"This date [June 16, 2005] is a turning point in history."
---Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder, Code Pink
Today we reached the tipping point.
Today, when we rallied for peace and justice and accountability in the shadow of the White House, when the fearless Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) knocked on its door to deliver his petition--a petition demanding an explanation of the facts surrounding the Downing Street Memo (and one that has been signed by over 560,000 people), when he held a forum on that same memo in a shabby little room because the majority party childishly denied him use of House hearing rooms (property that we the taxpayers pay for and which belongs to us), when representatives of a growing movement stood across from the White House in the brilliant sunshine of Lafayette Park and demanded accountability from the Bush administration--today we have tipped the balance.
There on the lawn, as a stiff breeze rustled through the trees and buffeted the flags atop the White House, we celebrated the beginning of the end of the Bush era. It was hard not to get goosebumps; sometimes you just know when something big is afoot, when the tide has turned. Today, you could feel it in your bones.
There is blood in the water now. When high ranking State Department officials resign their positions in protest, when both Democrats and Republicans sign a resolution demanding a time frame for troop withdrawal from Iraq, when 42 angry congresspeople led by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) form a "Get Out of Iraq" Caucus, when the parents of servicepeople killed in Iraq form an antiwar organization, when the president receives a letter signed by 89 members of congress asking whether the allegations of the infamous British memo are true--when Tom Hayden shows up--well, it is safe to say something deep and profound and powerful has changed.
Article comments
1 - marc
You're correct, "you don't always get to be there when history happens."
But I have been, it was when Walter Cronkite told the American audence that the war in Vietnam was lost because the Tet Offensive. A blantant LIE! The Tet offensive was tactical and stratgic win for the US.
Your group of moonbats, anti-Bush, anti-American lunatics are attempting to perform the same result as Vietnam.
As the last election shows, where Kerry took the same get out and run line, your losing just like he did.
But you are correct in one matter. Theere has been a tipping point reached. After the childish stunt pulled by Conyers he has tipped over the edge and won't be re-elected. The same can be said about DICK Durbin.
2 - Marc
And BTW useing a link to a two year old story of a State Dept resignation (When high ranking State Department officials resign their positions in protest) does absolutly nothing to further your contention of a tipping point reached today.
But lies, mis-direction, and subterfuge are moonbats stock in trade isn't it?
On another note. Code Pink rallies drew 10's of thousands 2 years ago. If the movemant is so strong not to indicate a "tipping point" why does the organization have trouble gathering a crowd large enough for a good canasta game now?