DeclinetoState
07-16-2006, 06:05 PM
Yeah, it's all about "me," isn't it, Cindy?
By Cindy Sheehan
When I was growing up in Bellflower, Ca., I never, as a child with a good imagination, could have ever imagined that my life would take the peculiar turn that it has. I could not have foreseen giving birth to a child that would eventually be wrongfully and devastatingly killed in war or that I would be meeting with world leaders or be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Along with the Vice President of Spain, Foreign Minister of Ireland, Attorney General of Australia and countless parliamentarians from all over the globe, one of the world leaders that I have met and spent a good amount of time with on my journey is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Due to the propaganda media and the ignorance of many of my fellow Americans, I have been heavily criticized for my visit. I would like to remind my neighbors all over the country that we do have diplomatic relations with Venezuela and we are not at war with that country.
On a recent appearance that I made on MSNBC's Hardball which was being guest hosted by Norah O' Donnell, she introduced me as someone who has been photographed with "dictator" Hugo Chavez. After the introduction and in a very short subsequent break, I looked at her and said: "You know President Chavez is not a dictator. He has been democratically elected to his office 8 times."
To which she replied: "We had a big discussion about that and we decided that he ruled like a dictator." The miserable failure (http://www.michaelmoore.com/)'s "must read." (http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=688)
Chavez has been "democratically" elected to office as President of Venezuela twice, not eight times. If you count the recall election, you could say he's been "elected" three times. I don't know where Cindy came up with the number eight.
Of course, Cindy's been a little off since she pulled that cop's hand up her skirt while he was arresting her but never heard from him again.
By Cindy Sheehan
When I was growing up in Bellflower, Ca., I never, as a child with a good imagination, could have ever imagined that my life would take the peculiar turn that it has. I could not have foreseen giving birth to a child that would eventually be wrongfully and devastatingly killed in war or that I would be meeting with world leaders or be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Along with the Vice President of Spain, Foreign Minister of Ireland, Attorney General of Australia and countless parliamentarians from all over the globe, one of the world leaders that I have met and spent a good amount of time with on my journey is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Due to the propaganda media and the ignorance of many of my fellow Americans, I have been heavily criticized for my visit. I would like to remind my neighbors all over the country that we do have diplomatic relations with Venezuela and we are not at war with that country.
On a recent appearance that I made on MSNBC's Hardball which was being guest hosted by Norah O' Donnell, she introduced me as someone who has been photographed with "dictator" Hugo Chavez. After the introduction and in a very short subsequent break, I looked at her and said: "You know President Chavez is not a dictator. He has been democratically elected to his office 8 times."
To which she replied: "We had a big discussion about that and we decided that he ruled like a dictator." The miserable failure (http://www.michaelmoore.com/)'s "must read." (http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=688)
Chavez has been "democratically" elected to office as President of Venezuela twice, not eight times. If you count the recall election, you could say he's been "elected" three times. I don't know where Cindy came up with the number eight.
Of course, Cindy's been a little off since she pulled that cop's hand up her skirt while he was arresting her but never heard from him again.