Why I Am Leaving the Democractic Party -- Sheehan

May 28, 2007

An Open Letter to the Democratic Congress
Why I Am Leaving the Democratic Party
By CINDY SHEEHAN

Dublin, Ireland

Dear Democratic Congress,

Hello, my name is Cindy Sheehan and my son Casey Sheehan was killed on April 04, 2004 in Sadr City , Baghdad , Iraq . He was killed when the Republicans still were in control of Congress. Naively, I set off on my tireless campaign calling on Congress to rescind George's authority to wage his war of terror while asking him "for what noble cause" did Casey and thousands of other have to die. Now, with Democrats in control of Congress, I have lost my optimistic naiveté and have become cynically pessimistic as I see you all caving into "Mr. 28%"

There is absolutely no sane or defensible reason for you to hand Bloody King George more money to condemn more of our brave, tired, and damaged soldiers and the people of Iraq to more death and carnage. You think giving him more money is politically expedient, but it is a moral abomination and every second the occupation of Iraq endures, you all have more blood on your hands.

I hate it when I'm right... but as many of us have been saying, Democrats, as a group, are no better than Republicans, as a group, and things aren't changing now that Democrats have gained some power. Instead of standing up for what's right, Democrats are worried about whether or not they can be badmouthed for "not supporting the troops" and thus voted back out of power. By doing so, they betray the people that put them into power and ignore the clear mandate. They are cowards and traitors, Pelosi especially.

The only people who don't actually support the troops are the ones who insist that everyone must support our troops -- and no one does that more than Bush and his administration.

The rest of Sheehan's letter is here. Tweet