movement since it began in mid-June and believe the protests will force Congress to act and begin the process of impeaching President Obama.
On August 6th, the Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment groups will stand together for synchronized protests across the nation in what the group has named “The Patriot Wave,” beginning in the Eastern Time zone, and culminating on the West coast. Neighbors emphasized that the protests will continue on a national level every week during the Patriot Wave, and at dates across the nation as determined by their state organizers.
The Overpasses organization currently has more than three dozen protests planned for the month of July, with state groups reporting more protests dates daily. Neighbors also stated that "the movement has taken on a life of its own, and is growing at such a pace that the organizers are spending 20 hour days volunteering to assure the success of the movement." Neighbors also remarked that the organization receives no funding by outside sources, and each of the protests is funded by its members, but any donations would be gratefully accepted to reimburse those who had donated their own funding already spent, and for future expenditures.
Neighbors also stated that he believes the Overpasses protests will revitalize the conservative movement, but stressed that the movement was not only for conservatives, but to unify the nation that has become more divided than it has been at any time in modern history. He emphasized that "it is time for Americans to put aside partisan issues and unite as one nation, so that Congress would impeach President Obama, and the nation could begin to repair from the damage the Obama administration has incurred upon America. It is time to heal the wounds of division that have been intentionally exaggerated by Obama's policies and take the proper steps necessary to repair our economy and rein in uncontrolled and unsustainable federal spending."
In closing, Neighbors remarked that "This movement is sweeping across America and is not going to go away. We will continue our protests until Obama is removed from office and the corruption that led to the series of scandals is rooted out and removed from our government."
There's a video at the link:
www.examiner.com/article/overpasses-for-obama-s-impeachment-movement-growing-across-the-country