Post by Seabird on Jul 13, 2007 2:42:11 GMT
I COULD KILL GEORGE BUSH - IRISH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER 07/12/07 13:36 EST
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Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams has
called for the impeachment of President Bush.
In a keynote speech at the International Women's Peace
Conference in Dallas Texas last night, Ms. Williams told a
crowd of about 1,000 that the Bush administration has been
treacherous and wrong and acted unconstitutionally.
"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said at the
Adam's Mark Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. "No, I
don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I
would love to be able to do that."
The crowd gave her a standing ovation after she called for
Mr. Bush's removal from power.
"The Muslim world right now is suffering beyond belief," she
said.
"Unless the president of the United States is held
responsible for what he's doing and what he has done,
there's no one in the Muslim world who will forgive him."
When an audience member told Ms. Williams that Vice
President Dick Cheney would become president if George Bush
were impeached, she said, "Can't you impeach them both?"
"It's twisted. It's all wrong," she said. "There are so many
lies being told. It's hard to be an American and go out into
the world right now."
Ms. Williams started her speech by asking every member of
the audience to hug everyone around them. Then she cut to
what amounted to both a call for peace and a stinging rebuke
of the American government.
Conference organizers have said that the conference is
nonpartisan and that no one was invited to speak about the
war in Iraq. After Ms. Williams finished her speech,
conference chairwoman Carol Donovan took the podium to say
that Ms. Williams did not speak for the conference – only
herself.
"It's important for us to separate the opinion of the person
and the position of the conference," Ms. Donovan said.
Two other Nobel Peace Prize winners, American activist Jody
Williams and Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala, will speak
this week as part of the conference. Jody Williams, who was
in the audience Wednesday, has also indicated she would
speak about Mr. Bush.
"We believe very strongly it was important to have the
opportunity to hear these three peace prize winners," Ms.
Donovan said.
Betty Williams won the Nobel Prize in 1976 for creating a
group that helped start peace talks in Northern Ireland.
In 1992, Texas Gov. Ann Richards appointed Betty Williams to
the Texas Commission for Children and Youth.
www.iais.org
Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams has
called for the impeachment of President Bush.
In a keynote speech at the International Women's Peace
Conference in Dallas Texas last night, Ms. Williams told a
crowd of about 1,000 that the Bush administration has been
treacherous and wrong and acted unconstitutionally.
"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said at the
Adam's Mark Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. "No, I
don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I
would love to be able to do that."
The crowd gave her a standing ovation after she called for
Mr. Bush's removal from power.
"The Muslim world right now is suffering beyond belief," she
said.
"Unless the president of the United States is held
responsible for what he's doing and what he has done,
there's no one in the Muslim world who will forgive him."
When an audience member told Ms. Williams that Vice
President Dick Cheney would become president if George Bush
were impeached, she said, "Can't you impeach them both?"
"It's twisted. It's all wrong," she said. "There are so many
lies being told. It's hard to be an American and go out into
the world right now."
Ms. Williams started her speech by asking every member of
the audience to hug everyone around them. Then she cut to
what amounted to both a call for peace and a stinging rebuke
of the American government.
Conference organizers have said that the conference is
nonpartisan and that no one was invited to speak about the
war in Iraq. After Ms. Williams finished her speech,
conference chairwoman Carol Donovan took the podium to say
that Ms. Williams did not speak for the conference – only
herself.
"It's important for us to separate the opinion of the person
and the position of the conference," Ms. Donovan said.
Two other Nobel Peace Prize winners, American activist Jody
Williams and Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala, will speak
this week as part of the conference. Jody Williams, who was
in the audience Wednesday, has also indicated she would
speak about Mr. Bush.
"We believe very strongly it was important to have the
opportunity to hear these three peace prize winners," Ms.
Donovan said.
Betty Williams won the Nobel Prize in 1976 for creating a
group that helped start peace talks in Northern Ireland.
In 1992, Texas Gov. Ann Richards appointed Betty Williams to
the Texas Commission for Children and Youth.
