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'''Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan''' (born ], ]) is an ] anti-] activist, whose son, ], was killed during his service in ]. She attracted international attention in August 2005 for her extended ] at a ] outside ] ]'s ] garnering her both support and criticism. {{see|Support and criticism of Cindy Sheehan}}. |
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==Sheehan's campaign against the Iraq war== |
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Sheehan states she has "always been a ],"<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref> and that she had initially questioned the urgency of the ], but did not become active in the anti-war effort until after her son's death.<ref name=buzzflash410>{{cite web |
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Sheehan and other military families met with ] in June of 2004 at ], near ], nearly three months after her son's death. In a ], ] interview with the Vacaville ''Reporter'' published soon after the meeting, she stated, "We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The President has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached." She also stated that President Bush was ". . .sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis … I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."<ref>{{cite web |
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Sheehan gave another interview on ], ], stating that she did not understand the reasons for the Iraq invasion and never thought that ] posed an imminent threat to the United States. She further stated that her son's death had compelled her to speak out against the war. <ref name=buzzflash410 /> |
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During the Presidential Inauguration in January 2005, Sheehan traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak at the opening of "]", a traveling exhibition created by the ] that displays pairs of combat boots to represent every U.S. military casualty. There she met others who lost family members in Iraq, and together they planned to create an organization for similar families. Sheehan wrote about the experience in a commentary article.<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref> She was also a featured speaker when the exhibition opened in San Diego in March, 2005<ref>http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org/nextpage.asp?m=2107</ref> and traveled with the exhibition to other locations. "Behind these boots is one broken-hearted family," she stated as she donated her son Casey's boots to travel with Eyes Wide Open when it stopped in San Francisco later that month.<ref>{{cite web |
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Sheehan is one of the nine founding members of ], an organization created in January 2005 that seeks to end the U.S. presence in Iraq and provide support for families of fallen soldiers. As of August 2005, at least 63 other relatives of fallen soldiers are listed as members. |
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Although she had spoken publicly against the Iraq war and occupation since 2004, and even pledged not to pay her 2004 taxes<ref>{{cite web |
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Mother of slain soldier labels Bush 'maniac,' calls for impeachment, Israel out of Palestine |
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</ref>, Sheehan attracted international attention only in early August of 2005. At that time, she traveled to Bush's ] just outside ]. Demanding a second meeting with the President and an explanation of the cause for which her son died<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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</ref>, she created a ] called ] by pitching a tent by the side of the road and announced her intention to stay for the full five weeks or until such a meeting was granted. She also promised that, were she not granted a second meeting, she would return to Crawford each time Bush visits there in the future.<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref> Several cabinet members went out to talk to Sheehan, but she refused stating that she would only talk to the President himself. Toward the end of her ], she said she was "very, very, very grateful" Bush did not grant her that meeting because it would have ended the momentum the ] gained from the popularity of her demonstrations.<ref>{{cite web |
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Sheehan's actions have led supporters such as ], ] of the ], to describe her as "the ] of the ]."<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref> Later during the demonstration, Sheehan also gained the label of "Peace Mom" from the mainstream media.<ref>{{cite web |
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</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/22/politics/main789375.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-24-peacemom-returns_x.htm?csp=34</ref> |
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Some of her statements have caused controversy. One such comment she wrote on the ] on ] ], accusing the media of excessive media coverage of ]: |
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{{cquote| am watching <nowiki>]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and it is 100 percent ita... even though it is a little wind and a little rain... it is bad, but there are other things going on in this country today... and in the world!!!!<ref>http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/9/24/85619/4714/25?mode=alone;showrate=1#25</ref>}} |
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In March 2005, James Morris sent an e-mail to ]'s '']'' that allegedly included the statements that Casey Sheehan "was killed for lies and for a ] ] agenda to benefit ]" and that he had "joined the Army to protect America, not Israel." Sheehan denies the allegations, "I've never said that. . . Those aren't even words that I would say. I do believe that the ] issue<ref>http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/gorilla-in-room-is-us-support-for.html</ref> is a hot issue that needs to be solved, and it needs to be more fair and equitable, but I never said my son died for Israel." She claims that Morris modified the email to support his own personal agenda. Morris denies altering the email before sending it along to ''Nightline''<ref>http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/cindy-sheehan-mother-of-spc-casey.html</ref> on Sheehan's behalf (per her request for him to do so). Two other individuals, Tony Tersch and Skeeter Gallagher, received a copy of Sheehan's email directly from her; both claim that the e-mail they received is consistent with Morris' story, rather than Sheehan's. Tersch posted the email<ref></ref> he received to the "bullyard" Google group. |
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Cindy Sheehan on ], ] published a letter titled "Oh no, Canada".<ref>http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=646</ref> In the letter, she wrote that the ] ] was "wildly unpopular from coast to coast up north and there is a growing sense of unease about his emulation of a very unpopular person in the USA but even more in Canada: George Bush." However, two days prior to the letter's publication SES Research released the results of a poll<ref>http://www.sesresearch.com/library/polls/POLNAT-S06-T7.pdf</ref> indicating approval for the Prime Minister in every part of the country. |
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She has plans to build a therapy center across from President Bush's ranch for returning war victims. {{Fact|date=April 2007}} |
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==Crawford Peace House== |
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Sheehan is a director of the ], which came under scrutiny in ] of 2007 after not only failing to submit paperwork since ] of 2006 to retain their corporate charter, but also after having several hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations unaccounted for. If the Peace House forfeits its corporate charter, Sheehan could be held accountable for its debts, a Texas Comptroller spokesperson said.<ref>, NBC 6 News, KCEN-TV</ref> |
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==Chronology of activism== |
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===Camp Casey=== |
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{{Main|Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas}} |
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On ], ], Sheehan created a makeshift camp in a ditch by the side of the road about three miles from George W. Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas and announced her intention to stay (sleeping in a pup tent at night) until she is granted a face-to-face meeting with the President.<ref>http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=7708</ref> Sheehan started her protest the day the President started a planned five-week vacation. |
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A few days later, the media began referring to Sheehan's camp as "]."<ref>http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou050808_gj_outwornwelcome.54eae939.html</ref> |
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She spent the next four weeks in Crawford (except for 5 days spent in California to see her elderly mother, who had suffered a stroke.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aRyVaRrITyEs&refer=us]</ref>) On some days as many as 1500 supporters visited Camp Casey<ref>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050813/APN/508130949&cachetime=3&template=dateline</ref>, including members of Congress, as well as several notable actors, singers, and civil rights activists. |
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Gold Star Families for Peace, of which Sheehan is a founding member, released a TV commercial featuring Sheehan, broadcast on Crawford and ] cable channels near Bush's ranch.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/archive/2005/08/gold-star-families-for-pe_5552.html</ref> The group conducted a walk to a police station just outside Bush's Crawford ranch and delivered a bundle of oversized letters written by them to First Lady ], appealing to her as a mother for support towards their movement.<ref>http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2005082014748</ref> |
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On August 16, Sheehan moved her camp closer to the Bush ranch after being offered the use of a piece of land owned by a supporter, ], who also happens to be a third cousin of Larry Mattlage, a rancher who had fired a shotgun on his property near the demonstration site several days earlier.<ref>http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001014533</ref><ref>http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=7774</ref> |
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In late August, Sheehan stated that she would continue to campaign against the Iraq war even if granted a meeting with the President. She also announced the ], to depart on September 1 and arrive in Washington, D.C., on September 24 for three days of demonstrations. On the third day, Sheehan and about 370 other anti-war activists were arrested for demonstrating on the White House sidewalk.<ref>, Washington Post, September 27, 2005</ref> |
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===September - December 2005=== |
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{{Main|Bring Them Home Now Tour}} |
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In September, the Bring Them Home Now Tour was organized by ], ], ], and ]. It was a rolling anti-war protest against the Iraq War, beginning in ], traveling three routes across the country (with rallies along the way) and culminating in a rally in Washington, DC in September 2005. It was inspired by and featured Cindy Sheehan as a speaker at many rallies. |
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Sheehan's activism continued into the winter of 2005/2006. She met with Senator ] and, after considering the meeting a disappointment, called him a "warmonger".<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0927az-sheehan-mccain27-ON.html</ref> She later protested ]'s stance on the war, stating that Clinton must either speak out against the war or risk losing her job<ref>http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2005/10/cindy_sheehan_r.php</ref><ref>http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Oct05/Frank1003.htm</ref>, and urged Governor ] to withdraw the Arizona National Guard from Iraq at a rally in ].<ref>http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=3928602&nav=23Ku</ref><ref>http://www.oregonlive.com/enter/index.ssf?/newsflash/regional/index.ssf%3f/base/news-12/1128372541192571.xml&storylist=</ref> After a short trip back home to California, Sheehan said on October 24 during a media interview<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543,lombardiqa,69280,2.html</ref> that she planned to speak at the ] and then tie herself to the fence, promising to return to the fence as soon as possible if arrested. She did not follow through on this statement. |
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Around ], Sheehan returned to Texas to protest Bush's vacation without bringing the soldiers home. Bush planned to stay in Crawford through ], ].<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1345370</ref> In early December, Sheehan traveled to ] to attend the annual ] banquet. The theme of the banquet was "Make 2006 a turning point year in the fight for peace and justice."<ref>http://colorado.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12117/index.php</ref> |
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===Europe and South America=== |
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Sheehan went to ] in early December. She was interviewed by ]<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_49_fri_05.shtml?wkp</ref> and by '']''.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,,1663388,00.html</ref> On December 10, Sheehan addressed the ], organized by the ] and held at ]. Sheehan was received enthusiastically by the British anti-war movement. Later in the evening, she attended the London Premiere of ], a play written by ] (Literature Nobel laureate) about her<ref>http://www.dariofo.it/files/peace%20mom%20FoRame%20(English).pdf</ref>, in which the role of Sheehan was played by ]. On December 13, Sheehan traveled to ], where she met Irish Foreign Affairs minister ]. She voiced her objection to U.S. aircraft refueling at ], stating, "Your Government, even though they didn't send troops to Iraq, are complicit in the crimes by allowing the planes to land and refuel".<ref>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=672721</ref> |
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On ], ], Sheehan took a trip to ], sponsored by that nation's foreign ministry. Joining more than 10,000 ] activists in Venezuela for the ] ] with Venezuela's President ]<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060124/en_afp/venezuelasocial_060124235441</ref>, she stated "I admire President Chávez for his strength to resist the United States" while saying she agreed with ]'s statement that President Bush is "the greatest ] in the world." |
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===2006 activism=== |
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On January 31, Sheehan wore a T-shirt reading "2,245 Dead. How many more?" to Bush's ] address and was removed and arrested by Capitol Police.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html</ref> Additionally, Beverly Young, the wife of Representative ] (]., ].), was told to leave because she was wearing a T-shirt that read "Support the Troops: Defending Our Freedom." As a matter of policy, visitors to Congress are not allowed to wear shirts containing type of any kind. Sheehan later over-dramatically described the event:<ref>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0201-01.htm</ref> |
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I was never told that I couldn't wear that shirt into the Congress. I was never asked to take it off or zip my jacket back up. If I had been asked to do any of those things... I would have, and written about the suppression of my ] later. I was immediately, and roughly (I have the bruises and muscle spasms to prove it) hauled off and arrested for "unlawful conduct." |
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After I had my personal items inventoried and my fingers printed, a nice Sergeant came in and looked at my shirt and said, "2245, huh? I just got back from there." |
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I told him that my son died there. That's when the enormity of my loss hit me. I have lost my son. I have lost my ] rights. I have lost the country that I love. Where did America go? I started crying in pain. |
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On March 7, Sheehan was arrested in ] "after blocking the door to the U.S. Mission to the ] offices" during a protest with Iraqi women against the war.<ref>http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11706772/</ref> |
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Sheehan took part in the "United For Peace and Justice" March in New York to protest the war on ]. |
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Sheehan has accused the United States of planning to attack ] in an effort to halt that nation's development of ]s. In two articles on '']'', she called the passage of the ] was merely a stepping stone to war, and called on Congress to reject similar measures in the future.<ref name="buzzflash1">Sheehan, Cindy. . April 30, 2006</ref><ref name="buzzflash2">Sheehan, Cindy. . April 11, 2006.</ref> |
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On ], Sheehan joined ] at a ] organized protest in ], across the street from the White House. Sheehan told the crowd that Mother's Day without her son was "very emotional" for her.<ref>http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/051506Hughes.shtml</ref> |
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On May 26, Sheehan spoke at a rally in ], ]. The rally was held in front of the offices of the Victorian ], and it was in support of the release of ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Free David Hicks | author= | publisher=Civil Rights Defense | url=http://www.civilrightsdefence.org/?cat=1 | accessdate=6 June | accessyear=2006}}</ref> |
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Several organizations are planning a ] for July 4 <ref>http:///troopshomefast.org</ref> in which Sheehan has stated she will participate, although she will not be fasting indefinitely as some others have pledged to do. "Some of us like ] and Diane Wilson will be fasting until the troops come home from Iraq, and some, like me, will be fasting for a specified time. My fast will begin on 7/04 and end on the last day of Camp Casey: 09/02."<ref>http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/print.php?id=669</ref> Hers was a fast from solid foods, but allowing liquids such as blended juice drinks and smoothies.<ref>http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3794/1/198/</ref>{{pov-statement}} |
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On July 5, Sheehan appeared on ]'s '']'' to discuss the war and her upcoming hunger strike. On the show, she called Bush "the biggest terrorist in the world" and "worse than ]," and conceded that she would rather live under Venezuela's Chávez than Bush.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13735484/</ref> |
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In July, Sheehan purchased five acres of land in Crawford, Texas, near Bush's private residence. In a written statement, Sheehan wrote that she "decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George's resignation or ], which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world." She also stated that she "can't think of a better way to use Casey's insurance money than for peace", and that she is sure that Casey would have approved.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/27/D8J4FIGG0.html</ref> In an interview on '']'', Sheehan said that once her need for the land is over, she intends to donate the land to Crawford for the purpose of converting it into The Casey Sheehan Memorial Peace Park.<ref>http://www.stephaniemiller.com/bits/2006_0728_sheehan.mp3</ref> |
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In September, Sheehan released her memoir, entitled ''Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism''. The book recounts her experience of losing her son, along with ] of ] and revenge against Bush, and her transformation into an anti-war activist. Also included in the book are criticisms several other politicians, including: Senator John McCain, whom she accuses of lying to the media about his private statements to her; ], whom she says she regrets voting for; and Hillary Clinton, whom she calls a "powermonger."<ref>http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/09/cindy-sheehan-confessions-of-a-dangerous-mom.php</ref> |
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On December 10, Sheehan participated in a pro-impeachment forum at ] alongside ], mother of ], the first commissioned Army officer to refuse to go to Iraq. |
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===2007 activism=== |
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On ] ] she traveled to ] and called for the closure of the U.S. military prison in ], ].<ref></ref> She also visited the ] (ELAM) where she declared: "I am impressed by the school, the quality of the students. I have never seen anything like it in the world; it doesn’t matter what part of the world we come from, or the fact that our governments don’t get along, we have the same hearts and they are filled with love."<ref></ref> Sheehan refused to meet with Cuban dissidents regarding Cuba's holding of ]s.<ref></ref> |
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In ], on ], ], Sheehan gave a speech at the Unitarian Universalists Church about impeaching Bush and ending the war. <ref> recording of Sheehan's speech</ref> |
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Cindy Sheehan planned on visiting ], on ], ], to give a speech on President Bush and the war in Iraq. <ref></ref> This visit caused controversy locally and Purdue University enacted security measures not normally used around a guest speaker, such as banning signs or banners from the speech location. Purdue students let their opinion be known as Sheehan had a hard time speaking over the chorus of boos from those in attendance. At several points of the speech she became very hostile and confrontational calling several students "warmongers."<ref></ref> |
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Cindy Sheehan was invited by the May 4th Task Force as part of a yearly event remembering the ]. After ringing the Kent State bell 32 times to honor the recent ], Cindy Sheehan spoke to a crowded gathering of students, activists and adults from all over the region.<ref></ref> |
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*“Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not afraid of anything,” |
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*“We can't depend on the Democrats.”...“They got there and betrayed the grass roots that put them there” |
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*“(Bush is) the biggest terrorist in the world and worse than ], I would rather live under Venezuela's Chávez than Bush.” |
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