Lieberman Meets with Barney, But Not Peace Activists

After Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) declared Sunday that the U.S. should bomb the heck out of Iran, peace activists made an appointment to speak with him on Thursday, June 14th. Lieberman cancelled since he heard it was going to be a "sit in." (That was another group in the a.m.) Here's an excerpt from the DC Code Pink blog entry on the attempted meeting.
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An Afternoon Without Senator Lieberman by Kit Kimberly
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All our careful planning and work to open a dialogue with Senator Liebermanseemingly came to naught today when we arrived at his office to find our meeting cancelled. Well, that's not strictly true, as someone had called Medea early in the day to tell her that, "We heard you're not coming for a meeting but to do a sit-in and a hunger strike."...
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Peace activists lined the hall on both sides, all the way from the elevators to Mr.Lieberman's office—at least 60 people were there for an action called together the night before... We crowded into the office like well-disciplined sardines, with Medea, Leslie, Ross Pourzal and Robert Nieman, director of Just Foreign Policy, at the front asking why our meeting was cancelled...Capitol police, only nominal when we first arrived, multiplied quickly. Word soon came that we were being asked to leave; if we did not leave voluntarily, we would be arrested. ... "Senator Lieberman's rhetoric is unbelievable. This is a nation that has not attacked anyone inmore than 200 years. How can the Senator even say such a thing?" Leslie's pain and sincerity were palpably, wrenchingly honest; even (Lieberman's Chief of Staff) Ms. Riddle was obviously moved by her words....
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Medea spoke up and asked, "Would it be possible for just three of us—Leslie and two others—to meet with senior staff? Do you think that could be arranged?" Ms Riddle nearly nodded, then said, "We can consider that option; but untilthen all of you have to move outside." Slowly but efficiently, we eased our way out of the office and lined back up against the walls. Capitol Police stood along the other end of the hall and watched us carefully, but there was no tension in the air.
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...One by one, many people took the floor—WhyNotNews captured most of it on film—to talk about how illogical and pointless a military on Iran would be. ...The discussions were heartfelt and informative, and continued until there was movement behind the Senator's door. After some initial shuffling,Leslie, Ross and Robert emerged from the inner sanctum. Their announcement was, generally, good news. Although, Ross noted, the staff members did argue in circles, they seemed genuinely interested and willing to take their findings back to Senator Lieberman. Leslie in particular seemed relieved and felt that they had listened. "They were open," she nodded, herself-possession restored. "I think we made an impact."