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An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Cindy Sheehan
realclearpolitics.com ^ | November 4, 2004

Posted on 08/12/2005 4:03:22 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

Dear George,

You don’t mind if I call you George do you? When you sent me a letter offering your condolences on the death of my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq, you called me Cindy, so I naturally assume we are on a first name basis.

George, it has been seven months today since your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, my big boy, my hero, my best-friend: Casey. It has been seven months since your ignorant and arrogant lack of planning for the peace murdered my oldest child. It has been two days since your dishonest campaign stole another election…but you all were way more subtle this time than in 2000, weren’t you? You hardly had to get the Supreme Court of the United States involved at all this week.

You feel so proud of yourself for betraying the country again, don’t you? You think you are very clever because you pulled the wool over the eyes of some of the people again. You think that you have some mandate from God…that you can “spend your political capital” any way that you want. George you don’t care or even realize that 56,000,000 plus citizens of this country voted against you and your agenda. Still, you are going to continue your ruthless work of being a divider and not a uniter. George, in 2000 when you stole that election and the Democrats gave up, I gave up too. I had the most ironic thought of my life then: "Oh well, how much damage can he do in four years?" Well, now I know how much you have damaged my family, this country, and this world. If you think I am going to allow you another four years to do even more damage, then you truly are mistaken. I will fight for a true vote count and if that fails, your impeachment. Also, the impeachment of your Vice President. The only thing is, I'm not politically savvy, and I don't have a Karl Rove to plan my strategy, but I do have a big mouth and a righteous cause, which still mean something in this country, I hope.

All of this lying, fooling, and betraying must be “hard work” George. You really think you know what hard work is?

George, let me tell you what “hard work” really is.

Hard work is seeing your oldest son, your brave and honorable man-child go off to a war that had, and still has, no basis in reality. Hard work is worrying yourself gray and not being able to sleep for 2 weeks because you don’t know if your child is safe.

Hard work is seeing your son’s murder on CNN one Sunday evening while you’re enjoying the last supper you’ll ever truly enjoy again.

Hard work is having three military officers come to your house a few hours later to confirm the aforementioned murder of your son…your first born…your kind and gentle sweet baby.

Hard work is burying your child 46 days before his 25th birthday. Hard work is holding your other three children as they lower the body of their big “baba” into the ground. Hard work is not jumping in the grave with him and having the earth cover you both.

But, Dear George, do you know what the hardest work of all is? Trying to digest the fact that the leader of the country that your family has fought for and died for, for generations, lied to you and betrayed your dear boy’s sense of honor and exploited his courage and exploited his loyalty to his buddies. Hard work is having your country abandon you after they killed your son. Hard work is coming to the realization that your son had his future robbed from him and that you have had your son's future and future grand-children stolen from you. Hard work is knowing that there are so many people in this world that have prospered handsomely from your son's death.

George, I must confess that I and my family worked very HARD to re-defeat you this time, but you refuse to stay defeated. Well, we are watching you very carefully. We are going to do everything in our power to have you impeached for misleading the American people into a disastrous war and for mis-using and abusing your power as Commander-in-Chief. We are going to scream until our last breath to bring the rest of our babies home from this quagmire of a war that you have gotten our country in to: before too many more families learn the true meaning of Hard Work. We know it is going to be an uphill battle, knowing how Republican Congress is, but thanks to you, we know the meaning of Hard Work and we’re not afraid of hard work at all.

The 56,000,000 plus citizens who voted against you and your agenda have given me a mandate to move forward with my agenda. Also, thanks to you and your careless domestic policies, I am unemployed, so this will be my full-time job. Being your political downfall will be the most noble accomplishment of my life and it will bring justice for my son and 1125 (so far) other brave Americans and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis your lies have killed. By the way, George, how many more innocent Iraqis are your policies going to kill before you convince them that you are better than Saddam? How many more of their cities are you going to level before you consider that they are liberated? If you really had any moral values, or if you were an honorable man at all you would resign. My son was a man who had high moral values and true courage. Humanity lost a bright light on April 04, 2004. I will live the rest of my life missing Casey desperately. Thank you for that, George. Have a nice day.

God Bless America!! We surely need it!

Cindy Sheehan


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: america; bush; cindy; cindysheehan; citizens; cnn; democracy; dudummies; election; freedom; humanity; ied; iraq; leftistnutters; liberals; moonbats; openletters; pc; ravingwackos; sheehan; soldier; usa; vote; wmd
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To: hershey

"I'm convinced Cindy Sheehan is crazy."

She is. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

"My feelings of compassion and sorry have morphed into rage and a terrible fear that her treasonous mouthings will cost some other American soldier his or her life."

So have mine.


141 posted on 08/12/2005 8:58:57 AM PDT by DarthVader (Islam is not something to be understood, it is something that must be utterly destroyed)
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To: Brytani

And guess what, Cindy? If you think you were looking for work before this letter just wait to see if anyone hires you now........Your Son is a hero...You, on the other hand, are a worthless POS and a pock on your family.


142 posted on 08/12/2005 9:04:59 AM PDT by halfright (3 Days post Hanoi Jane....2200 Meeting of the band of brothers to piss on her grave...Semper Fi...)
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To: Coop

You talked me into it I am bringing my mom the widow of my dad the major and one army brat me! If I take off from Houston now when do we meet and where am I going?


143 posted on 08/12/2005 9:09:50 AM PDT by BellStar (Rack the action on a shotgun. Yes, it really is the international language)
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To: freema

Well done, Freema. Excellent turn-around!


144 posted on 08/12/2005 9:21:24 AM PDT by Albertafriend
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To: F14 Pilot

Write your own letters to Cindy. Ask the people going to Crawford Saturday to deliver it for you.

P.S. Make sure the OLD MEDIA is there filming you first though and be sure to read one of them out loud to the pressitudes before you dump the letters on her.


145 posted on 08/12/2005 9:23:07 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: BellStar; basil
If I take off from Houston now when do we meet and where am I going?

Crawford TX! Tomorrow. That's much as I know. Basil, any details?

146 posted on 08/12/2005 9:29:27 AM PDT by Coop (www.heroesandtraitors.org)
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To: Marysecretary

No, she has another son...who wants to join the military like his brother Casey, so I've heard.


147 posted on 08/12/2005 9:30:34 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: F14 Pilot
Does anyone really think little Cindy worte this precious screed all by herself?

It smacks of professional writing and reads like a little hit-piece for The Nation.
148 posted on 08/12/2005 10:06:13 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: BushisTheMan

Thanks for the info. She'll really go off the edge if he wants to join the military. I almost feel sorry for her (I do, but not for what she's pulling now with our peaceweenie 'friends.')


149 posted on 08/12/2005 10:25:34 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: MikeinIraq

It's funny. I ALMOST want to put it on my Bush door at work...


150 posted on 08/12/2005 10:27:13 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Northern Yankee

Thanks. I agree and I do believe they want us to lose in Iraq just as they wanted us to lose in Vietnam. Some of our dear soldiers have never recovered from Vietnam and not only from the war itself but from the way they were treated by these b'tards when they returned. It ruined my brother's life.


151 posted on 08/12/2005 10:29:09 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Dustbunny

You do not have to read them. There are other topics.


152 posted on 08/12/2005 10:33:55 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross
It took a lot longer than that for my sleep patterns to get back to anything close to normal after the death of Jan. Even now after about 18 months, I have trouble sleeping and when I do, I have the oddest dreams about her. I have no idea what my subconscious is trying to tell me. I do know that in every one of them, she is happy, healthy and has the biggest smile.
153 posted on 08/12/2005 10:45:48 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: msnimje

she is starting to Pi$$ me off as well.


154 posted on 08/12/2005 10:49:19 AM PDT by JFC ( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
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To: Marysecretary
GOd Bless your brother.

There are a lot of us veterans out there who owe a great deal to those like your brother.

We will be forever grateful!

God Bless.

155 posted on 08/12/2005 10:52:11 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Archon of the East

I agree. This letter was written by the hate america group who has ZERO respect for authority. I can see them sitting in their little huddle passing the joint.... and laughing as they re-write re-read this childish letter. I correct myself. My 7 year old grandson would have more respect than she does.


156 posted on 08/12/2005 11:03:00 AM PDT by JFC ( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
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To: Northern Yankee

Thanks, NY. My brother went twice to Vietnam and came back a mess. He became an alcoholic and died last year as a result. He was such a comedian but we all knew it covered a lot of pain. I appreciate your kind words. Mary


157 posted on 08/12/2005 11:16:26 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: MamaB

IMO, she is letting you know she's okay. Those are good dreams, MamaB.


158 posted on 08/12/2005 11:17:22 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: F14 Pilot

Is it me but do you smell a Rat in this letter.

I doubt very seriously that Cindy actually wrote this letter.

Well, she probably signed it after few Michael Moore clones made the draft for her.

Why is it the MSM always seem to hitch their left leaning biased wagon to an Old Nag.


159 posted on 08/12/2005 11:22:40 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
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To: conservativecorner

This is the first I have heard her husband mentioned...where is he in all of this? The letter from her relatives did not include "husband."


160 posted on 08/12/2005 11:27:01 AM PDT by Pro Vita
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