Cindy Sheehan Equates War Hawk Clinton with Rush and Bush
Cindy Sheehan has expressed her dismay at Clinton’s hawkish tendencies, likening Hillary Clinton to Rush Limbaugh. Read her open letter to Hillary Clinton. Here is an excerpt:
Playing politics with our soldiers’ lives is despicable.
I thought the meeting with Sen. Clinton went well. I thought she listened and heard what we had to say. I went with another Gold Star Mother, Lynn Braddach, and my sister, Dede Miller. … Lynn, Dede, and I don’t want our loved ones to be used as political pawns to justify the killing spree in Iraq. … How often do the lies have to be exposed before every American (elected official, media representative, average citizen) wakes up and says, “enough killing is enough!”
I thought Mrs. Clinton listened, but apparently she didn’t because immediately afterwards she said the following to Sarah Ferguson of the Village Voice:
“My bottom line is that I don’t want their sons to die in vain… I don’t believe it’s smart to set a date for withdrawal… I don’t think it’s the right time to withdraw.”
That quote sounds exactly like what the few Republicans I talked to that week said. Making sure that our children did not die in “vain” sounds exactly like something George Bush says. A “date” for withdrawal? That sounds like Rush Limbaugh to me. That doesn’t sound like an opposition party leader speaking to me. What Sen. Clinton said after our meeting sounds exactly like the Republican Party talking points I heard from Senators Dole and McCain.