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Cindy Sheehan barely fits into her "campaign limo," her sister's blue Hyundai Tiburon. She ducks low to avoid hitting her head on the way in, and her knees are nearly at her chest when she sits, even with the seat rolled all the way back. Traveling over the Oakland Bay Bridge, her campaign manager at the wheel--steering with one hand and scrolling through e-mails with the other--the 6-foot-tall antiwar activist turned congressional hopeful tries in vain to stretch out in the passenger seat. It's raining when they pull into a parking spot near Berkeley City College, where Sheehan is about...

Casey Sheehan Died for This?   By Ben JohnsonFrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, February 18, 2008 Of the many outrages Cindy Sheehan has perpetrated since using her heroic son’s coffin as a pole-vault into national stardom, none has gotten less laudatory press than her recent intervention on behalf of 40 imprisoned members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. A typical headline adorning the Associated Press story declared, “Cindy Sheehan in Egypt for Islamists.” Yet none of this coverage – which has changed toned markedly since she decided to run against the Democratic Speaker of the House – has exposed the Brotherhood’s extremist ideology,...

One morning last August in San Francisco, six women in pink sweaters marched up a hilly boulevard towing pink roller bags full of shoes. They unzipped the bags in front of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's house, dumped the shoes on her lawn, and went on to arrange loafers, pumps, and pink glittery sandals like hawkers at a yard sale. Anchoring their display was a pair of combat boots, placed on Pelosi's doorstep. The boots, like the other shoes, had been pulled from a dead body in Iraq—the body of Casey Sheehan, in fact, whose mother, Cindy, is running as an Independent...

A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com criticizes Charlotte police for allowing counter-protesters to "try to intimidate us" during Sheehan's antiwar rally Tuesday in Bryant Park. But in a memo to top police administrators, one captain said officers had no issues during the two-hour event and expressed surprise at the complaints. "At the School of the Assassins in Columbus, GA, and in Charlotte, NC, we ran into similar problems: police presence that seemed to be there to foster violence. At both places the neo-Nazi, pro-war fascist group "Gathering of Eagles" came out to mostly try...

As prominent anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan stepped to the microphone Friday night outside the Charlottesville Ice Park, John Pulliam raised his sign above his head and began to shout. "Win the war. Win the war," Pulliam, a retired soldier who fought in the first Gulf War, methodically chanted. In front of him, a middle-aged couple looked back, shook their heads and began cheering for Sheehan, hoping to drown out Pulliam's baritone. Pulliam retorted by hoisting his sign higher and raising his voice. Those around him responded by yelling louder. So it went Friday evening, as the polarizing and emotionally charged...

Lynchburg, VA - The rain did a number on the Cindy Sheehan rally in Lynchburg. Sheehan, the controversial anti-war protester, will be in DC on Monday. She says if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn't move to impeach President Bush she'll run for Pelosi's office. Her visit to Lynchburg drew passion, both against and for the war, before the skies opened up. Sheehan, along with other activists, marched from Monument Terrace, a memorial to service members. Since her son died in 2004, Sheehan has called on the withdrawal of troops. She spoke to us live after her arrival. Cindy Sheehan, Anti-War...

Preparations are in place for the visit of "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan to Lynchburg on Thursday. Sheehan and a group of other activists will be stopping here as part of what she calls "The Summer of Love, '07: A Journey for Peace and Humanity." The trip - which combines a motorcade between cities and a march at each location - began in Crawford, Texas, on July 10 and will end in New York, where Sheehan is planning a "Summer of Love" rally on July 26. In Lynchburg, she will be joined by the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., a minister, Air...

Poetry and lore speak of a mother’s grief, a mother’s tears for a deceased child. So perhaps the spotlight after her soldier-son’s death in 2004 was bound to be captured by Cindy Sheehan. For Pat Sheehan, the very private role of simply continuing to be Casey’s father has been enough - until recently, that is. In a blip of publicity Cindy Sheehan bowed out of her diminishing limelight, announcing that she would stop her activism against the Iraq war. In doing so, she declared that Casey Sheehan “did indeed die for nothing.” That statement ended Pat Sheehan’s silence. He called...

Mourning in America Kathleen Antrim, The Examiner Oct 5, 2006 5:00 AM (7 hrs ago) Current rank: # 25 of 5,546 articles SAN FRANCISCO - Rarely does a book come along that touches the very essence of American culture. Even more rare is the book that does so while in the midst of that specific cultural phenomenon, as most are historical accounts of times past. “American Mourning” written by Catherine Moy and Melanie Morgan is such a book. The REAL Story Finally Told About Cindy Sheehan - CLICK HERE A personal story of two young men who worked, fought...

Memorial Day will be different this year at the Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery, where Casey Sheehan, a soldier from Vacaville, lies buried. Until this week, more than two years after his death in Iraq, Casey's grave has been marked only by a small plaque. On Thursday, it received a headstone. The elegant marble slab is thick and emblazoned with a cross and delicate thickets of trees on both sides. "Our Casey," reads an inscription on the front. "Ever faithful, kind, and gentle, good son, beloved brother, brave soldier, dear friend, you loved your family and lived your life serving others to the...

On a pleasant hillside in the Vacaville-Elmira cemetery in California, there is a grave that still has no gravestone almost two years after a brave young soldier was buried there. According to his mother, he was born on Memorial Day and died at age 24 on April 4, 2004, fighting with the First Cavalry Division in a militia- and terrorist-infested district of Baghdad named Sadr City. He was not an unknown soldier. In fact, thanks to his mother's constant use of his name in media appearances, he may be the best-known soldier of the Iraqi war. He's Casey Austin Sheehan,...

As usual, negative stories about Mother Sheehan are only to be found in the local papers. This one is from her erstwhile home town (for a few years, anyway) the Vacaville Reporter:   Sheehan RefutedDirector rebuts 'Peace Mom's' story By Julie Kay/Staff Writer A Vacaville funeral home owner took exception to "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan's allegation that his mortuary did not fulfill its duties after her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004. In her blog last week, Sheehan wrote that the mortuary had refused to pay the cemetery as it was supposed to. Steve Nadeau, the mortuary's owner,...

Cindy Sheehan, the anti-Bush activist dubbed the "Peace Mom" for her efforts to stop the war in Iraq is lashing back at detractors who decry her lack of a tombstone for her son, Casey Sheehan, who was killed in the conflict two years ago. Cindy Sheehan lies above her son's markerless grave in Vanity Fair's January 2006 issue "I am so tired of the Rovian, heartless, and ignorant smear machine attacking me and my family at every turn of my back," Sheehan writes in an online commentary. Sheehan is responding to criticism aimed at her for not having a headstone...

Watch the video tribute HERE. It is a worthy thing to fight for one’s freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man’s. -Mark Twain On April 4th, 2004 Army Specialist Casey Sheehan and seven fellow soldiers were killed during protracted combat with Shi'ite insurgents in Sadr City, Iraq. Sheehan, a Humvee mechanic, had volunteered for the rescue mission to relieve his besieged comrades only to be ambushed himself while en route. He had been in country for five days. President Bush has made it clear that "America will not abandon Iraq" on his watch, yet he has...

Mother and Anti-War Hero Cindy Sheehan Signs with Speaking Matters LLC for Public Speaking Tour Cindy Sheehan may have ended her summer vigil at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, but she is taking her anti-war activism to colleges/universities by participating in public speaking and public programs across the nation. New York, NY (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) September 14, 2005 -- There are moments in history when the courageous actions of one individual act to galvanize a movement – whether for civil rights, women's rights, pro-democracy, or against a war. The summer of 2005 will forever be remembered with...

Here is a BLOG from a TN National Guard soldier in Iraq about Cindy Sheehan's activities. From Razors BLOG That woman in Texas outside the Bush Ranch for instance. She aggravates me, even though I can't even remember her name. The President is trying to relax a little bit from what must be one of the highest pressured jobs in the world, and she has to go and bring a circus of media to squat on his freaking front yard. Give the man a break Lady! The President didn't kill your son, your son did something called VOLUNTEERING! He signed...

I got up really early today to head back to Camp Casey. On the way, I had some amazing conversations with people. In one of those conversations, I was talking to Tyler who was sitting next to me on one of the planes. We were not talking about me and what I have been doing. Randomly, he told me he had just been in Texas about an hour north of Crawford. I said: "Wow that's where I am going and that's where I have been all month." He said: "I know I own a television." I thought that was pretty...

Casey’s Dash By Salena Zito Headstones tell a short story. Those icy cold markers carry the date of our birth and the date of our death, separated by a dash. The dash is what we do with our lives, it is what we are remembered for; our laughter, tears, loves, losses and mistakes compacted into a single horizontal line. Casey Sheehan was a young man that had a tragically short dash, but it was his to form. By all accounts Casey grew up a natural leader; he was devoted to his parish’s youth group, an active Eagle Scout and had...

Statement by Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson August 22nd, 2005 The Bush White House and its right wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families’ vigil in Central Texas in the same way that they always respond to bad news –by unleashing personal attacks and smears against her. This White House never wants an open public discussion, and it certainly never wants to be told that it is wrong. It always tries to change the message by attacking the messenger. They did it with former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill when he wrote a book that suggested that the...

Chickenhawks, revisited revisited (NOW WITH MORE LINKED IDIOCY!) Is leveling the chickenhawk charge against a bunch of strangers on a “rightwing” website wise? Because here’s “Patton,” doing just that in the comments to this post: Hey cowards- Casey Sheehan was a man. You are pussies. Put up or shut up. 1-800-GO-ARMY ...And here’s File Closer, offering a carefully-articulated rejoinder, whose effectiveness I’ll allow you to judge for yourselves: Actually, “Patton,” I decided to simply walk into the recruiter’s office, rather than call the number. This was back in 2003, after having served previously and gotten out in 2000. I was...

Nowhere in all the history I have studied, has one private citizen so successfully pulled the wool over the eyes of America as Cindy Sheehan has. Of course, she did not do this on her own. She has the Democrat Party, still licking their wounds from a thorough loss of power in 2000, 2002 and 2004, and their minions in the MSM to thank for making sure just the words she wants heard are heard by all of America. But the worst of all this is that political correctness from Clinton-era intelligence agencies is the real reason people like Sheehan...

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - A patriotic camp with a "God Bless Our President!" banner sprung up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother two weeks ago near President Bush's ranch. The camp is named "Fort Qualls," in memory of Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls, 20, who died in Iraq last fall. "If I have to sacrifice my whole family for the sake of our country and world, other countries that want freedom, I'll do that," said the soldier's father, Gary Qualls, a friend of the local business owner who started the pro-Bush camp. He...

With the MOAB as inspiration (and previous experience BUILDING morale cheering on high school football) everyone across the country could rally quite simply. This would give everyone who can't make it to Crawford an opportunity to actively be a part of the NOT SO SILENT MAJORITY and support the caravan. It would make quite a statement to have these pop up all over the country: It only takes one double bedsheet and a can of spray paint, four stones and some twine. Pin the sheet to the clothesline- or go ahead and tie it to two trees in the front...

Casey Sheehan's Combat Boots to Leave Philadelphia for Return to Grieving 'Peace Mom' in Crawford, Texas 8/22/2005 10:40:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Janis D. Shields of American Friends Service Committee, 215-241-7060 or jshields@afsc.org News Advisory: On Monday, August 22, at 11 a.m., Marq Anderson, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) national tour manager, will outline plans to remove the military combat boots worn in Iraq by Casey Sheehan from the exhibition "Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War," which is currently in Philadelphia. Anderson will return the boots to Casey's grieving mother, Cindy Sheehan, in Crawford,...

Crawford, TX Several major liberal groups and mainline news outlets had to retreat from their latest anti-war campaign this week when they lost their latest human shield, grieving Army-mom Cindy Sheehan. Mrs. Sheehan, who lost her son, Casey, in the Iraq war 14 months ago, announced today that she was leaving her makeshift camp here to care for her ailing mother amid loud protests from MoveOn.org, MANBLA and Alec Baldwin.

Casey Sheehan was probably 21 or 22 when he joined the military - a young man, to be sure, but a grown man nonetheless. His mother, Cindy, admits she opposed his choice. A little more than a year ago, Cindy Sheehan and the president did talk. Afterward, a newspaper account quoted Cindy Sheehan saying: "I now know (Bush is) sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith." Today, she calls the president a murderer. One left-wing Web site advised readers how to...

He was the son of Cindy Sheehan. He was killed April 4, 2004 in Sadr City. But you wouldn't recognize him from his mother's description of him today. His is not the story his mom tells of how he was a dumb kid who was fooled into joining up. Army SPC Casey Sheehan was a war hero and he was a real man. Having recently reenlisted with the Army, SPC Sheehan volunteered to be part of a Quick Response Force (QRF) into Sadr City to rescue soldiers trapped by obstacles under serious enemy fire on the day of the heaviest...

Image Credit Peter Lewis Suppose George Bush woke up tomorrow and decided that Cindy Sheehan is right and he ordered an immediate withdrawal from Iraq? What would happen and who would it benefit? We only have to look at history. When we cut and ran out of Vietnam it resulted in the death of millions of Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians. While the “peaceniks” and leftists in this country were celebrating our capitulation, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and ruled with an iron fist. They slaughtered millions of men, women, and children. More died after the we...

... The anger directed at Cindy Sheehan is not unprovoked, but it is misdirected. She is a woman consumed by her quest, and that is tragic, and nothing else. Rage should be directed at the grief pimps who exploit this woman’s pain for all it’s worth; those who view her as more ratings, or another arrow in their quiver to send against the President. It should be directed at those members of DailyKos, perhaps the largest left-wing blog, who believe that her son should not be referred to by name, that "theatre professionals at the Sheenan vigil… should arrange things...

Did The Anti-War Movement Martyr a Grieving Mother? By Kevin Fobbs When Cindy Sheehan first camped down on August 6th in the president's hometown of Crawford, Texas, she was a barely noticed footnote on the daily news. Here was a grieving mother who had lost her son in the Iraqi War. Most of the nation who heard about her came to feel a sense of lost themselves, because the media was showing this tortured mother's soft voice, cracking at times as she presented her seemingly innocent case to America, with her target squarely set on the President of the United...

This account bears a repost for any who may have missed it ~ "This is Mrs. Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, California. She is leading an anti-war protest outside President Bush's ranch in Texas. She has led or been part of many other protests against the war in Iraq for the past year at least. Her son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, was killed in the battle for Sadr City, Iraq, of April 4, 2004. We published a story about that battle on October 19, 2004: 'Black Sunday' in Sadr City, April 4, 2004 We introduced our readers to Mrs. Sheehan,...

On the Bush Protesting Mom Calls for 'Israel Out of Palestine' thread, earlier, fellow FReeper RGSpinach provided links detailing how Cindy Sheehan's refusal to pay her income taxes pre-dates the honorable passing of Casey Sheehan in the service of his country by a considerable margin. Solano Records Online More Solano Records Online I've alerted Michelle malkin to the existence of this information, and she's very interested in running with it. Unfortunately, however: Michelle can't seem to open these documents from the links provided, and neither can I. Can some technologically cyber-savvy fellow FReeper please, please help in getting this info...

Friday, August 12, 2005 A message to Cindy Sheehan I realize how tragic your loss is and I know how much pain there is crushing your heart and I know the darkness that suddenly came to wrap your life and wipe away your dreams and I do feel the heat of your tears that won't dry until you find the answers to your question; why you lost your loved one? I have heard your story and I understand that you have the full right to ask people to stand by your side and support your cause. At the beginning I...

Some Faces About Cindy Sheehan's Son, CaseyExcerpted from this excellent article:SFSU Hosts a TerroristBy Lee Kaplan FrontPageMagazine.com | May 2, 2005While one might dismiss some of Sheehan’s hyperbole due to grief over her son’s death, a little research about Casey Sheehan revealed that contrary to being tricked by military recruiters, Casey Sheehan had re-enlisted in the U.S. Army voluntarily when he was 24-years-old, after serving his first hitch successfully. Casey Sheehan was in fact a hero who received a Bronze Star. He was attached as a mechanic to the artillery division of the 1st U.S. Cavalry in Iraq. When a...

<p>Regarding your protest outside of Crawford, Texas, and your many statements regarding the death of your son, Casey, and against the war in Iraq, where your son was fighting for his country and died in that war, I have this to say to you.</p>

April 4, 2004 was a bloody day for American forces in Sadr City, Iraq. Some of the troops call it "Black Sunday," sad, because it was Palm Sunday. What began as a routine patrol escorting sewage trucks, known as the "honey wagons," ended up in surprise ambushes that left eight US Army soldiers killed in action that day. We think about 50 were wounded, many of whom had to be taken back to the US. "Black Sunday" seems to have occurred at the confluence of various events. The city was and remains shamefully poor, but had been peaceful. Some political...

WASHINGTON — Pentagon police on Wednesday turned away family members of troops killed in Iraq who wanted to confront Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the reasons for the war in Iraq. The group of about 20 was stopped before entering Pentagon property by about a dozen officers, who told the protesters they did not have the proper permission to enter the building. Organizers said they have been petitioning for the meeting for weeks, but department officials are ignoring their requests. “The man who was too busy to personally sign the Killed in Action letters these families received is apparently...

Dear MFSO I used to have a son in the Army. Spc Casey Austin Sheehan was killed in an ambush in Sadr City on 04/04/04. Our family was against this "war" from the beginning. We cannot believe that the American people think this is a good thing. But our son joined the Army in 08/00. He loved it and did well and he was a good soldier. He reenlisted for another 4 years and was looking forward to changing his MOS. He was a mechanic, and according to his superior officers a great one, but he was going to go...

Cindy Sheehan does not believe those filthy ragheads and camel jockeys in Iraq deserve freedom. Nor does she believe they should be allowed to live in peace or be able to sleep at night without wondering if their genocidal dictator’s bloodthirsty henchmen are going to kick their door in and drag the entire family off to a grisly torture chamber, where the parents will be made to watch their children be repeatedly raped and sodomized and finally blinded and dismembered while still alive. Her son adamantly disagreed with her. U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, in fact, disagreed with his mother...

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...