Mother already met Bush [Editorial from Cindy' hometown newspaper]

The Reporter ^ | 8/12/05 | Catherine Moy

[summer]

Cindy Sheehan's incessant Bush-hating landed her on the Web site of Al-Jazeera, a propaganda arm for Muslim terrorists, and splintered her family, who mourn the loss of her son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, who died last year in Iraq. Mrs. Sheehan is now a tool of America-haters. She has joined the family of radical Democrats in defiance of her son's blood relations.

Her family has had enough. Cherie Quarterolo, Casey's godmother and aunt, wrote a letter to KSFO saying the family broke its silence because "our family has been so distressed by the recent activities of Cindy." The note read in part:

"The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the expense of her son's good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan family supports the troops, our country, and our president, silently, with prayer and respect."

The Sheehan family has exposed itself to the scorn of leftists. Anti-war activists hope Cindy Sheehan's status as a grieving parent will protect her from criticism.

I wrote a column last year relaying my sorrow over her loss. In an e-mail, she told me to stop writing about her son. She did not want media attention.

So, what changed? The anti-Bush crowd now handles Mrs. Sheehan, answering her phone and prepping her for the media, according to Sheehan's online diary.

She still doesn't like critical media attention or when the media ignore her.

"I conservatively got three to five phone calls a minute. I did about 25 phone interviews and several TV interviews," Mrs. Sheehan wrote in the diary. "I was supposed to do: 'The Today Show,' MSNBC live interview, 'Connected Coast to Coast' and 'Hardball,' both on MSNBC. 'The Today Show' just never showed up and the other three MSNBC shows cancelled for no reason. Could it be because NBC is owned by General Electric, a major defense contractor?"

President Bush already heard her last year when taxpayers paid her way to visit him. Later, she told The Reporter that she knew Bush is "sorry and feels some pain for our loss." On Sunday, she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Bush's deputy chief of staff met with her in Texas and told her "the president really cares." And I said, "You can't tell me that because I've met with him and I know that he doesn't care."

Mrs. Sheehan has had her turn with the president and changed her statements about their meeting. President Bush shouldn't waste more time on her.

The author, of Fairfield, can be reached at Poohdo@aol.com. She returns to her regular Saturday spot next week.

[summer]

The left claims this editorial is from Cindy's hometown -- and they are all upset about it.

[summer]

As I wrote on another thread, my heart goes out to Cindy and her family (and all military families). Cindy has suffered a tremendous loss, as many mothers have, throughout history, when their sons defended freedom and liberty. That's not nothing. Her son gave his life so that others could be free, as was his choice in this volunteer military fighting a war on terrorism. We all greive for him. I'm sure GW does, too.

[SFC Chromey]

From the same paper that ran the story of her meeting with Bush last year.

Is there a way to ZOT people in real life, Cindy deserves it!

[longtermmemmory]

bump!!!!!!!!
BUMP!!!!!!!!

[Chode]

Ohhh,Woe is me...!!!

the New Official Cindy Sheehan Logo

[Darkwolf377]

Cindy Sheehan's incessant Bush-hating landed her on the Web site of Al-Jazeera

DU: "Yessss!"

[DJ MacWoW]

The left claims this editorial is from Cindy's hometown -- and they are all upset about it.

I've read a couple of times that she's not appreciated by her hometown.

[randog]

I can understand a mother's grief over losing her child; I can even understand that grief taking her over the edge. But Cindy Sheehan seems to have fallen in love with the camera and microphone and the false sense of importance they carry. This will end soon as her 15 minutes dry up, and then Cindy will have to grieve once again--over the loss of her self-importance.

[popdonnelly]

They're casting doubt on the MSM's (or the left part thereof's) heart-wrenching, tear-jerking story! How can they be so cruel!

[Cobra64]

As I wrote on another thread, my heart goes out to Cindy...

Not me. This bitch is exploiting her son's death.

[popdonnelly]

The news media is not stupid. They could report all the facts if they wanted to. They are deliberately distorting this story.

[DakotaRed]

That this is in her Hometown Newspaper could go a long way to showing her for the fool she has freely become. Editorials as this and the letter from her family need to be distributed widely.

It's refreshing to see that not all of the media are leftist morons out to impose their agenda on the nation.

[yooling]

The left claims this editorial is from Cindy's hometown -- and they are all upset about it. I've read a couple of times that she's not appreciated by her hometown.

Rest assured,

She's not.

[HitmanLV]

My heart goes out to people who still find the need to preface any comment about Sheenan with 'My heart goes out to....'

[DJ MacWoW]

Thanks for the confirmation.

[tanknetter]

Not me. This bitch is exploiting her son's death.

I'm starting to disagree with this sentiment. I think this woman is genuinely distraught with grief over the loss of her son, to the point of being mentally and emotionally destroyed.

It's the Left wing fringe groups that are handling/managing her who are cravenly exploiting the situation - both her son's death and her emotional problems related to it. She has a bunch of these viscious people surrounding her, reinforcing her own worst thoughts and fears and provoking her into doing what she's doing.

She's just a convienient, easily manipulated tool ... but at some point she's going to say/do something really outrageous (by the MSM's standards) and they'll drop her like the proverbial hot potato.

[Salvey]

"I conservatively got three to five phone calls a minute.

Erratum. It should read, "I liberally got...etc.

[Shannon]

Yeah, really. Enough already. My heart does not go out to Ms. Sheenan. She's using her son's death in a most despicable way.

[summer]

I think this woman is genuinely distraught with grief over the loss of her son, to the point of being mentally and emotionally destroyed.

I agree with you. And people who are grieving (as anyone who has grieved over a very long period may know) are people capable of doing and saying many bizarre things while grieving. It is not a time when a person can always think straight.

I don't think anyone should ever question whether her grief is genuine or not. The right should be in solidarity with her in that she is the mother of a son who served in our nation's military. At the moment she does not see perhaps that she is being used as a political tool by the left because she interprets it as them sharing her grief. That's what the right should do. Not only for her, but for all our sons and daughters in the military who give their lives in these troubled times. We are, after all, one nation under God.

[vetvetdoug]

Where is the husband? Is he alive? Why doesn't he want to live with Cindy anymore if he is (obvious question)?