Sheehan condemns Pelosi on ‘blank check for war’

In a message sent to supporters tonight, independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan slammed her opponent, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, over the passing of the latest war-funding bill. The full text follows:

We at Cindy for Congress wish to express our dismay that Nancy Pelosi’s House of Representatives once again approved money to continue the illegal, immoral, and destructive occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

In January 2007, the newly gaveled Speaker promised that her House would not give George Bush any more blank checks for funding without “oversight, standards or conditions.

The Iraqi parliament has recently requested by a majority that the American occupation end and we have all recently learned the lurid details of torture and illegal detention (which Nancy Pelosi learned of herself in 2002) and since Nancy Pelosi uttered the lie “No blank checks” over 1100 of our troops have been killed and thousands wounded physically, mentally, or emotionally.

We at Cindy for Congress are also dismayed now that the Bush regime’s wars for profit are fully funded to the end of his term that he could launch another war for profit and empire against another innocent people and nation: Iran.

Please support Cindy Sheehan, an honest voice for peace and integrity in foreign and domestic policies.

Sign our petition to get Cindy on the ballot, request a window sign or bumper sticker, or donate to show your opposition to continuous occupation.

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