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Me for Congress!
By Cindy Sheehan
My statement to the press when I announced my candidacy at the Presidio on August 9th
Two years ago this week, I started my first vigil in Crawford, Tx, at what became Camp Casey I near George's vacation ranch. I never thought that my path would lead me here today. Nothing before Casey was killed in the illegal and immoral war in Iraq prepared me for this new direction, but looking back on my life since April 04. 2004, I believe this is the next
natural step to bringing the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan to a swifter conclusion and those responsible accountable for the mess our world is in.
An electorate disgusted with the policies of the Bush regime put the Democrats in the majority in Congress in November '06. We voted for change, however, Congress, under the Speakership of Ms. Pelosi has done nothing but protect the status quo of the corporate elite and, in fact, since she has been the Speaker, the situation in the Middle East has grown far worse, with Congress' help, and recently more of our essential freedoms were given to BushCo by Congress.
That is not what we elected them to do!
A great majority of citizens in California's 8th
Congressional district want the Bush regime impeached
and want our troops home from the Middle East. I
believe Ms. Pelosi has lost touch with the people of
this district and America and it's time for our reps
that aren't doing their jobs by upholding their sworn
oaths to the Constitution to receive a wakeup call!
I agree that with over 45 million American uninsured,
we need universal health care. I agree that with many
of our young people joining the military to receive
college credit (which very few take full advantage
of), it's time to make college affordable. I agree
that the people in the administrative branch are
corrupt, as are many members of Congress, and ethics
need to be reformed. None of these worthy goals can be
accomplished while we're spending 12 million of our
tax dollars an hour in Iraq and while the foxes run
the henhouse. In this once great nation of ours, the
rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer
and the middle class is rapidly disappearing along
with the "American dream" of home ownership. The time
is now to bring our tax dollars home from the Middle
East to help the people of California's 8th and to
make our communities safer and more prosperous.
Incredibly, even before the November elections, Ms
Pelosi took part of the Constitution off the table and
it's time to put it back on! Mss. Pelosi colluded with
BushCo to take away our 4th Amendment protection
against unreasonable search and seizure. Congress
needs to make that body relevant again as a co-equal
branch of government that has a responsibility to put
checks and balances on the executive branch not be
conspirators in its crimes and murder.
The Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act need to
be repealed and Habeas Corpus needs to be restored.
These things can only happen with fearless leadership,
not fearful capitulation to a lying President.
I am running unaffiliated with any political party
because I believe the corporately controlled "two"
party system is responsible for keeping our country in
a state of cold and hot wars for decades and it's time
to rein in the military industrial war complex that
President Eisenhower warned us of almost 50 years ago.
My candidacy and service will put people before
profits and people before political expediency. This
country is ripe for a change and it is going to start
right here and right now!
I dedicate my candidacy to the people of Iraq and
Afghanistan that have been tragically harmed by BushCo
with the complicity of Congress, Inc.
I dedicate my candidacy to my children and unborn
grandchildren. All the children of the world deserve
long lives lived in peace, prosperity and
environmental sustainability.
Last of all, I dedicate my candidacy to my hero, Casey
who always stood up for what he believed in, even if
it wasn't popular. He is my role model and I always
strive to make him proud.
Thank you.
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Robert E. Fisher, MSW
After Downing Street has censored and removed the following article about 10 times today from the Forum Topics:
Thanks for contacting me! I am a 65 y/o African-American!
I support Cindy Sheehan's candidacy to unseat Nancy Pelosi. Can you help?
Cindy is not a racist, and her attack on John Conyers, Jr. is justified, because of his recent inaction on H. Res. 333 (Kucinich) and his failure to re-introduce his own Impeachment Resolution re: George Bush.
I support Kweisi Mfume to replace Steny Hoyer, but Kweisi has removed his email address from the Internet, and I can't contact him directly to encourage him to seek Hoyer's seat. Can you send me Mfume's current email address?
I have encouraged the National Lawyer's Guild of Detroit and Michigan to field a black candidate to unseat John Conyers. Jr, due to his latest negative position on the Impeachment of Bush/Cheney. Can you help?
Thank you for your thought provoking articles:
http://www.blackcommentator.com/
Robert E. Fisher, MSW
rbrtfis@aol.com
Richard, is the article - or any part(s) of it - still remaining in your post above? Please let us know.
I'm not a lawyer so don't know how I could advise you but for myself I am very interested in whatever it is you are trying to say.
Semper Fi,
-Matty in Florida
...that there's no military solution to what we're faced with in Iraq and the rest of the MiddleEast; that it's going to have to be political. It seems that those people were misjudged, and that they're not going to go onto their Reservations without a fight, and it looks like they know how to put up a pretty costly fight.
If it has to be political, then all of the political capital I have will go to Dennis and Cindy. I won't even look at anyone else. And I'll wish them the very best in their endeavers, because they're going to need the very best that we can wish them in order to stay clean in that environment.
But what if that's not enough, either--the political? Politics didn't provide a very satisfactory solution to the Indian Problem, here, in the USA, when those Indians stood in the way of what Power wanted--not for the Indians, anyway. And I'd bet there were some dedicated, hard-working Whites in the politics of the day who were trying to get a decent settlement for those Indians.
If the military can't blast peace into the MiddleEast, or the political connive it, for those of us who feel like we've been driven to the Edge in our search for an answer, the Spiritual can allow Peace enough to keep from pitching over into the Abyss, and whatever is down there. It's about the only thing I've found I can lean on these days, anyway. I can't just strap on my belt and go my own way, anymore. It seems I've lost what it takes to do that, but sometimes I feel like I've gained something better.
R Ap
Dear Cindy, I like many Americans was relieved when Ms. Pelosi was elected. I thought that now the Bush administration was going to pay for the laws they have broken and continue to break.
However, Impeachment was taken off the table almost immediatly. There was no explanation. The People's collective voices were not heard and Ms. Pelosi continues to cover her ears where the American People are concerned.
I am a democrat, however there have been times when the best person for the job has not been a democrat, but a good person and I voted accordingly.
I will support you 100% in your endevor to make this Administration held accountable. IMPEACH BUSH, CHENEY AND GONZALES NOW!!!
My best to you my dear, bless your heart for all the hard work you do on behalf of all Americans.
I thank your Dear Casey too, for all he did for me and on my behalf. God Bless you Cindy.
Peace and Love, Belinda