Cindy Sheehan: Taken To The WoodShed (DAILY KOS POSTERS HAVE WORDS WITH CINDY SHEEHAN!)

Angry in the Great White North ^ | 9/26/05

[areafiftyone]

This is too sweet to let pass. Cindy Sheehan tries to "focus" her followers, and suddenly, the whole Sheehan mystique goes *poof*, at least for some people.

From Cindy Sheehan on Daily Kos:

i am watching cnn and it is 100 percent rita...even though it is a little wind and a little rain...it is bad, but there are other things going on in this country today...and in the world!!!!

You can just imagine her yelling at the TV -- "ME! ME! ME!"

Well, refreshingly, I don't have to take Cindy Sheehan's ridiculous comments apart. The lefties do it for me.

First, a gentle reprimand, suggesting that a hurricane is newsworthy:

That's kind of understandable.

Rita is just a chicken coming home to roost.

And it's a big chicken.

Unfortunately, the other chickens are still coming.

But after that, things get nasty:

Shame

it is 100 percent rita...even though it is a little wind and a little rain

I'm in Southeast Texas with family on the coast and in Lake Jackson, LA.

I'd like you to tell us it's just a little wind and rain. They've lost their homes, jobs and businesses and gone through fear and panic while you bask in your fan's adulation, party with your celebrity friends and play the star.

Shame on you, you're jealous of media coverage of other's suffering. You've become a caricature and I no longer support you. I'm ashamed I ever did.

So Cindy Sheehan tries to make nice:

i am sorry

when i was watching cnn this morning, that's what it was...i know it was much worse earlier and it was devastating, i didn't make myself clear and i apologize.

i also know that the media will cover anything else besides the war.

Actually, her meaning was crystal clear.

But it gets better. Another reader realizes Cindy Sheehan's apology was a lie!

Before today I would have just believed you, but...

Cindy, these posts have time stamps.

when i was watching cnn this morning, that's what it was

Four hours before your post, the eye hit just east of Port Arthur and west of Lake Charles. Between then and two hours after your post, hurricane force winds were tearing through Beaumont and Orange, TX and all through Vermillion Parrish, LA..

Imagine, if you can, what was happening to those poor people while you were watching tv and getting upset about them covering "a little wind and a little rain" rather than your special day.

it was devastating earlier

And during. And after.

You might also realize that the people in a hurricane's wake don't suddenly get happy and whole an hour after the eye passes over. It's still not a little wind and a little rain to them. Do you know they are still very afraid down there - right now, Cindy, trying to find 1,000 people lost in Vermillion as I type..

You can find the story now on CNN's website. I'm very sorry, it's slightly above the story about you - that's just so unfair too isn't it.

i also know that the media will cover anything else besides the war.

Well Joan Baez sang for you today, and you got your smiling-happy picture taken with Jesse Jackson today, and your story is still front page on CNN.com today. So it was a very good day. Yes it was a beautiful day for Cindy wasn't it?

Except for a little wind and a little rain earlier.

And then it keeps piling on...

Give it a rest

Sorry Cindy, but I must say that the suffering in Texas right now is quite pertinent. In fact, at a time when we have people suffering, left homeless and devastated from "a little wind and a little rain," I think you can take a break from the camera just for a moment....and on...

Loss of focus and purpose

I have been a staunch supporter of the Anti-War movement, but when you make statements like these, you lose the credibility and support of most rational people.

Peoples lives are being destroyed and in many case ended by Rita and Katrina before it. You of all people should understand this! Every life is important, that has been your argument!

If I brushed off Iraq "just a bit of unrest." I would rightfully be troll rated and shunned. Don't fall into the trap of thinking your suffering is more important than someone else's. We are all Americans, and everytime we suffer, be it in Iraq or on the Gulf coast, it is important....

and on...

That is damn stupid. The death toll from these hurricanes is still rising, and you really think the Iraq war doesn't get covered? What a selfish woman! I'd be downright ashamed to read anything else you have to say from here on in.

I'm originally from Beaumont, birthplace of the greatest guitar player to ever live -- Mr. Johnny Winter! My family moved to Dallas and I've been living in Canada since I married a Canadian a few years ago. It has been a nightmare for me to not be able to get news on family members who still live in and around Beaumont. They evacuated and are safe. One of my uncles was allowed back in yesterday. Two of my cousins are not.

I felt a lot of sorrow for your loss, Ms Sheehan, and I hate this war every bit as much as you (allegedly) do -- but other people suffer, too. If I had lost family in this hurricane, my pain and sorrow and anguish would have been every bit as great as yours. I wouldn't turn around and say, "Oh, that little war in Iraq. Why are they talking about it when I lost family in Rita?"

I'm very disappointed. The right-wing media has painted you as a self-centered, self-absorbed woman and you're living up to that image. Stop making terrible, insensitive comments like this, PLEASE! You are not the only person in the world who is hurting right now.

I have been visiting Kos for months and this is my first post here. Your comments made me angry enough to stop being anonymous and SAY something. Your comments are not helping ANYONE!

You couldn't scipt the last post any better than this:

I'm beginning to doubt Cindy Sheehan's veracity. It is about HER not Bush, or his war.

Now here's hoping for some serious airplay on this story.

[areafiftyone]

Cindy's words are in Red. KOS Posters are in regular Bold Face.

[pa mom]

I think God sent Katrina and Rita because he doesn't like CS.

This is great. *snicker*

[areafiftyone]

I almost died laughing when I read it. Even Leftists are getting sick to death of Cindy's selfish antics!

[NRA1995]

How do wee KNOW it's Ms Sheehad?

[gate2wire]

Dare we hope that a little truth and sanity is getting through to a few leftists.

[Sometimes A River]

Hehe, thanks for the post.

[areafiftyone]

Because she posts on Daily Kos and Truthout daily! If you have the stomach to go on those sites you can see her daily postings.

[Republic]

WOW...the rats are eating their own. Brutally.

(Some actual common sense is included, as well.)

[areafiftyone]

Actually if you go on the website (and make sure you disinfect thoroughly when you are thru.) you click on her name it goes directly to her diary which she posts daily. Its her allright. Those are the only sites which will post her puke.

[Boundless]

> You couldn't scipt the last post any better than this:
> "I'm beginning to doubt Cindy Sheehan's veracity."

It's blindingly obvious to anyone who looks that her
pre-arranged statements are all written for her by
professional moonbats, and her unscripted statements,
such as web chat, reveal her brain to be generally
content-free, apart from chanting leftist mantras.

> How do we KNOW it's Ms Sheehan?

That's a legitimate question. Kos would likely ban
the account if they thought it was an imposter.
They already get enough heat over the legit stuff
people post there.

As I pointed out in another Windy Sheehan thread
recently, she jumped the shark with many libs when
she blabbed that "occupied New Orleans" remark.
Her attack on Hillary hardly helped either.
She may be doomed at this point.

[KJC1]

Thought you might find this Cindy stuff of interest!

[Sam Hill]

Thanks. Yeah, I've already posted it in this thread:

Cindy's Complaint: “Rita Just A Little Rain” — Pay Attention To Me!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490753/posts?page=143#143

And here:

Sweetness & Light » Cindy: “Rita’s Just Rain” — Pay Attention To Me!
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/cindy-rita-just-rain-pay-attention-to-me/

[Ann Archy]

Cindy ME-han.....what a pathetic ut.

[Bahbah]

The right-wing media has painted you as a self-centered, self-absorbed woman and you're living up to that image.

No, the right-wing media (trying to think who that is) did not "paint" her as something, it identified her for what she is. She is not living up to an image. It's what she started out as.

[AnnapolisMom]

CINDY HAS BEEN ARRESTED!

[ericthecurdog]

Ping.

[SueRae]

Whoa!!...

Johnny Winter is from Beaumont? Never knew that.

Cindy who???

Isn't it time to move forward? Her time is so over.

[pray4liberty]

I have been a staunch supporter of the Anti-War movement, but when you make statements like these, you lose the credibility and support of most rational people.

Like she ever had it? From the beginning, it's been all about HER and not her son. Perhaps it burned her up that Casey joined the military in the first place. She would have a more "legitimate" complaint if this was Vietnam and he was drafted, but he joined of his own free will. I respect Casey Sheehan, his service to our country and the ultimate sacrifice he gave. Freedom is not free. We pay in blood, like it or not. It's unfortunate that his own mother would cheapen that sacrifice for fifteen minutes of fame.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Brit Hume mentioned Sheehan's post on his show tonight.