After thousands of your comments and emails reached city council members and Berkeley’s mayor, the Berkeley City Council revised the part of its resolution calling the Marines “unwelcome intruders”, but it still wants the Marines to move.

Council members took note of the huge crowds of pro troop supporters outside city council meetings and at the recruiting office (where Code Pink supporters have - thanks to the Mayor - a city approved and assigned parking space) and of the national outrage expressed in The ColbyFiles blog and others.

Still council members have held firm on their demand that Berkeley is no place for brave American women and men to sign up to serve.

Working alongside those of you who support our troops, MoveAmericaForward.org will launch a new ad campaign tomorrow continuing to put pressure on the council to change its mind.

Here’s their press release:

This Thursday, February 21, 2008, a new television ad will be unveiled that condemns the Berkeley City Council for their recent anti-military resolutions.The ad is produced by the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, Move America Forward and comes in response to the Berkeley City Council’s refusal to rescind all of the anti-military resolutions they passed on January 29th, as well as their refusal to apologize to our troops. The commercial will run nationwide on cable news channels and on broadcast network affiliates in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I wanted you to know the effort to get Berkeley on board is ongoing and your continued support of our troops will make a difference.

Leave your comments for the Council and Mayor Tom Bates here…and have your voice heard!!

More than one thousand of you have commented on my post about the Berekely City Council’s request that the Marine Recruiters there hit the road. If you haven’t seen it, click here.

Berkeley’s Mayor has even offered to help the Marines get out of their recruiting office lease early. Senator Jim DeMint, who doesn’t even represent California took swift action…proposing legislation that would strip Berkeley of some of its federal funding after the Berkeley City Council passed a formal resolution that if the Marines choose to stay they are doing so as “unwelcome intruders“.

You have overwhelming supported the actions of Senator DeMint and hundreds of you cared enough to write Mayor Tom Bates and the City Council members who voted in favor of that resolution ordering the Marines to go. Now I’ve learned you can take your support a step further.

Joe Wierzbicki of MoveAmericaForward.org, tells me they will rally at the Marine recruiting office in Berkeley Tuesday.

This photo of Mayor Bates with a Code Pink hat is courtesy of Joe Wierzbicki and MoveForwardAmerica.org.

Clearly, the Code Pink protestors -who now have a designated parking space in front of that military office thanks to those who “run” Berkeley- will be in attendance and I will post any photos I get so you can monitor the turnout. But if you are near Berkeley and want to show your support, go to MoveAmericaForward.org for the details of the rally and how you can support our troops!

Leave your message for the Mayor and City Council members here!

I hope you caught my interview with Ying Lee, a former Berkeley city council member and supporter of Code Pink protest efforts in front of the Marine recruiting office in Berkeley on our “You Decide 2008″ show today. I just wrapped that interview and I am stunned that leadership in a community that opposes the war believes it can deprive the rest of us from the safety and security offered by the brave men and women willing to sign up.

If Americans all took the approach taken by the Berkeley city council and its mayor - bashing the boots on the ground - what would that mean for you and me?

Keep your comments flowing…Berkeley is listening!

Senator Jim DeMint told me on the show today that even if you don’t live in Berkeley, he needs your help to send a message to Berkeley to back off their demand the Marines be sent packing. Berkeley’s mayor, a retired Army Captain, told the Marines he’s ready to get them out of their lease early so they can go! Senator DeMint has proposed cutting in excess of $2 million in funding to Berkeley for their actions against the Marines.

This is the place to speak up if you want to tell the city council that is booting the Marines to stop their offensive and likely politically motivated action. Read the comments to my post just below for links on how you can also tell your congressional representatives we must support our troops too!!!