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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: F14 Pilot
50 bucks says if we were under a democratic administration and we had a war going on and her son was killed, she would confine herself to just simply grieving.

This is gutter politics at its worst. How do you feel about dancing on your son's grave, Cindy? Does it give you a rush?
61 posted on 08/12/2005 5:11:13 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Islam is war)
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To: BlessedBeGod
Its really a sick question to ask. If any one has to be so impertinent, its time to ZOT them!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
62 posted on 08/12/2005 5:11:26 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: auboy

lol


63 posted on 08/12/2005 5:11:28 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: WoodstockCat
insensitive to a fault!

BTW
Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!
I love it!

64 posted on 08/12/2005 5:14:11 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ("9 out of the 10 voices in my head told me to go home & clean my weapons!")
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To: reagan_fanatic
After reading this sick missive, her 15 minutes of fame is over. At least she admits she hates Bush. That much is clear. There's nothing the President could do that would ease her troubled state of mind. Sheehan is wrestling with her inner demons and the only person who can help her get out of the moonbat quicksand is herself. And boy, is she trapped deep in it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
65 posted on 08/12/2005 5:14:31 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: sanityinamerica

Go away, loser troll.


66 posted on 08/12/2005 5:15:20 AM PDT by WayneM (Remember; "Saturday people first. Sunday people next.")
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To: F14 Pilot

I don't find this letter interesting at all. I find it disgusting. I am really sorry he lost her son, but her behavior is certainly not endearing most of us to her. She's a piece of work.


67 posted on 08/12/2005 5:15:35 AM PDT by Sangria
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To: sanityinamerica; admin

good 3+1 u


69 posted on 08/12/2005 5:16:43 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: GraceCoolidge; shezza
Has anyone seen any statements from Casey's siblings?

The only thing I've seen was this posted by shezza.

70 posted on 08/12/2005 5:17:46 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: msnimje

Even her family has disowned her.


71 posted on 08/12/2005 5:19:23 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: sanityinamerica
I am proud to be a Freeper!!!

You won't be one for long, if you can't be any more subtle than that. Why burn an account for a troll so pointless?

How come they never post a good one on the way out?

72 posted on 08/12/2005 5:20:10 AM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: Moose4

I agree. We lost our 19 year old son in 1993 and I dont hink I have ever called him my baby. He was my grown son. ALso I watched her on the tv last night and saw her insanity and how the ones around her were just feeding off of it and her. Just like a vampire.


73 posted on 08/12/2005 5:20:19 AM PDT by gopheraj
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To: F14 Pilot

Let her rant. She seems to be a part of the fringe left, the Michael Moore contingency and shows the nation just how loony the left is. She may also be going through her grief stages, and, once she's finished with the anger stage, she'll be less willing to join in the fray. The MSM seems to be cooling to the story as well.


74 posted on 08/12/2005 5:20:32 AM PDT by Neever
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To: DJ MacWoW

http://drudgereport.com/flashcs.htm


75 posted on 08/12/2005 5:21:05 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: deygan

Buh Bye!


76 posted on 08/12/2005 5:21:06 AM PDT by crusadersoldier
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To: sanityinamerica

Ok. Welcome to FR.


77 posted on 08/12/2005 5:23:29 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: F14 Pilot
"If you think I am going to allow you another four years to do even more damage, then you truly are mistaken..."

Spoken like a true DU lunatic...

78 posted on 08/12/2005 5:23:30 AM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: WayneM
Ah, you spotted him too.

I don't know how we managed to see past that clever disguise.


79 posted on 08/12/2005 5:23:34 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: sanityinamerica

America is so much better than it was under Clinton.

"More jobs, more friends abroad, a much safer country. Look at the statistics. Crime is down. less rapes, less poverty, less abortion, more tolerance -- What a great country!
Look at our country, where else is there is much unity and love?

I love George W. Bush, a great man, an intellectual giant.

I am proud to be a Freeper!!!"


You are not fooling anyone, you half-azzed troll.


80 posted on 08/12/2005 5:25:34 AM PDT by BadAndy (Specializing in unnecessarily harsh comments.)
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