Protest by a grieving mother gains momentum - Cindy Sheehan

Houston Chronicle ^ | August 11, 2005 | Bennett Roth

[Mo1]

"Either she's not really paying attention, or she'll be the next being taken advantage of."



Just a little info about Bill's guest that he had on last night

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460787/posts?page=502#502

To: Sam Hill
Well, well, well. As can be seen on this link US Tour of Duty, Dolores Kesterson is listed as a "witness". You can click on her name and get an idea of her opinion. This Tour of Duty group also links to Code Pink, MoveOn, and a bunch of other leftist sites. They are up front about being anti-war and anti-Bush.
Sam, I accidentally sent this to you as Freepmail. Just delete it.


502 posted on 08/10/2005 8:46:44 PM EDT by Miss Marple (Karl Rove is Plame-proof.)

[GRRRRR]

Grieving Mother's War Protest Draws Notice

By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 11, 2:43 AM ET CRAWFORD, Texas - The mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who started a quiet roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch last weekend is drawing supporters from across the nation.

Dozens of people have joined her, and others have sent flowers and food. One activist called her "the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement."

Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., says she was surprised at the response.

"Before my son was killed, I used to think that one person could not make a difference," she said Wednesday under a tent where she has slept since Saturday. "But one person that is surrounded and supported by millions of people can be heard."

But Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the Washington, D.C., chapter of FreeRepublic.com, which has held pro-troop rallies, said Sheehan's actions are misguided and hurt troop morale.

"She has a political agenda that goes way beyond her son's death in combat," Taylor said. SNIP

[SubMareener]

Someone needs to get her a burka so she can get ready for what would happen if President Bush did what she wants him to do.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Join Cindy Sheehan's Protest in Crawford

Cindy Sheehan went to Crawford to ask President Bush, "Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?" Her son, Casey, 24, was killed in Iraq, on April 4, 2004. President Bush continues to refuse Cindy’s requests for a meeting, so she has made a stand outside his Crawford Ranch. At her side is CODEPINK''s Diane Wilson who began a hunger strike at their roadside vigil until Bush talks to Cindy. Show your solidarity with Cindy by joining us in Crawford, fasting with Diane, or BIRDDOG BUSH at his events throughout the country. Click here to check out daily blogs from Crawford and see who is fasting with Diane today.

[yankeedame]

"Ok, now folks," says Jimmy "Flash" Olsen, "when I say 'now', everybody look real sad."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This is all about anti-Bush, pro-LIBERAL power back in charge of the world.

She's a political hack using her son's death to advance her political agenda.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

That's it!

Cry for the camera.

[combat_boots]

"The left is obsessed with the notion that they can return to the protest days of the 60s and 70s by recreating the same tactics at play during the Viet Nam War. Most of these tactics were developed by the brightest of Soviet Communist operatives at work in our universities. The residue of this influence is now trying its best to rear its ugly drug infested head in the world. The tools of the left are fools who would dismantle the moral framework of the Western Capitalistic system and slide down the primal ooze into a primitive tribal reto-Woodstock world."


Ah yes, but the residue(rs) must make certain to craft the message that the resultant collapse would occur in such a way that when the ooze smoothes out, they are in control--the prime oozers.

[nwrep]

Too bad Al Qaeda does not have to worry about Cindy Sheehans in their midst.

[airborne]

Good luck Freeping this Berkeley media whore.

It burns me up that the media never mentions that, not only did her son enlist voluntarily, he reenlisted!

[grey_whiskers]

I see that your posting is consistent with your tagline.

There, that's out of the way :-)

The inconsistency which many see in Ms. Sheehan is that there are or have been (through the years) millions of Americans who have lost loved ones during wars.

The overwhelming majority of them do not carry on like this.

And don't get started on the "...died needlessly" drivel. Many, many more people died needlessly in various Civil War battles, or WW I (due to inept generals) than this. We took over an entire COUNTRY for less casualties than in a single day of fighting in a single battle in other wars.

The truth is that (as many other FReepers have stated) the left is promoting this to reinforce the "Bush Lied, People Died" mantra. NOTHING the left does is genuine, sincere, or spontaneous--it has been planned in the bowels of Ted Kennedy, the Hildabeest, or worse, before being rolled out. Think of Rush Limbaugh's term "journalistic fronts."

[HitmanLV]

My feeling is that she is unhinged, and is being exploited by her new friends who push her and push her.

Situations like that seldom end well. I hope she likes her new friends, though.

[HitmanLV]

More recently, she did a show on "Cheating Husbands", giving the seven men a good tongue lashing talking to, ignoring the fact that women also cheat on their husbands as well

Or ognoring the fact that their wives could have been so cold, so abusive, and otherwise so alienating that another woman looked much better in comparison.

I have consistently said that adultery is bad business, but in the larger picture people who abandon bad spouses and find better mates should be applauded.

[Auntie Mame]

I've got news for the news people. The only people who care about this are them. Yawn.

[TaxRelief]

Ms. Sheehan should see the revenue ($$$) starting to flow her way any day now...

[Polyxene]

"I think her motivations are becoming abundantly clear."

EXACTLY!! She's a wacko old hippie trying to grab the limelight by setting up a new commune. I'm surprised Dr. FrankenDean, Dennis the Menace Kucinich or Max Cleland haven't stopped by for a photo-op. Can't imagine anyone wanting to hug her -- she must be really ripe by now! BTW -- where is her husband in all of this? Does anyone know?

[cambridge]

Fair enough. Was not aware how deep this woman was into all-round anti-Bush nuttery. Thought she was just a single-issue grieving, hysterical mom. No more hedged defences from me.

[SuziQ]

The mainstream media SO wants to paint Iraq as another Vietnam. They don't have Walter Crankcase intoning on the nightly news about the body bags coming home, because there just aren't that many of them relative to the numbers of soldiers in country in either Iraq or Afghanistan. So they're trying to tout Cindy Sheehan as representative of the mothers of soldiers who have died. It ain't gonna happen. There are too many who are willing to stand up against her, grieving mother, or no.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

And she's so perfect to help pass the August recess and try to ruin the few days Bush will have away from these jackels.

[Mr. Silverback]

Actually, I can't think of a better illustration of leftist hypocrisy and ghoulishness than Cindy Sheehan. Trust me, the left has handed us an opportunity.