Mother Sheehan...
Posted on 08/13/2005 10:42:48 AM PDT by coffee260
The original article is at: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17039&only=yes
Title: Daily Kos Parasites Author: Charles Date: 8/13/2005 at 8:50:52 am
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Just when you think the Koz Kidz can't get any more disgusting: Framing Cindy Sheehan - we are making errors [1]. (Hat tip: KrustyKoot.)
This is really going to turn your stomach.
------------ START QUOTE ------------ We are making errors with references to Cindy Sheehan.
What are we trying to accomplish with promoting her?
Emphasizing her sacrifice.
Emphasizing her stating truth to power.
Emphasizing her plain speaking, clear statements.
Relate her vigil over her dead son to universal archtypes of all vigils over dead children killed by dictatorial rulers throughout all history.
My suggestions below:
1. We should call her "*Mother Sheehan*". We should never call her Cindy; I don't know her. "Mother Sheehan" is her title, and expresses her ceremonial status as a bereaved mother, calling forth over the dead body of her son. She is not a person now, she is a mother, which is not an expression of her individuality, but rather the expression of her eternal character: the mother, the bringer of life who has been wronged by state power.
2. We should use the word "sacrifice". She has sacrificed the most precious thing a mother has, the life and promise of her child.
3. We should use the word "useless" frequently. The death of her son is a useless sacrifise, done for the vanity of the ruler.
4. We should not use the name of her son. Her son is a symbol of all sons who have been sacrificed for this useless and criminal war.
5. The term "vigil" should be used to describe the persons and their patient petition to the dictatorial ruler. It is a vigil over the body of the dead son, killed by the ruler for his own purposes.
6. The right will try to INDIVIDUALIZE and SPECIALIZE her complaint. We must try to make her cry the UNIVERSAL and ETERNAL cry of all mothers whose children have died at the whim of the tyrannical and dictatorial ruler, who has made the decision to push children to the front of the army for his own, useless purposes. We must seek to make this like funeral vigils over all time. This is not Mother Sheehan's vigil, this is a vigil over the dead son, killed by the ruler for his own selfish reasons.
7. If there are any persons who are theatre professionals at the Sheenan vigil, they should arrange things much more theatrically.
8. If I was there, I would not let Mother Sheehan talk to the press, but I would have her talk only through a spokesperson. In particular, I would not allow her to argue with critics, and would allow no critics to approach her. Her dignity must be preserved. If lesser emissaries from the ruler arrive (C Rice, etc), these should not be allowed to speak to Mother Sheehan. ------------- END QUOTE -------------
[1] http://dailykos.com/story/2005/8/13/9565/81042
I hope CASEY Sheehan can one day find it in his heart to forgive his mother.
5.56mm
"theatre professionals"! They're all professionals at theatrics. That phrase is almost as disgusting as "Mother Sheehan".
Yes smart decision because she has a hard time keeping her tin foil hat off when talking to sympathetic reporters.
O, Irony. Thou hast a cruel sense of humour.
Aw, c'mon, please?
It's the weekend. I need to cut loose a little bit.
"We began the killing as soon as we stepped foot on these shores [America] and the killing has gone on unabated for over 200 years.""There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid."
"This country is not worth dying for.”
“America has been killing people on this continent since it was started."
"The U.S. government is a morally repugnant system.”
“9/11 was Pearl Harbor for the neo-conservatives’ agenda.”
“The biggest terrorist is George W. Bush.”
“George Bush and his neo-conservatives killed my son.”
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=17915
"Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel."
"My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel."
"Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by a George Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11."
"My first born was killed violently for a neo-con agenda that only benefits a very chosen few in this world."
"Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs...gangsters who lust after fortunes and power; never caring that their addictions are at the expense of our loved ones, and the blood of innocent people near and far."
"We've watched these thugs parade themselves before the whole world as if they are courageous advocates for Christian moral values...and for the spread of democracy."
"The US government is now ruled by murderous hypocrites...criminals who should be arrested, charged appropriately, confined behind bars.""In their secret hiding places, while celebrating newly won fortunes with their fellow brass, these men must surely congratulate themselves with orgies of carnal pleasure as they mock the dwindling multitudes who are yet so blind as to mistake them for God's devoted servants."
"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism."
There are more collected here:
Cindy Sheehan -- In Her Own Words
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461469/posts
2. We should use the word "sacrifice". She has sacrificed the most precious thing a mother has, the life and promise of her child.
Bullshit! She has sacrificed nothing.
Casey made the sacrifice, and his name should be front and center.
3. We should use the word "useless" frequently...
As in "this moonbat is useless, but blame her handlers!"
4. We should not use the name of her son. Her son is a symbol of all sons...
The war of the proletariat demands anonymity! We are wothless alone, our patriotic posters can't tolerate the individual!
Jesus!
5. The term "vigil" should be used to describe the persons and their patient petition to the dictatorial ruler...
This is so Ted Kizcynski-ish it's scary. Do they allow him to sneak manifestos out of prison?
6. The right will try to INDIVIDUALIZE and SPECIALIZE her complaint...
The only selfish reasons I can see in this process is the desperate exploitation of a mentally deranged old woman for the propaganda purposes of the clueless, the inarticulate, the dope-addled.
I will continue to individualize it as Casey's Burden.
7. If there are any persons who are theatre professionals at the Sheenan vigil, they should arrange things much more theatrically.
Absolutely! Fake people mimicking the actions of real people. Plastic little despots so self absorbed that they keep bumping into the freakin' trees looking for the forest.
Great idea. The theater of the absurd!
8. If I was there, I would not let Mother Sheehan talk to the press, but I would have her talk only through a spokesperson. In particular, I would not allow her to argue with critics, and would allow no critics to approach her...
That's the ticket! We can dress her up like Charley McCarthy and make sure none of her insane words manage to get out. Perhaps Duct tape over her mouth? Remember, she is now a tool of the "progressives". No individual thinking allowed!
Her dignity must be preserved. and her insanity hidden... If lesser emissaries from the ruler arrive (C Rice, etc), these should not be allowed to speak to Mother Sheehan. -------------
It's pathetic when they allow jr. High schoolers to pretend they are deep thinkers. The impulse is to pat them on the head and say...
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Where's Father Sheehan? Doesn't he count?
Bull Sheehan.
Crazy libs.
"Mrs. Sheehan" is her title, and expresses her husband's status as not being there with her at this demonstration supposedly about their son.
Although I agree that the Moonbat Mom should remain anonymous, it would be great to identify this gutsy couple by name.
Might this be possible? I'll start looking, too, but I have no idea even of the time frame. Where and when?
Any help would be appreciated.
You read all these quotes and you start thinking: Now that she's separated from her husband, maybe ol' Ward Churchill would be a good match for her.
So lets take a grieveing mother and further her pain by using her as the spokes-victim in a battle you cannot and will not win... smart!
Emphasizing her sacrifice.
Emphasizing her stating truth to power.
Oops.
Emphasizing her plain speaking, clear statements.
Oops.
Ha ha ha ha....
Lives there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said:,
"This is my own, my native land"?,
Whose heart has ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he has turned,,
From wandering on a foreign strand?,
If such there live go mark him well,
For him no minstrels' voices swell.
Great be his glory, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,
Despite his glory power and self,
The wretch, concentrated all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown, and doubly dying,
Shall go down to the vile depths from whence he sprung,
Unwept, un-honored, and unsung.
Sir Walter Scott, 1805 "This is My Own, My Native Land", from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"
I think Mommie Dearest is a better fit... 
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