CODEPINK interrupts Hillary’s fundraiser… again

My interaction with the SFPD was pretty calm and respectable, but not all the protesters had such a smooth experience. At the start of the event, fundraiser host Susie Beale commented that she’s eager to see change in this country, and when she and another host asked if the room was ready for a woman president, the crowd applauded enthusiastically.

I wanted to applaud too. I was raised with the idea that I could grow up to be anything I wanted to be, and that women could now choose their professions freely. “We don’t have to serve the boss coffee these days, so honey you be strong and burst through that glass ceiling” was my mom’s refrain. I decided I would blast through the gender barriers in a space shuttle as an astronaut, or stomp them out while tromping through the jungle doing scientific research. So understandably, just like most gals my age, I get psyched about the idea of a woman president. But I want to see a president with values, and being a woman just isn’t enough to buy my vote. I want to vote for a peace candidate, someone who is unafraid to take leadership to bring us out of Iraq, and speaks out against any future aggression towards Iran.

Right now Hillary has the worst position on Iraq of any of the Democratic presidential candidates. Her latest call for a phased withdrawal with no end date is totally inadequate. Hillary’s new legislation puts a cap on troop levels, while units are already being deployed to Iraq—the cow’s out of the barn on that one—and her proposal threatens to cut off funding to the Iraqis if their government doesn’t meet certain standards in six months—talk about blaming the victim! Hillary said at the fundraiser on Friday, as if responding to our earlier disruption, “Yes, we do have to end the war in Iraq, and we have to do it as soon as we possibly can!” Hillary, if this is what you believe in your heart, then don’t wait to be president to do something—act now to bring our servicemen and women home and secure a better tomorrow for Iraq!