The sign that got Code Pinko leaders Medea Benjamin and Gael Murphy so upset that day.
Posted on 03/27/2005 4:52:31 PM PST by tgslTakoma
Edited on 03/27/2005 6:16:32 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Verbatim transcript of Suzie "Medea" Benjamin's speech follows:
Bush says Code Red, we say... (crowd) Code Pink!
So I wanna address that sign over there, and those people who have been standing there for hours with a sign that says “Code Pink kills American troops, giving money to terrorists.”
Now what I think that refers to is that after George Bush quote “won the election” on November second, he said “This is a mandate for the war in Iraq,” and he sent our troops into Fallujah to destroy the entire city of 300,000 people, and we said not in our name! And we collected $650,000 worth of materials and took it to the women and children of Fallujah.
(crowd cheers)
We are here to say loud and clear “We love the US troops, and that’s why we want them back home.”
(crowd cheers)
We are here to say loud and clear “We love the Iraqis, and that’s why we want the US troops to come home.”
(crowd cheers)
Now, George Bush talks about a wave of democracy in the Middle East. What you don’t hear about is the wave of democracy happening around the world, wherein wherein country after country people are forcing their governments to leave the quote “coalition of the willing” and bring their troops home.
(crowd cheers)
It happened in Honduras. It happened in Nicaragua. It happened in the Dominican Republic. It happened in the Philipines. In Thailand. In the Netherlands. And most recently, the Italian people are forcing Berlusconi to bring the troops home.
(crowd cheers)
Let us learn from the people of Spain, who when they had that tragic terrorist attack one year ago, said… they got out on the streets massively, and they said no to terrorism. No to war. No to all forms of violence. They threw out a government that lied to them and they brought their troops home. We can do it too.
(crowd cheers)
That is the wave of democracy we wanna see. We invite our brothers and sisters in the military to join us in a nonviolent revolution in this country that will sweep away Alberto Gonzales who says the Geneva Conventions are quaint. That will sweep away...
(Medea is rattled as crowd in distance cheers “Code Pink kills, Code Pink kills.”)
...that will sweep away Paul Wolfowitz and take him out of the World Bank.
(crowd cheers)
That will say John Bolton will not be our representative at the United Nations (crowd cheers), and that says we want people in power who will deal with the world not like the global gendarme, but show kindness, humility, love, and compassion, that we in this country want to spread throughout the world, It’s not only the right moral position, it is the only thing that will make us safe at home. Thank you, Code Pink.
(crowd cheers, Medea leaves, and Chuck Fager begins to speak)
Isn’t it amazing how Medea just kinda mellows you out? Calms you down there? Now we gotta thank you Medea, we gotta move right along here, and next...
(crowd in distance cheers “Code Pink kills”)
...I’m gonna introduce Patricia Roberts, who lives in Covington, Georgia… Covington, Georgia. Her son was Army Specialist Jamal Rashard Addison (sp?) And he was killed near Nazarea in the opening days of the war in Iraq. And you folks over there, how ‘bout showing some respect for the dead... some respect for the dead victims of this war. He was killed near Nazarea in the opening days of the war in Iraq, and Patricia Roberts is now raising her grandchildren, Christian Constance Addison and Jamal Rashard Addison the second. Now those folks over there don’t have any respect for those who’s made the ultimate sacrifice in this war. Let’s show some for Patricia Roberts. Patricia...
(crowd cheers)
Note: We continued our chants of “Code Pink Kills,” after Medea left the stage and Chuck Fager introduced his next speaker, because Medea and her Code Pink gang were still standing alongside the stage. We were very much focused on making our point, and a lot of noise with our chanting, and we weren’t paying attention to what Chuck Fager was saying from the stage. When we realized that the new speaker on the stage was a mother whose son was killed in Iraq, we changed our chant to “USA, USA,” to voice our support for our fellow American who gave his life for his (our) country.
Hear Medea Benjamin's speech, and Freepers in the background.
Those were some really good things you would yell at them with your bull horn. I was ready to start cheering for you. LOL!
Just today I became aware of a problem that the under age 50 members of The Red Hat Society have. They must wear pink hats and lavender clothing. One of my friends who was also at the Fayetteville Freep, is going to have a pin made that says that just because she is wearing a pink hat, don't confuse her with Code Pink. I'm just glad I get to wear red.
I like this one: "The United States Armed Forces have brought more peace to the world than 1,000 peace marches ever have."
I work for the company that makes the MOAB. I am proud of that fact and wish that just once, we'd use the thing!
"Tragic attack". Interesting that it had the desired effect that Code Pink and Al Queda agree on
Did you see the pinko girls that were in favor of Terri's death on Hannity last night? One was wearing a "Revolutionary Communist Youth Movement" tee-shirt.
Had to stop here. .... if the USA wanted to destroy a city we'd just do a repeat of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
She is retarded. Bush sent the troops in to destroy the insurgents and save the Iraqis being held hostage. Fallujah is now one of the safest cities in Iraq.
Medea doesn't need the truth. She can't handle the truth.
You can easily picture her wearing a "What Would Charlie Do?" button.
Man, that's brilliant.
"...he sent our troops into Fallujah to destroy the entire city of 300,000 people"
We let the People evacuate before we went in ...so
She is just another Seditious Liar...period.
What we were discussing this afternoon; see link at the end of the article.
Do you mean the audio link to hear her speech with us in the background?
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