Democrat Congressional Nominee Expresses Support for Iraqi "Insurgency"

Jeeni Criscenzo, Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives 49th California District seat currently held by Republican nominee Darrell Issa, wrote in a blog entry earlier this month from Amman, Jordan of her support for the so-called insurgency in Iraq.

Criscenzo went to Amman with leaders of the anti-American group Code Pink and Sixties activist Tom Hayden to conspire with a group of anti-American Iraqi parliamentarians.

On August 6, writing in her campaign Web site blog which is linked on the Daily Kos blog, Criscenzo said, "It is important to distinguish between the militia, or death squads and the resistance, particularly when considering the amnesty aspects of the Reconciliation Plan crafted in Cairo last month. Over 95% of the Iraqi people oppose the presence of the U.S. troops in their country and consider the people the U.S. call "insurgents" to be patriotic freedom fighters -- no different that (sic) how we look at the people who fought in our Revolutionary War. Heroic titles go to the victors and if justice is to ever come to the people of Iraq, the people we call insurgents will have to be recognized as the ones who are actually defending their homeland."

Criscenzo brought a film crew with her to Jordan to film campaign ads on the trip.

More Jeeni Criscenzo Quotes Criscenzo on Iraq: “I challenge anyone to prove that the people of Iraq are better off today than they were (under Saddam). Back then more Iraqi people were gainfully employed, and had electricity and clean water. Unless they'd ticked off Saddam or his progeny, most Iraqi's could walk outside their homes without fear of being kidnapped or shot. Their museums still held exquisite artifacts from the beginning of civilization. Their children were going to school and Iraqi women enjoyed one of the most liberated societies in the Arab world.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/21/04 Criscenzo on Terrorism: “I don't want to let fear run my life, but here's the thing that has me a little bit nervous. What if the administration is using terrorism to control us... maybe even being complicit in it on some level? What if they are so sure there is going to be another event because they are behind it? It sure would teach us activists a lesson or two if we encountered a dirty bomb on the streets of Atlanta, or Boston or New York City.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/26/04 Criscenzo on 9/11: “I've spent hours and days and months researching this subject, but have hesitated to write much about it because I can't seem to put the pieces together. Where is the motive? What is the common thread between all of these stories? Why do they all seem to point to, at the very least, complicity on the part of our administration in the attacks on 9/11?” CPR4Democracy.com - 6/30/04 Criscenzo on the Right: “While we weren't paying attention, people with a very bizarre interpretation of the Bible have slipped into power and set about instigating Armageddon. If we don't stop them, everything we worked for 40 years ago will disappear. Worse yet, everything our founders fought for over 200 years ago will disappear... Rise up old hippies, dust off your love beads -- it's time for us to step in and change things again, and we know we can do it because we've done it before!” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/22/04 Criscenzo on Conspiracies: “I admit it - I'm turning into a conspiracy nut. I must be nuts - how could everything happening lately be part of some huge conspiracy? Maybe it's not all one conspiracy - maybe there's a whole bunch of unrelated conspiracies - neocons, and evangelists and little green men from Mars - all manipulating the media and the minds of the general public for their various nefarious agendas.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/13/04 Get to Know Criscenzo Criscenzo on Energy: “We wouldn't be tempted to go taking other people's oil if we had our own source of energy. What if we had applied all of that money we wasted in Iraq to building the 12 million wind machines needed to generate enough hydrogen energy to meet all of the US energy requirements.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/25/04 Criscenzo on Haiti: “The situation in Haiti is overwhelming in complexity that is magnified by the disinformation being offered by our corporate-controlled media. While the official US position is that Haiti's democratically-elected president, Aristide voluntarily resigned in the face of overwhelming opposition and chaos, the reality is that this was a US-sponsored coup... What we see happening in Haiti could be a preview of the collapse of democracy in any country -- perhaps even our own -- that the neocons perceive as a threat to their power.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/29/04 Criscenzo on Republicans: “Have you seen the new GOP logo? Did you notice that the stars have been turned so they now look like pentagrams (actually 3 pentagrams)? When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke - how could they make a mistake like that on something as important as the GOP logo? Could this be deliberate?” CPR4Democracy.com - 7/9/04 Criscenzo on Religion: “What could I wish for that would have the maximum positive impact in one swoop? ...The Rapture! I would wish for the Rapture. Think of it - all the right-wing fanatics of the world would disappear, instantly. Poof, they'd be gone, sitting there at the right hand of God where he'd make sure they couldn't get into any trouble.” CPR4Democracy.com - 6/11/04 Criscenzo on War: “It's time we mothers took this matter our own hands. I suggest that we tell Dick Cheney and all of his war monger friends that the only soldiers they can have for their stupid games are the ones they carry and give birth to themselves. We're out of the soldier production business. That would pretty much end wars.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/27/04 Criscenzo on Activism: “Every citizen of the world who has come to the realization of what is going on in Iraq, in Israel, in Haiti, in America and throughout the world, must make a commitment to become the antithesis of passive - active. We must do everything in our power to enlighten our fellow human beings to the neocon agendas behind the lies our current administration is feeding us.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/27/04

Lemme try that again:

Criscenzo on Iraq: “I challenge anyone to prove that the people of Iraq are better off today than they were (under Saddam). Back then more Iraqi people were gainfully employed, and had electricity and clean water. Unless they'd ticked off Saddam or his progeny, most Iraqi's could walk outside their homes without fear of being kidnapped or shot. Their museums still held exquisite artifacts from the beginning of civilization. Their children were going to school and Iraqi women enjoyed one of the most liberated societies in the Arab world.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/21/04

Criscenzo on Terrorism: “I don't want to let fear run my life, but here's the thing that has me a little bit nervous. What if the administration is using terrorism to control us... maybe even being complicit in it on some level? What if they are so sure there is going to be another event because they are behind it? It sure would teach us activists a lesson or two if we encountered a dirty bomb on the streets of Atlanta, or Boston or New York City.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/26/04

Criscenzo on 9/11: “I've spent hours and days and months researching this subject, but have hesitated to write much about it because I can't seem to put the pieces together. Where is the motive? What is the common thread between all of these stories? Why do they all seem to point to, at the very least, complicity on the part of our administration in the attacks on 9/11?” CPR4Democracy.com - 6/30/04

Criscenzo on the Right: “While we weren't paying attention, people with a very bizarre interpretation of the Bible have slipped into power and set about instigating Armageddon. If we don't stop them, everything we worked for 40 years ago will disappear. Worse yet, everything our founders fought for over 200 years ago will disappear... Rise up old hippies, dust off your love beads -- it's time for us to step in and change things again, and we know we can do it because we've done it before!” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/22/04

Criscenzo on Conspiracies: “I admit it - I'm turning into a conspiracy nut. I must be nuts - how could everything happening lately be part of some huge conspiracy? Maybe it's not all one conspiracy - maybe there's a whole bunch of unrelated conspiracies - neocons, and evangelists and little green men from Mars - all manipulating the media and the minds of the general public for their various nefarious agendas.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/13/04
Get to Know Criscenzo

Criscenzo on Energy: “We wouldn't be tempted to go taking other people's oil if we had our own source of energy. What if we had applied all of that money we wasted in Iraq to building the 12 million wind machines needed to generate enough hydrogen energy to meet all of the US energy requirements.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/25/04

Criscenzo on Haiti: “The situation in Haiti is overwhelming in complexity that is magnified by the disinformation being offered by our corporate-controlled media. While the official US position is that Haiti's democratically-elected president, Aristide voluntarily resigned in the face of overwhelming opposition and chaos, the reality is that this was a US-sponsored coup... What we see happening in Haiti could be a preview of the collapse of democracy in any country -- perhaps even our own -- that the neocons perceive as a threat to their power.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/29/04

Criscenzo on Republicans: “Have you seen the new GOP logo? Did you notice that the stars have been turned so they now look like pentagrams (actually 3 pentagrams)? When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke - how could they make a mistake like that on something as important as the GOP logo? Could this be deliberate?” CPR4Democracy.com - 7/9/04

Criscenzo on Religion: “What could I wish for that would have the maximum positive impact in one swoop? ...The Rapture! I would wish for the Rapture. Think of it - all the right-wing fanatics of the world would disappear, instantly. Poof, they'd be gone, sitting there at the right hand of God where he'd make sure they couldn't get into any trouble.” CPR4Democracy.com - 6/11/04

Criscenzo on War: “It's time we mothers took this matter our own hands. I suggest that we tell Dick Cheney and all of his war monger friends that the only soldiers they can have for their stupid games are the ones they carry and give birth to themselves. We're out of the soldier production business. That would pretty much end wars.” CPR4Democracy.com - 4/27/04

Criscenzo on Activism: “Every citizen of the world who has come to the realization of what is going on in Iraq, in Israel, in Haiti, in America and throughout the world, must make a commitment to become the antithesis of passive - active. We must do everything in our power to enlighten our fellow human beings to the neocon agendas behind the lies our current administration is feeding us.” CPR4Democracy.com - 5/27/04

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