which is the local weekly. They run a daily update with post occurring during the day from the field reporters.... Most of their reports will be in support of the anti Bush groups.
UPDATES ON CINDY SHEEHAN VISIT TO CRAWFORD
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005
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5:35 p.m.
Nathan Diebenow reporting for The Iconoclast:
The pro-Bush counter-protestors left Houston at 5 a.m. and arrived at Crawford around 10 a.m. at Camp Casey. The event was organized by members of FreeRepublic.com.
Marine mother Gale Muskiet of Houston estimated that there were 400 in her group that lined up in support of Bush hoping to catch a glimpse of him as he drove on Prairie Chapel Road. The group left there reportedly after 12:30 p.m. for the parking lot of Pirate Field in Crawford. Many of the members of the group had to walk halfway because of traffic congestion.
At the counter-protest rally four Marine moms spoke in support of President Bush and the war on terrorism saying that the United States must stay the course and that their children chose to join the military of their own free will.
There was a member of the group that dressed up like the Statue of Liberty.
The military moms present were Gale Muskiet, Julie Swain, Ann Semien, and Linda Prince.
When asked if more counter-protest groups will be coming this week, Muskiet said, "If she's willing to continue on her campaign, I would hope the American people would say enough is enough and take a pro-active response."
Linda Prince of Centerville questioned the use of the memorial crosses at Camp Casey with the names of the servicemen who died in Iraq because not all of them or their families would agree with Sheehan's views on ending the Iraq war immediately.
Dr. Raoul Deming, a member of FreeRepublic.com, called the pro-peace demonstrators un-American because, he said, the host organizations have ties with communists.
