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Socialist Party Interviews Cindy Sheehan

The Socialist Party just posted a way cool interview with Cindy Sheehan. Often people see her as a one-issue candidate; she's not, she's deep and she's smart.

"The Democratic Party is not a vehicle for getting us out of Iraq. Since the Democrats have taken over Congress in January of 2007 the situation has gotten far worse and they've appropriated billions of dollars to continue to fund the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. They've always said "redeploy", they've never said "withdraw". Now they are redeploying troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. The Democratic Party has been responsible for many of the major wars in our history. Vietnam is one that comes right to mind. The first five years were waged under a Johnson presidency. The two party system inherently is a pro-war machine. The Pentagon and the military are very well funded, while programmes to help people in communities, families, and the people out in the streets in front of my office are cut." - Cindy Sheehan

And don't miss the best thing she said:

"...the abuses of the last eight years don't belong just to one party and don't just belong to the last eight years."