Cindy Sheehan (CS): Casey joined the Army in May of 2000. I was devastated. He was 21, he didn't discuss it with us.
Devastated? Why?
CS: Because he would be leaving home ... we are not a military family and we really didn't understand his enlistment.
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How are your three other children coping with Casey's death and do they have any issues with the role you've assumed as a critic since that tragedy?
CS: Carly the oldest has coped by throwing herself into school. Andy is coping by becoming Casey. Janey is coping by drinking and partying.
Unfortunately, I am not able to help them that much because of my pain, and because I feel so compelled to fight the injustice and bring the troops home.
Tell us about how you came to be a sort of celebrity?
CS: Not sure. I just work my ass off trying to end the war. Before I was contacted to do my first national media (good morning america from DC on Inauguration day) I had already done so many print interviews, radio interviews, local TV interviews, that I was not nervous at all. I had also been on ABC and CBS evening news. I am not nervous at all and never have been. GMA contacted me because of my outspokenness against spending millions of dollars for the Inauguration party while we are at war.
Have you lost any friends or family over this? OR, how do your husband and neighbors feel about your sudden rise to prominence in the media and the role you've accepted in those venues?
CS: I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died. My husband and I are separated, because he doesn't support my activities, although he knows the war is a lie.
Ok....no doubt about it....her hate for Bush has destroyed her and her family. She's also crazy as a loon.
"Andy is coping by becoming Casey"
Her younger son is "becoming" Casey? Joinging the military?
Oh my!
I wonder who her soon-to-be ex-husband is. He might have some interesting insight into the meeting.
Interesting info regarding her husband.
Interesting. In May, her husband supported her work according to Cindy.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1742719.php
"Patrick Sheehan, Cindy Sheehan husband, supports his wife in her activism, he participates in some events and drives with Cindy when he is not working as a sales representative. He spoke about the toll this work is taking in the family. “If she is not away traveling or speaking, she is home with her laptop, watching news, or talking on the phone…This is important, we try to continue to support her.”
Now, he doesn't.
http://brentrasmussen.com/log/node/117
"I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died. My husband and I are separated, because he doesn't support my activities, although he knows the war is a lie."
I found Patrick's home number in Vacaville, CA. It may be worth giving him a call to see why the sudden drop in support.