Sheehan Says Oppose Pro-War Dems; Global Rally March 8
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During the Vietnam War, Senator George McGovern stated the
following on the Senate floor in September of 1970:
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"Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending
50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of
blood ... It does not take any courage at all for a congressman, or
a senator, or a president to wrap himself in the flag and say we are
staying in Vietnam, because it is not our blood that is being shed.
But we are responsible for those young men and their lives and their
hopes."
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The lack of courage of America's present Senate is partially
responsible for my son's death and the deaths of tens of thousands
of innocent people. Dianne Feinstein is one of the senators who
expediently gave her Constitutional obligation to George Bush to
invade an innocent country. Dianne Feinstein continues to vote to
give George Bush more money to fund what she calls a "mistake."
George Bush has been proven to be irresponsible with our young
people's lives and with our tax dollars, but the senator keeps
giving him more money and more power to prolong the murder and
mayhem in Iraq.
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The last Senate vote for increased funding for the killing was 99-0.
How about cutting off the President's means for killing? It is not
that difficult. There is not one piece of legislation in the Senate
currently in opposition to Iraq.
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It is not "enough" to say that one is critical of the war in
Iraq. I and The Nation magazine have called on every Democrat of
good conscience in America to oppose "pro-war" Democrats in the
upcoming elections. If an elected official voted for the war, votes
for the funding of the war, and doesn't call for an immediate
withdrawal of the troops, then that official is "pro-war," no matter
what he or she says. We in America are fed up with rhetoric, and if
the actions don't match the rhetoric, then we are not buying what
they are selling anymore. ...
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Gold Star Families for Peace and Code Pink are sponsoring an
International Women's Day for Peace on March 8th. We are holding
rallies and events all over the world that day. ... We are urging
America to call the State Department and demand that these two women
<from Iraq who lost their children in the war> be given visas <to
speak at the rally>.
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