Strange
Bedfellows
By Cindy Sheehan
07/13/07 "Buzzflash"
--- - Since I announced my challenge to Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi a few days ago, I have been very thrilled
that issues such as impeachment and the inherent corruption
of the "two" party system have been brought to the forefront
of public discourse. Every interview I have done has given
me the opportunity to throw the impeachment issue out there.
The democratic blogosphere has predictably lined up against
me and must be very frightened because they are repeating
the scandalous lies of the right. Wow, the right and left
are finding common ground over slandering me. I must be a
uniter.
I received an e-mail from David Swanson from
AfterDowningStreet.org yesterday saying that ADS was in
trouble because the blogs were trashing us for targeting
John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi. My question for these
bloggers is whom should we target? Should we go after House
Minority Leader John Boehner? Repugs are literally like rats
jumping off the sinking ship of state and they are
distancing themselves from George and Dick faster than the
Democrats. With the mood of the country, we know this is not
a moral position but a politically expedient one. Why can't
we urge the Democrats to take a moral position? Because they
have been elected with a (D) they become one of the
Untouchables?
Instead of trashing David Swanson and me for wanting our
leadership to do their jobs, why can't the left join with us
and be concerned with the people who are being killed,
maimed, and displaced on a daily basis and not worry about
Dems being held to the same standards we hold the Repugs?
David has a baby boy named Wesley that deserves a better
future. There are millions of children in Iraq that deserve
a better future. Over 600 American troops have been killed
since the Dems took over the power structure in DC and did
nothing to stop George's murderous surge. We targeted the
Repugs when they were in power. Now the Dems are in power so
they are the ones that we have to focus on. It is not a
difficult concept.
There must be an underlying shady reason that Speaker Pelosi
took impeachment off the table. Her office stated the other
day that she will not put the issue back on the table
because she is focused on "ending the war." The statement
would be laughable if it weren't for the fact that she is
using a neo-con strategy of saying the exact opposite of
what is true. Ms. Pelosi would not allow Rep. Barbara Lee's
bill that truly supported the troops by fixing a quick
timeline for their withdrawal to be brought to the floor and
instead used her power to whip her caucus into approving a
"non-binding" resolution that by its very name is
meaningless and useless. The Dems can accomplish much if
they put their muscle behind it and the Dems could impeach
BushCo and end the war if that was truly their focus.
Actions speak louder than words and one cannot say that she
is focused on ending the war with her mouth while she is
signing a $100 BILLION check to keep the war going with her
signing hand.
Since I announced, along with the expected slurs from the
"left," we (including my team of my sister and assistant)
have received thousands of messages of support. People are
lining up to donate to a potential campaign and are pledging
to close businesses and quit jobs to move across the country
to San Francisco to work on my campaign. I have been asked
to run for Congress from districts all over the country, but
I am a California home-girl and have spent the last 15 years
less than an hour away from what we call "The City." If Ms.
Pelosi does not exercise her mandatory (a president and
vice-president SHALL BE impeached) constitutional duty to
remove the uncontrollable Bush mob from power and I do run
against her, it will be a pleasure to sleep in the same bed
every night and live near my family and friends!
I will be running on the People for Humanity platform that
is coalescing right now with other possible exciting
candidates coming onboard to challenge other corrupt Repugs
and do-nothing Dems. Politics are not the be-all and end-all
of our society and one thing we all need to learn is that
people power should run this country, not a bunch of
corporately controlled wealthy elitists disconnected from
humanity and reality. The system of constant war and
constant war profiteering needs to be challenged in a very
pronounced way if we want constant peace and a system of
sustainability. Great social change will not happen without
great sacrifice and maybe its time to suck it up and work
for a better country, and then a better world by default.
Our Journey for Humanity and Accountability has gotten off
to a great start. We left Camp Casey in Crawford on July 10.
Our "parade" (we got in lots of trouble for not having a
permit) that walked along the Lone Star Parkway in Crawford
for about a mile received honks and waves and not one middle
finger. Our first stop was Houston, the former home of
Halliburton and the headquarters of many immoral oil
companies. Our second stop was New Orleans, where mostly
people of color are still homeless or inadequately housed
and still desperately seeking help. The young people who
still put their own lives on hold to come from around
America to help them are still my heroes.
Change is hard and scary, I know this all too well. My life
changed irrevocably when Casey was killed in the occupation
of Iraq that has been supported and funded by both parties.
But oftentimes, change can be good.
Don't fear change especially when the status quo is so
freaking frightening.
Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was
killed in Bush's war of terror on 04/04/04. She is the
co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and
The Camp Casey Peace Institute. For more information, or to
donate to our caravan, please visit
www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org
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