Lord help us if Obama and his code pink supporters get into the White House.
Even if Obama was somehow (shudder!) elected, Code Pink wouldn't be allowed within a hundred miles of the place. Just like Cindy Sheehan, they would be discarded once their usefulness was exhausted. There is no loyalty amongst the Rats, only pure self-interest.
Jodie Evans:
For longtime activist Jodie Evans, 52, co-founder of the national “women for peace” organization Code Pink, the choice rarely came down to deciding between her activism and her kids. She just incorporated her two sons in her work, whether they liked it or not.
“I was pregnant with them in activism,” says Evans, “I nursed them in activism, and I dragged them here, there and everywhere for activism. They lived their lives on the floors of campaign offices. Sometimes they would complain, but now they’re very proud of the work I do. And I think it was good for them. They learned a lot of skills and it made them very independent. People always commented on how mature they were.”
Evans proceeds to proudly divulge an example that some parents might be less quick to share: When her son, Jan Krajewski, now a 26-year-old artist, was 10, Evans says, she was going to a march for choice in Washington DC, and he really wanted to go too.
“We took a red-eye and the plane was full of parents with girls his age,” says Evans, “and the kids stayed up all night while the adults slept. So when we arrived in Washington, Jan was just dead tired, in no condition to march. I took him into the National Gallery and put him to sleep on a bench and told him I’d be back after the march. So I did the march without him, and when I got back, he was still asleep!”
Evans says her younger son, Matthew Palevsky, now 21, has always been an activist. When he was 12, he organized Santa Monica private school students to visit the City Council to lobby for gun control; he spent time in Scotland working on drug policy and was part of the effort to legalize medical marijuana in Rhode Island, where he’s now working for a Democratic congressional candidate. Evans is thrilled that Matthew has continued her legacy.