Cindy Sheehan & Friends -- Paid George Soros Stooges?

Real Voices - MoveOn.org ^ | August 11, 2005 | George Soros

[Sam Hill]

Note that ALL THREE WOMEN involved in Cindy Sheehan's Gold Star Families group were in the MoveOn.org/George Soros ad campaign last fall:

In "A Mother's Tears", Cindy Sheehan of California talks about her son Casey and speaks out against the President and the lies that led to the war in Iraq. 

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  Nadia McCaffrey

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In this powerful commentary, Jane Bright of California talks about her son Evan Ashcraft, killed near Mosul three weeks after Bush issued his foolish taunt to Iraqi insurgents to "bring 'em on". 

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[Sam Hill]

The three women featured, Cindy Sheehan, Nadia McCaffrey and Jane Bright--are all members of Sheehan's "group" Gold Star Families.

The Real Voices ad campaign was done by Fenton Communications--which is a George Soros/MoveOn front.

This goes a long way towards explaining how these people can afford to do their propaganda 24 hours a day and seven days a week for the last couple of years.

[Peach]

Ping.

If I can't sleep, neither can you. LOL

This will keep us awake all night. But I'm leaving to try and relax :-)

[Brett66]

I wonder how much they were paid by Soros?

[satchmodog9]

Good point about their being fronted by some deep lefty pockets.

[The Brush]

Someone should ask her; "Who is funding your grief?"

[doug from upland]

SHE SHOULD WATCH SOME OF THIS FILM I did some marketing work for them last year.

[conservativecorner]

Article Launched: 06/24/2004 06:00:00 AM

Bush, Sheehans share moments
By David Henson/Staff Writer



Since learning in April that their son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, had been killed in Iraq, life has been everything but normal for the Sheehan family of Vacaville.
Casey's parents, Cindy and Patrick, as well as their three children, have attended event after event honoring the soldier both locally and abroad, received countless letters of support and fielded questions from reporters across the country.

"That's the way our whole lives have been since April 4," Patrick said. "It's been surreal."

But none of that prepared the family for the message left on their answering machine last week, inviting them to have a face-to-face meeting with President George W. Bush at Fort Lewis near Seattle.

Surreal soon seemed like an understatement, as the Sheehans - one of 17 families who met Thursday with Bush - were whisked in a matter of days to the Army post and given the VIP treatment from the military. But as their meeting with the president approached, the family was faced with a dilemma as to what to say when faced with Casey's commander-in-chief.

"We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled," Cindy said. "The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached."

The 10 minutes of face time with the president could have given the family a chance to vent their frustrations or ask Bush some of the difficult questions they have been asking themselves, such as whether Casey's sacrifice would make the world a safer place.

But in the end, the family decided against such talk, deferring to how they believed Casey would have wanted them to act. In addition, Pat noted that Bush wasn't stumping for votes or trying to gain a political edge for the upcoming election.

"We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us," Pat said.

Sincerity was something Cindy had hoped to find in the meeting. Shortly after Casey died, Bush sent the family a form letter expressing his condolences, and Cindy said she felt it was an impersonal gesture.

"I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis," Cindy said after their meeting. "I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."

The meeting didn't last long, but in their time with Bush, Cindy spoke about Casey and asked the president to make her son's sacrifice count for something. They also spoke of their faith.

While meeting with Bush, as well as Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, was an honor, it was almost a tangent benefit of the trip. The Sheehans said they enjoyed meeting the other families of fallen soldiers, sharing stories, contact information, grief and support.

For some, grief was still visceral and raw, while for others it had melted into the background of their lives, the pain as common as breathing. Cindy said she saw her reflection in the troubled eyes of each.

"It's hard to lose a son," she said. "But we (all) lost a son in the Iraqi war."

The trip had one benefit that none of the Sheehans expected.

For a moment, life returned to the way it was before Casey died. They laughed, joked and bickered playfully as they briefly toured Seattle.

For the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again.

"That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together," Cindy said.

David Henson can be reached at dixon@thereporter.com.

[Chickensoup]

Be interesting to see how the money actually moves. Where did this information come from?

[beyond the sea]

Speaking of these folks, I saw Jersey Girl Kristen Breitweiser on Hardball without Chris Matthews. She wasn't as "odd" as usual, and was quite cogent, being very upset at the 'Able Danger' fiasco. She may be getting wise.

[Rightfootforward]

Precisely what I'd suspected. No wonder Sheehan's performances are ineffectual and leave me flat. Nothing in them but propaganda and hot air. Wonder if she gets paid by the tear?

[Sam Hill]

America's Red Army

By Jennifer Verner
FrontPageMagazine.com | September 1, 2004

Although the organization was initiated with a letter signed by over 100 celebrities calling for an end to America's “imperialist” wars, with the help of David Fenton, the founder of the public relations firm, Fenton Communications, and the rabidly anti-Bush Internet outfit, Moveon.org, the campaign was presented as a non-partisan patchwork of American life. But while Fenton may want Americans to see Win Without War as being “middle of the road,” the sum of its parts paints a vastly different picture.

Fenton Communications is a “socially responsible” PR firm with a penchant for backing Marxist regimes, and Win Without War boasts a number of “progressive” operatives, like the coalition's director, Tom Andrews, and Clinton employee, Maggie Williams, who use non-profits to front for the Democratic Party line.

In addition, elements of the fringe Left like Veterans for Peace, which held a solidarity convention in Havana with Cuban veterans of Angola in 1992, are also members of the Win Without War team. And, to top it off, funds are channeled through billionaire George Soros' Open Society Institute and the ultra-leftist Tides Foundation into many of the coalition members' bank accounts. Indeed, Win Without War isn't even close to the mainstream- it's the Left Bank.

The radical Left owes a great debt of gratitude to David Fenton. He has mixed Neo-Marxist ideology with junk science, trial lawyers, labor, progressive millionaires, politicians, and radical policy wonks to construct a complex, moneymaking left-wing advocacy empire. Fenton Communications reported billing $6 million dollars in 2002, and will likely make much more this year with high profile clients like The Heinz Family Foundation, the aforementioned Open Society Institute and Moveon.org.

The backbone of Win Without War is coalition member Moveon.org. Thousands of foot soldiers for the Democratic Internet sensation provide the bulk of Win Without War's membership. Moveon.org is currently partnering with Win Without War in a media campaign attacking the Bush administration's continued “ownership” of Iraq after the handover of sovereignty. The blatantly partisan ads also solicit donations for Moveon.org's 527 Political Action Committees.

Like Moveon.org, most Win Without War coalition members are closely linked to Fenton Communications. The NAACP, Medea Benjamin's Global Exchange and ice cream mogul Ben Cohen, founder of coalition member True Majority, all do business with Fenton. Other WWW members, like NOW, WAND, Peace Action and Fourth Freedom Forum have close ties with Fenton's rich clients or employees.

 

FrontPage magazine.com :: America's Red Army by Jennifer Verner
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14893

There's a lot more info at the link.

[scott says]

I just got home from work and saw this post. I'm not sure if there has been a thread about some news I heard today. I live in the Bay Area and heard on local news station, KNEW 910, that members of this "womans" own family are publicly denouncing her and are appalled at her behavior for exploiting her own sons death to advance her twisted political agenda...hopefully this news will get out. S

[satchmodog9]

I would be able to die happy hearing that. I feel bad for her in a true sense. If she is using her sons death to further her political beliefs then she can rot.

[hsmomx3]

The woman I have seen speaking on tv today sounds like someone is feeding her her lines. She pauses a long time in between sentences.

[Numbers Guy]

She wasn't as "odd" as usual, and was quite cogent, being very upset at the 'Able Danger' fiasco. She may be getting wise.

Breitweiser would have to double her IQ to get to triple digits. I still remember Breitweiser on the Today Show demanding to know why there wasn't some sort of deflection radar on planes to keep them from hitting buildings. She's dumb to the extreme.

Once someone tells her that it was the Clinton Administration that spiked the Atta intelligence, she'll settle down and make excuses.

[Khurkris]

bookmark for future use

[Sam Hill]

"Be interesting to see how the money actually moves. Where did this information come from?"

I remembered this from last year, when the question was how the Tides Foundation (and TeRAYza) were paying all of these ultra leftwing operations.

(Such as Cindy's favorite, United For Peace And Justice.)

[nopardons]

On Bill O'Reilly's show tonight ( and no, Bill is off ), John Gibson did a section on Cindy and said that she was being " sponsored" by Soros and Code Pink and MooveOn and a lot of other far lefty groups."

[Peach]

Ping to Cindy in a George Soros ad.