Comments on: Cindy Sheehan says Cynthia McKinney should have received Nobel Peace Prize

By: Dave Schwab

Dave Schwab — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:09:40 +0000

Bob Barr voted for the wars. McKinney, Nader, Paul and Baldwin deserve kudos for their genuine anti-war stances.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00:04 +0000

As a libertarian, I’m always a little skeptical of left wing statists who are for peace abroad, but want the guns of the state turned on their own people through control of the economy, health care, etc. but I’d endorse McKinney for the Peace Prize if it were awarded to her jointly along with Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, and Chuck Baldwin for their stance against the war parties.

The whistleblower who criticized the UN for not investigating election fraud in Afghanistan would also be a good choice as would the Iranian protesters.

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:54:14 +0000

the name Medea should be the first clue just kidding

By: Dave Schwab

Dave Schwab — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:46:41 +0000

I probably should have known that Medea Benjamin was no good. But I thought that someone who spends so much time protesting war would come around to the same sort of realizations that Cynthia McKinney did – peace will never come from the Washington corporate duopoly.

Now I’m glad that Benjamin left the Green Party – she can go ahead and discredit her own organization, and we Greens will continue to stand strong against the wars.

By: Don Lake, late at night

Don Lake, late at night — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:34:51 +0000

Cory Quirk, Doctor Donald J. Grundmann, others just ‘making it up as they go along’ …..

The #&%@%$# Democans and Republicans are snickering all the way to 2010 ……….

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:48:11 +0000

left dying on the hosptal floors out of incubators , which was nothing but lies

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:47:15 +0000

Right … ‘do it for the women’ sounds as disingenuous as ‘do it for the children ‘ or some other emotional argument not grounded in what is actually right.

lets not forget how we were told babies were dying on the grounds of hosptals as 1 of the reasons for the 1st Iraq war.

its time to come home

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:22:51 +0000

Erik, what Benjamin is doing is disgusting. If she isn’t anti-war, she should just step down, not lead a famous anti-war group in the pro-war direction. It discredits the whole movement – and we are out there, and we are willing to hold Obama accountable!

By: Erik Geib

Erik Geib — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:08:38 +0000

Michael/Ross:

An article on that very topic:

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/10/08/code-yellow/

By: Morgan Brykein

Morgan Brykein — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:50:58 +0000

Excuse me while I laugh uncontrollably.

By: Robert Milnes

Robert Milnes — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:11:35 +0000

Ross Levin, IMO Obama was picked along with a few others like Deval Patrick as a liberal by Kennedy & Kerry. Sponsoring them up artificially to where they never would get otherwise, US Senate, Mass. governor. Then making very certain he was still a liberal-not radicalized-Keynote speaker at Dem. convention 2004. Then endorsed 2007/8 after HE announced. Making sure Kennedy & Kerry were NOT at announcement. So he’s definitely a liberal democrat. Kennedy wanted a return of a liberal democrat to the Presidency. By manipulating progressive/anti-war support-Progressives for Obama- & adding the vote black because you are black vote, Obama secured the nomination. & just about any democrat who got the nomination after Bush would win. Kennedy made sure it was Obama. So that explains your present observations. Anti-war progressives are disappointed. Liberals & democrats are not going to criticize.

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:19:08 +0000

I think the anti-war movement, at least from what I’ve seen, has been pretty solid in saying that Obama doesn’t deserve the prize. Liberals and Democrats, on the other hand… not so much.

By: Michael Cavlan

Michael Cavlan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:41:28 +0000

Kim

Could not agree more. The question is, does the “peace” community have the moral and political courage and integrity to protest Obama the war criminal? Or were they just protesting republicans but will happily accept any democrat war?

Very serious question and only time will tell.

By: NewFederalist

NewFederalist — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:39:19 +0000

Kimberly Wilder- Yes!!!!

By: Don Lake, late at night

Don Lake, late at night — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:45:33 +0000

This is a golden [P2008 style] opportunity for high profile protest. [Yet another situation to blow ????]