Cindy Sheehan dodges Dallas Radio Talk Show Host (Ankarlo Mornings)

8/11/05

[NormsRevenge]

FRom pOst#770

As for Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin, Matt Drudge, etc...nothing you can say can hurt me or make me stop what we are doing. We are working for peace with justice.

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HELLOOO HELLOOOO..(/Ted Kennedy)

Cindy Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., President of Gold Star Families for Peace and mother who lost her son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan, who was serving in Iraq, stands near the ranch owned by U.S. President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas August 7, 2005. About 70 anti-war protesters shouting 'bring the troops home' from Iraq gathered near the president's ranch on Saturday, prompting two White House officials to come out to meet with mothers who lost their children in combat in Iraq. REUTERS/Larry Downing

[BigSkyFreeper]

As for Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin, Matt Drudge, etc...nothing you can say can hurt me or make me stop what we are doing. We are working for peace with justice. We are using peaceful means and the truth to do it. I guess the truth frightens people

Right. The truth frightens YOU so much, you're dodging every TV and radio show and network with a vast reach.

[JennysCool]

Again, I did tons of interviews. It looks like I will be on the cover of People Magazine. Time Magazine, Vanity Fair and Oprah's magazine will be interviewing me also.

I think we are very quickly finding out where her priorities lie.

[Mjaye]

Any chance of a FReep at Crawford? She is besmirching the memory of her son, how sad that he gave his life so his mother can belittle his contribution to freedom.

[backhoe]

Code Pinko-- the Cindy Sheehan affair ( click the picture )

[trubluolyguy]

Not only is she a monstrous bitch and liar for doing this to her son's memory, but she is also a coward.

[The Duke]

It's nutjobs like this who give liberalism a bad name. :)

[injin]

I think that possibly in dealing with her initial grief she started taking LSD and what we are hearing now is the result
of that more than her correct recollections about her son or his services. In short, the lady is trippin....

[nopardons]

bttt

[conservativecorner]

Article Launched: 06/24/2004 06:00:00 AM

Bush, Sheehans share moments
By David Henson/Staff Writer



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 have a face-to-face meeting with President George W. Bush at Fort Lewis near Seattle.

Surreal soon seemed like an understatement, as the Sheehans - one of 17 families who met Thursday with Bush - were whisked in a matter of days to the Army post and given the VIP treatment from the military. But as their meeting with the president approached, the family was faced with a dilemma as to what to say when faced with Casey's commander-in-chief.

"We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled," Cindy said. "The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached."

The 10 minutes of face time with the president could have given the family a chance to vent their frustrations or ask Bush some of the difficult questions they have been asking themselves, such as whether Casey's sacrifice would make the world a safer place.

But in the end, the family decided against such talk, deferring to how they believed Casey would have wanted them to act. In addition, Pat noted that Bush wasn't stumping for votes or trying to gain a political edge for the upcoming election.

"We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us," Pat said.

Sincerity was something Cindy had hoped to find in the meeting. Shortly after Casey died, Bush sent the family a form letter expressing his condolences, and Cindy said she felt it was an impersonal gesture.

"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.

While meeting with Bush, as well as Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, was an honor, it was almost a tangent benefit of the trip. The Sheehans said they enjoyed meeting the other families of fallen soldiers, sharing stories, contact information, grief and support.

For some, grief was still visceral and raw, while for others it had melted into the background of their lives, the pain as common as breathing. Cindy said she saw her reflection in the troubled eyes of each.

"It's hard to lose a son," she said. "But we (all) lost a son in the Iraqi war."

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.

David Henson can be reached at schools@thereporter.com.

[RushLake]

Have Charles Rangel (africanhyphenamerican--NY) and Reparations John Conyers (africanhyphenamerican--Hip Hop Town) called for reinstitution of the draft lately? This Sheehan character would certainly be a reason for them to bring up that pet cause.

[RushLake]

"MM shows up on BO'R show at the DNC Convention and it was like watching a sickening lovefest."

Even more sickening then when "My Good Friend John McCain", or any other democrap shows up on Sean Hannity's show?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Even more sickening then when "My Good Friend John McCain", or any other democrap shows up on Sean Hannity's show?

Yes. But, for someone like BO'R who professes to posses streetsmarts, he seems like he's had his sack lunch taken away from him by the local bully and eaten right in front of him. IOW, he comes off as weak. I always expect softballs from Hannity.

[Khurkris]

Calling her again now on the air. Leaving messages on her cell.

[Rocko]

Bump.

[montag813]

Bush should go meet her and slap her in the face for sullying her brave son's sacrifice. She makes me sick with her traitorous lies.

[reformedliberal]

O'R keeps stating that the islamofacists are * just nuts* and *a few kooks*. Then he says in the next breath that they mean it when they say they are going to kill us. He infuriates me, most of the time. Hubby will get up and leave the room during some of his segments and we both scream at him during others.

OTOH, he has been good about keeping the border/illegals on the front burner.

[michaelt]

If you'd spend a little time looking at some of the other stories, you'd see that Bush already met with her.

But since you're new here, you probably didn't realize there were previous posts on the subject.

[texassizednightcrawler]

Remember Ankarlo's son is a marine fighting in Iraq right now. The Dallas Peace Center is a joke.