Posted on 08/15/2005 6:28:00 PM PDT by mdittmar
FAIRFIELD, Calif. Aug 15, 2005 — The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents.
Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. His lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
The couple's eldest child, Casey, 24, was an Army soldier killed in April 2004. Cindy Sheehan has said the stress of the death led to the separation of the couple, who were high school sweethearts.
Sheehan has vowed to remain in Texas through Bush's August vacation, unless he meets with her. She began her protest 10 days ago and has since been joined by more than 100 anti-war activists.
"Our message is to bring the troops home," Sheehan, of Vacaville, said Monday.
The White House on Monday again issued a statement saying that Bush sympathizes with Sheehan. The president has given no indication that he will meet with her.
Sheehan, 48, and other grieving military families met with Bush in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, near Seattle, two months after her son's death.
But she says the meeting was unsatisfactory, and it came before reports surfaced about faulty pre-war intelligence, which enraged her.
When Sheehan arrived in Crawford on Aug. 6, her small group started marching to Bush's ranch, then was moved by authorities to a plot of land a few miles away.
I feel for her son's memory and her husband. She is a nut.
I feel sympathy for her. I think she's so screwed up right now and the liberals are takeing full advantage of that.
I think she is part of a right wing plot to take the heat off Karl Rove.
I thought she had a lesbian lover or something. I swear I read that somewhere on here lol.
I agree and I have someone in my family who is exactly like this woman. Her son served in the first Gulf War and she was so upset, she actually called the Pentagon demanding to know where her son's Navy ship was. I guess we all have some whack jobs in our families!
I wonder who owns this land and why she is being allowed to squat there in the first place.
You have mail.
Has any Democrats "comforted" her (in person) yet?
Patrick Sheehan, that is...
What's the weather for Crawford for the second half of August? Is there a chance she'll just wither away?
Even the husband recognizes her as the pathetic creature that she is?????
My guess is, they wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole. Interesting thought.
But, I bet Bill would like to see her alone.
Menopause complicated by addiction to leftist ideology can be hard to live with.
Representative Maxine Waters came all the way from California to Crawford. She says, "I came here today to support my friend, Cindy Sheehan."
Waters even brought food and supplies for Sheehan and other protestors. She says it was the least she could do for a brave mother who lost her son.
"She's a grieving mother,” Waters said. “For her to have made this sacrifice for her country as these other families are doing, it's not to far to come to say ‘we support you’."
Photos of the publicity 'Rat meeting the publicity Moonbat here
Another report here...
While there were fewer Sheehan well-wishers and Bush backers Sunday, the steady flow of people in and out of "Camp Casey" continued. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and her husband drove out to the campsite toting a box of toilet paper, shampoos, a fruit basket and a case of water. Waters said she believes that Sheehan's protest will "be the catalyst that causes the war to end."
I feel sorry for the husband. He looses his noble son, then his wifes becomes the moon-bat poster girl dishonering his memory. Imagine seeing her on TV everyday spewing lefty kook anti-USA and anti-Israel messages. Its been a rough year for him. Maybe he can break away and make a fresh start.
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