Friday, August 23, 2013

Overpasses has exploded because “America is fed up.

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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