The Story Behind the ‘Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment’ Movement
If you find yourself driving on an American interstate this
weekend, there’s a chance you’ll become acquainted with Overpasses for
Obama’s Impeachment, a loosely organized coalition of fed-up
conservatives using homemade signs to show their support for removing
the president from office. Overpasses began two months ago when
46-year-old Oklahoman James Neighbors created a Facebook page
encouraging Obama detractors to hit the streets above the streets. And
even though Republican congressmen say impeachment is an impossibility and Fox News’ Brit Hume called the idea “stupid,” the group’s ranks have already swelled to 43,000 members in 50 state-specific Facebook groups (and D.C. too!).
All of that passion has won Overpasses some attention. Earlier this week, BuzzFeed said the movement is “taking the country by storm,” while the rabid World Net Daily wrote 3,500 words about how it’s “sweeping
the nation.” Either characterization is fine with Neighbors, who told
Daily Intelligencer that Overpasses has exploded because “America is fed
up. We've watched our freedoms get chipped away and gnawed at and
chewed at. I wasn't the only one out there looking for a way to express
themselves.”
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