Democratic Underground - Cindy Sheehan: Remarks from Camp Casey (Good Friday)

A few excerpts from Cindy's afternoon remarks to the Camp Casey gathering this past Friday:

I'm called a traitor because I go to different countries that we're not at war with, that we have diplomatic relations with. Nobody called Condi a traitor when she talked to Dermot Ahern, the foreign minister of Ireland; but when I did the week after, I was called a traitor.

(Audience member: "We can call her a traitor if we want.")

Well, let's call – she’s a traitor. She is a traitor. George Bush is a traitor. George Bush leaks classfied information and says, "Euuuhhh, it's not - if I leak it, it's not classified, then." I'm a - also, besides being cute, I'm a gifted mimic.

So, we have to do this. We have to reach across the artificial boundaries that old, dead white guys drew on maps hundreds of years ago. And you guys had a beautiful song; you can't let our love of country stop at the boundaries. We should be members of the human race first, and Americans second. And it's gonna take us – members of the human race, 'cause we don’t know what race they belong to – it's gonna take us members of the human race to reach across those boundaries, to forge the bonds where we can say, "You are not killing my brother or sister. You are not killing my brother or sister in Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, wherever. Because we are united." And it's gonna take us people, because our leaders won't do it for us. And we can't wait 'til November.

Even if the Democrats take back the House, what are they gonna do? They've done nothing for us. So, it has to be – and that's what the Camp Casey movement is about; it's about the people taking our country back, taking our democracy back, and being responsible for the change, like Gandhi says – we have to be the change that we want to see.

(Cindy giving a big Camp Casey hug to ginbarn)

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