Sheehan's return speech: 'Casey will never die...'

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Exclusive: Cindy Sheehan speaks to crowd at Camp Casey

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The following is the exclusive transcript of Cindy Sheehan's 16-minute speech to supporters Wednesday night, taken by RAW STORY via The Brad Show on Raw Radio. Hear the audio here.
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CINDY SHEEHAN: Hi. Isn’t she amazing? (applause) Do you guys mind if I sit down too? This has been a pretty amazing day. Oops, did I do that. Oh, okay. I was watching Jon Stewart the other night. I haven’t watched TV for a long time and he had Chris Wallace on from Fox News, I think, and they were talking about what’s happening out here and they were talking about well Cindy’s gone, her mom had a stroke, and then they said that Joan Baez gave a concert last night and Jon Stewart said, “Well apparently they are trying to stop Vietnam.” You know and that kind of offended me because maybe if we had really stopped Vietnam, Iraq wouldn’t have happened (applause). You know we, I think it was such a long struggle that after Vietnam, I’m not going to take any credit or blame for this because I was really young, it was just like well we got our troops out now we don’t have to make sure they never do this to our kids again. And I am going to make sure that after our troops are brought home from Iraq, and they will be brought back, that we’re going to keep the Camp Casey movement going and we’re gonna make sure that our kids are never sent to fight a war for power and greed. (applause)

I’m thinking, I’m thinking probably, probably the country is kind of going to take me at my word from now on. They are going to know that I’m not going to give up and today was really hard when I came in and saw Casey bigger than life over there. I miss him so much and I miss him more every day, but like that song “Joe Hill,” Casey’s not dead. I see him in all of your eyes and Casey will never die. And they can kill the body, but they can’t kill the love and the spirit, and no matter how hard they try they can’t do that.
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I want to tell you a little bit about Casey because this whole movement is because of him and because of the others that have sacrificed themselves. The hardest thing for me to hear, I don’t care about them talking about me being a crackpot or a media whore, or a tool of the left, you know. I’m like if I truly was a media whore do you think I would like maybe get myself fixed up a little bit before I went on? That doesn’t bother me at all, but what bothers me so much is when they say I am dishonoring my son’s memory by what I’m doing, that my son would be ashamed of me or what they really like to say is that I’m pissing, or shitting, or spitting on his grave. And look what Casey, look what Casey has started. You know, I’m here because of Casey, we’re all here because of Casey and you know literally there is, there is over 2000 of our brave young people and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis and I know they are behind us, and I see them, all their faces on your faces.

A lot more -- Audio here: http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001756.htm

Listen to the Brad Show today from Camp Casey 1-4 PM ET (with Arianna Huffington and hopefully John Conyers too, working on it: http://bradshow.com

[Guckert]

1. If Bush could read he would feel the power in her speech. not empty

rhetoric like his dribble.
I bet he is embarrassed that Cindy can articulate better than God's chosen leader of the world. :puke:

[Mister K]

2. Nice speech

I just read the entire speech. You can tell that it was generally unprepared and spoken from the heart. What I find most amazing is that if The Shrub were ever to meet with with here, she would pants him. I mean there would be no debate. He would be done. He cannot think on his feet and probably has been programmed not to.

[Mr.Green93]

3. Why shouldn't Cindy receive this Years Nobel Peace Prize

No one person has done so much for Peace.

[Roland99]

4. And the AM talking heads will focus on her "pottymouth"

for the S-word.


They'll ignore the message and find any way to bash her.

[Gregorian]

5. This is what it's all about, people. This is what it's all about.

This is not an easy speech to hear. This same speech is being said by American AND Iraqi mothers.


Life. Not war. Love. Not hate. Sharing. Not greed. Equality. Not power.


Where are the rest of the Cindy's? Join her. Mothers of the 9/11 tragedy. It's all part of the same big lie this administration perpetrated upon this nation. Come together and make this movement huge.

[Gregorian]

6. Recommended for GP