"Disturbing Times But We Must Not Be Disturbed" Granny D

[mzmolly]

Doris "Granny D" Haddock
speaking at International Women's Day
Peace March and Rally in Washington, DC
Saturday, March 8, 2003

"Here is what we must do. We must of course find a good candidate who can represent all of us well, including the moderate middle of American thought, where elections are won. We must not look for the perfect candidate, but for a candidate who believes in the value of life on earth and who will uphold the Bill of Rights, which is now under attack by Bush's wildly unpatriotic Patriot Act and the proposed Patriot Act II, which is a treason.

The man in the White House believes that, when our American soldiers start coming home to our communities in coffins, we will rally 'round him -- that we will forget what he did to our budget surpluses, our Social Security funds, our Medicare, our pensions and stocks. Merciless rulers from time out of mind have tried that bloody distraction. We are not distracted by the blood of our own sons and daughters, Mr. Bush. Each drop of that precious blood calls our hearts to an election next year and we are an army of people who come against you at the ballot box. Harm our children and watch us.

In the 2004 presidential election, we must not split our vote between Greens and Democrats. I know the Greens have party building to do, but, if Mr. Bush wins again, there will be no America for them to build their party in. So they must defer this time and earn our respect and admiration for doing so."

I am struck by Granny D's profetic statements about the type of candidate we should choose, I can only hope her vision of progressives working together to remove * is also true.

Entire speech here:

http://www.grannyd.com/speech20030308.htm

[mzmolly]

1. Lila Lipscomb is coming up on Air America. This speech is a suitable

reminder that we can come together to exact our own justice (against Bush) for the blood of our children, and the children of the Middle East.

[JI7]

2. granny d shows age isn't much of a factor

in what you can do and how much you can do in politics. i heard about her first during her walk across the country in support of campaign finance reform. but only recently did i find out how much she was involved in politics as a whole.

[spooky3]

3. for many people, with age comes wisdom. Granny D shows that.

[mzmolly]

4. Yes she does.

:hi:

[mzmolly]

5. kick

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