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Cindy Sheehan: More Harm than Good?

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Guest: Cindy Sheehan
I in no way doubt Cindy Sheehan’s profound grief at the loss of her son Casey serving in Iraq nor her powerful desire to end the Iraq War as soon as possible. But I do wonder whether others — with additional and darker agenda — are not using the notorious “Peace Mom” to achieve their aims, not hers. By co-opting Sheehan, I worry that these allies — including known terrorist organizations — are not harming Sheehan and the entire movement to end the United States’ occupation in Iraq.
At a recent rally in Washington to end the War — a goal supported by more than 60% of the American Public — less than 0.0001% (a ten-thousandth of one percent) of those opposed to the war showed up. If 1 in 100 Americans who opposed the war had showed up, the march would have had 1.8 million people. Instead the 23 groups organizing the rally (including Code Pink) had less than 180 show up.
It is my view that Cindy Sheehan and others like her harm the anti-war movement by linking it to other, more nefarious objectives that neither I nor the vast majority of Americans support. After all, I didn’t show up at the rally either, even though I fervently want this war to end.
Today, I will challenge Sheehan on the hijacking and harming of her peace movement and encourage her to focus on the uniting principle of getting America out of Iraq rather than the agenda of her unsavory allies.

Mark Grills Democratic Congressman on Iraq and Contempt

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Guest: Congressman Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania

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Colin Powell's Colonel Speaks Out on Iraq

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Guest: Colonel Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, gives his thoughts on the recent Petraeus hearings.

Taxes (nothing but death is more certain)

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Mark discusses all kinds of taxes with the Director of Government Affairs for the National Taxpayers Union, Kristina Rasmussen