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Cindy Sheehan to Speak in Charlottesville VA
Sheehan to speak at Omni
By Erika Howsare, Cville Weekly
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan will speak in Charlottesville on May 22. She was in town almost exactly two years ago, speaking against the war in Iraq and about the death of her son there, and stopped here again last July for a rally in support of the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
At that last appearance, Sheehan was talking about running for Congress in California’s Eighth District if the incumbent there, House Speaker Nancy
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Lincoln Chafee Calls Bush Worst President in History
By David Swanson
Former Republican Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday evening called George W. Bush the worst president in U.S. history and the occupation of Iraq the worst foreign tragedy in U.S. history. Chafee said Bush deserved to be impeached.
Chafee served in the U.S. Senate from 1999 to 2006 and credits his defeat in 2006 – as do most analysts – to his membership in the party of Bush and Cheney. In 2003 Chafee was the only Republican senator to vote against authorization
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Obama Needs Only 14 More Delegates
By David Swanson
Wild Wonderful West Virginia may, when the last vote is counted (or tossed out) give Senator Clinton 18 pledged delegates and Senator Obama 10. It’ll be pretty close to that, and if that’s the final count, then the new totals will be Obama 1,602 and Clinton 1,440. There are 189 delegates left to be pledged. Of those, Clinton must win 176 of them, or 93 percent, in order to beat Obama. Obama, on the other hand, only needs to win 14 more delegates for the whole charade
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Mission Accomplished Or How We Won the War in Iraq
By David Swanson
That’s the title of a new book by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky. It’s actually just a collection of the familiar quotes by Bush, Cheney, and gang, plus Democrats, plus pundits, all lying about Iraq before and during the occupation. It’s mostly not a funny collection, but it’s sort-of packaged as one and it’s probably funnier than that truly dumb “The Young Dick Cheney” book that Alternet has promoted in a few hundred Emails. But
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Peace Activist Sheehan to Speak at Area Hotel
By Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
Cindy Sheehan, a peace activist and candidate for Congress in California’s 8th District, will speak at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel on May 22.
The event will last from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Preston Room. Tickets will be available at the door and cost $10 for students; $20 for general admission; $50 for admission and a photo with Sheehan; and $100 for admission, a photo with Sheehan and priority seating. Free parking will be available at the Omni for people
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A Fire-Breather in Congress
By David Swanson
Rep. Robert Wexler (Dem., Florida) has written a book, soon to be released, that is as different from most congress members’ books as Wexler is from most congress members. He’s titled it “Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress.” Wexler is depicted on the cover with the Capitol in the background and his fists in the air.
Wexler is a fighter and a liberal, and – yes – one CAN be both.
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Cindy Sheehan to speak in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday, May 22nd, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Cindy Sheehan is a candidate for Congress in California’s 8th District, challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi has overseen the spending of hundreds of billions of dollars of your grandchildren’s borrowed money to occupy Iraq.
Can you find $20 to challenge her agenda?
Pelosi has removed impeachment from our Constitution. Jefferson’s rolling in his grave.
Can you help restore our republic?
Join us on Thursday, May 22nd, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Preston Room at the Omni Hotel
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One Hundred and Eleven (111) Pro-Impeachment Candidates (!!!)
By David Swanson
I’ve done no survey. There are probably a heck of a lot more candidates out there who haven’t contacted me or I haven’t happened to run across. But I have put together a list, thus far, of 111 candidates for Congress, the Senate, or the White House who support impeaching Bush and Cheney. Here’s the list, organized by office and by state / district:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/2008candidates
Most of the candidates on the list are Democrats, either incumbents
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The Last Sane Republican
By David Swanson
The Republican Party as a national mainstream organization began with Abraham Lincoln and ended with Lincoln Chafee. Before and after those Lincolns, the party was not something that most Americans could relate to, was not something that many people could imagine offered any sort of benefit to all people as opposed to particular types of people.
Former U.S. Senator from Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee served in Washington, D.C., from 1999 to 2006. He was the only Republican Senator
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