Posted on 08/08/2005 7:39:30 AM PDT by Halls
PROTESTING SOLDIER MOM CHANGED STORY ON BUSH Mon Aug 08 2005 10:11:07 ET
The mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch -- has dramatically changed her account about what happened when she met the commander-in-chief last summer!
Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., who last year praised Bush for bringing her family the "gift of happiness," took to the nation's TV outlets this weekend to declare how Bush "killed an indispensable part of our family and humanity."
CINDY 2004
THE REPORTER of Vacaville, CA published an account of Cindy Sheehan's visit with the president at Fort Lewis near Seattle on June 24, 2004:
"'I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis,' Cindy said after their meeting. 'I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.'
"The meeting didn't last long, but in their time with Bush, Cindy spoke about Casey and asked the president to make her son's sacrifice count for something. They also spoke of their faith.
"The trip had one benefit that none of the Sheehans expected.
"For a moment, life returned to the way it was before Casey died. They laughed, joked and bickered playfully as they briefly toured Seattle.
For the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again.
"'That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy said."
CINDY 2005
Sheehan's current comments are a striking departure.
She vowed on Sunday to continue her protest until she can personally ask Bush: "Why did you kill my son?"
In an interview on CNN, she claimed Bush "acted like it was party" when she met him last year.
"It was -- you know, there was a lot of things said. We wanted to use the time for him to know that he killed an indispensable part of our family and humanity. And we wanted him to look at the pictures of Casey.
"He wouldn't look at the pictures of Casey. He didn't even know Casey's name. He came in the room and the very first thing he said is, 'So who are we honoring here?' He didn't even know Casey's name. He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to hear anything about Casey. He wouldn't even call him 'him' or 'he.' He called him 'your loved one.'
Every time we tried to talk about Casey and how much we missed him, he would change the subject. And he acted like it was a party.
BLITZER: Like a party? I mean...
SHEEHAN: Yes, he came in very jovial, and like we should be happy that he, our son, died for his misguided policies. He didn't even pretend like somebody...
END
On her current media tour, Sheehan has not been asked to explain her twist on Bush; from praise to damnation!
Developing...
"One of the things you learn in the service is that not everyone at home is grateful for what you do. We serve them anyway"
Thank you for saying it.
The United States is still the great melting pot--a few of the "ingredients" in our pot are completely useless--some of the "ingredients" are not to my taste--and then there are the essential "ingredients", like you. If we didn't have people like you protecting and serving everyone of us, the whole wonderful melting pot wouldn't work.
Wonder if possibly many grivers are visited by anti-war, Bush-hating lobbyists supported by Soros and presented with a recruitment package after the doubts, lies, hate-mongering has been casually offered up in conversation?
Each griever goes through an anger state and apparently, that anger state is being harvested by those who wish to use it and use the death against what the soldier was fighting for instead of "for" what the soldier was fighting for.
Yes, but she is clearly one of the looney lefties of the Bay Area...I live in Marin and am surrounded by these clowns.
: )
Freeper DrDeb compiled a good list of people in the media to be informed about this woman's ORIGINAL comments on meeting Pres. Bush.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458304/posts?page=369#369
It was a Freeper, tgslTakoma who purchased the original report of Mrs Sheehan's meeting with Pres. Bush and published it here. Another case of FR leading the news cycle.
Here's another scoop for FreeRepublic, again from DrDeb who lists Mrs. Sheehan's anti-war, anti-America group memberships.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458304/posts?page=339#339
Well, of course not. She's paying for her own self-promoting anti-war jaunts... (sarc) How this woman can live with herself, I will never know. She is prostituting her son for the libs.
Sounds like a Democrat talking point to me.
You are exactly 100% correct. The same thing is going on here aided by the liberal MSM folks. What B.S. this really is.
"[...our son, died for his misguided policies.]"
Can't wait til that Lib catchphrase pops up on the next Bin Laden/ Al Aiwahiri tape.
Thanks.
Of course we need not remind the mindless liberals that they too voted to go to war. Giving President Bush the authority to do what ever was needed to win against the terrorist!
Bush also made the liberals vote in favor of going to war in Iraq. It is Bush's fault.
**"Look who stole your hard work and didn't give you any credit for it.
For the rest of you, tgslTakoma did the legwork on this story yesterday (as usual) on this thread:"**
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458638/posts
And here, too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1458809/posts
A mother using her child's death to promote her politics? Words fail me.
Why is this story reported? It's obviously a political ploy like those fake 9/11 relatives.
Liberals lie.. nothing new about that.
Ok. Now this mom is on my final nerve. She is being used by the anti american groups and she now has zero credibility. At first I felt her pain, now I see her and many of you told me she was an opportunist who is stupid enough to wear that hat and sit in the heat of Texas.
She is typical liberal slacker... does she not work?
It seems that moveon.org/Soros/Chris Matthews all have ambulance chasing teams that try to find grieving family members to exploit for their Jihad against winning the war.
"......how do people sell themselves out like this?"
Ask Mary Jo's parents.
Yeah. Mothers grieving the loss of their children. How callous of them. </sarc>
This is obviously a sick, sick woman. She either sold herself to Moveon.org or is really schizo and is now changing her story to fit her bizarre mood swing. Either way she's really pretty sick and low. But the media won't report her sudden change of story.
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