| Fresh from fundraising for Doolittle (CA-04) and Pombo (CA-11), two of the worst and most corrupt representatives in congress, Dick Cheney flew down to San Diego to fundraise for former congressman-now-lobbyist Brian Bilbray. He chose the Harbor Island Sheraton, which is about 100ft from the airport (google satellite map), for maximum lack of exposure to the unwashed masses. Because the unwashed masses (all but the backwash 18% of them) have a message to send him that he doesn't want to hear. We hate your war, we hate your incompetence and we hate your corruption. We hate what you've done to this country. We hate what you've done to this world. And by the way, if Brian Bilbray is a friend of Dick Cheney, Brian Bilbray is no friend of the citizens of CA-50. Ray Nanninga of the Coast News summed it up perfectly:
Dick Cheney is a lying piece of corporatist flesh.
Dick Cheney is all about oil and war, and wars for oil. Cheney wants to expand oil drilling along the California coast. ...Dick Cheney represents the politics of oil extraction, partisan posturing and poisonous patriotism. Dick Cheney does not represent the best interests of California's 50th District.
Dick Cheney represents Halliburton ...
Dick Cheney wants you to vote for Brian Bilbray.
Cost of a photo w/Cheney at the luncheon fundraiser: $2100
Bilbray showing his true (anti-moderate) colors: priceless
Here are the pics (click to enlarge):
Hiding behind "The War is a Lie" is a great one "[STOP sign] the Lying / Spying / Dying"--that pretty much sums up this administration.
The "Illegal?" sign was quite a message. She held the sign over her tiny baby (in a snugli, you can just see his head). Bilbray has been one of the loudest voices in favor of elimintaing citizenship for babies born in the United States, if their parents are not here legally. Would just minutes-old infants be felons as well, under the new House bill? Sad.
That's me and the mini-mes. The text on their shirt are the names of Iraqi children killed in airstrikes, that are roughly the same age and gender. I don't blame the military--maybe I'm gulible but I do think they've been doing their darndest to prevent civilian casualties. No, the fault is with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfled, Wolfowitz, et al. There is no such thing as a war without civilian casualties. When you CHOOSE to go to war, you choose to kill children that somebody loves just as much as I love these cuties. Someone at the protest commented on their cuteness, saying "you have an embarrassment of riches." It is true. But there are mothers in Iraq, and mothers here in the US, who are poor beyond words at the loss of their richest blessings.
Thanks to Iraq Body Count and their database of recorded civillian casualties in Iraq for the information.
Here is one of the T-shirt images:
The birth year is approximate based on the age given (2 yr old).
(cross-posted at dailykos) |
