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ABC Confirms: Sheehan Wrote the Letter
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Posted on 08/17/2005 8:56:44 AM PDT by hipaatwo

Rich Lowry is reporting on the Corner that Sheehan wrote the letter. You know, the one in which she said her son was killed for lies, the neocon agenda, and Israel — things she denied on CNN ever having said:

In a nut shell, ABC now says it talked to Sheehan and she said she did in fact write the letter in question after all and she did receive an e-mail from ABC confirming that ABC had received it. But she thinks the version on the web has been tampered with. Very, very strange...

In a nut shell indeed. So let me get this straight: Cindy Sheehan fires off a letter to ABC after an appearance on Nightline in which she felt Ted Koppel wronged her by "dismissing" her as "emotional." Then, at least according to what Sheehan told ABC, someone tampered with the version of her letter online, specifically this paragraph:

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.

Does this explanation even make sense? First, that paragraph follows from the main thrust of her letter, which is a rebuke to Ted Koppel for dismissing her as emotional. Second, the sentiments expressed in that paragraph echo sentiments Sheehan has expressed many times before and since she wrote that letter. It's becoming more and more clear that Cindy Sheehan lied to Anderson Cooper in order to make herself seem more mainstream to CNN's audience. (But with her record of anti-American vitriol, that's not likely to happen anytime soon.)

ABC News also said they spoke to CNN to see if they are going to run a correction about the statement Anderson Cooper made that "ABC News does not seem to be confirming this is what Cindy Sheehan wrote to them." In fairness to CNN, that conclusion seemed reasonable yesterday. Today, the most likely conclusion is that Cindy Sheehan is making up totally implausible excuses for lying on TV.


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1 posted on 08/17/2005 8:56:44 AM PDT by hipaatwo
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To: hipaatwo

Busted


2 posted on 08/17/2005 8:58:23 AM PDT by Rosemont
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To: Rosemont

Also busted here:


http://www.sweetness-light.com/


3 posted on 08/17/2005 8:59:18 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: hipaatwo

I actually don't think she did write it. I think her handlers did. Personally I think she is so far gone she has no grasp of what is really happening.


4 posted on 08/17/2005 8:59:32 AM PDT by sharktrager (My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
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To: hipaatwo

BWAAAA HAAAAHAAA CINDY SHEEHAN IS SOOOOO BUSTED!


5 posted on 08/17/2005 9:00:01 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: Rosemont

But this is what she said just yesterday:

"Another “big deal” today was the lie that I had said that Casey died for Israel. I never said that, I never wrote that. I had supposedly said it in a letter that I wrote to Ted Koppel’s producer in March. I wrote the letter because I was upset at the way Ted treated me when I appeared at a Nightline Town Hall meeting in January right after the inauguration. I felt that Ted had totally disrespected me. I wrote the letter to Ted Bettag and cc’d a copy to the person who gave me Ted’s address. I believe he changed the email and sent it out to capitalize on my new found notoriety by promoting his own agenda. Enough about that."


6 posted on 08/17/2005 9:00:08 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Mo1; Peach; GeorgiaYankee

Over here.


7 posted on 08/17/2005 9:00:32 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: sharktrager

I think it was a neocon wrote the letter. Or maybe it was a Karl Rove plot.


8 posted on 08/17/2005 9:00:38 AM PDT by Rosemont
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To: hipaatwo

Sdandard wild-eyed moonbat speak. One of their main talking points is PNAC, the other is neo-con.

She has gotten deep into the liberal kool-aid.


9 posted on 08/17/2005 9:00:50 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Mo1; Sam Hill; Howlin; OXENinFLA; tiredoflaundry; defconw

BUSTED!


10 posted on 08/17/2005 9:01:55 AM PDT by hipaatwo (Cindy Sheehan...Jew haters can't hide forever...your cover has been blown!)
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To: hipaatwo
According to this thread,

So we [Anderson Cooper 360] contacted ABC News today about it. They said they had received a letter on behalf of Cindy back in March. They said took it seriously enough that they responded to it, but so far they cannot find the actual e-mail, they say. They say they're trying to find it, they're investigating.

A likely story.

11 posted on 08/17/2005 9:02:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: hipaatwo
In a nut shell, ABC now says it talked to Sheehan and she said she did in fact write the letter in question after all and she did receive an e-mail from ABC confirming that ABC had received it. But she thinks the version on the web has been tampered with. Very, very strange...

Yes she is!

12 posted on 08/17/2005 9:02:21 AM PDT by airborne
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To: Rosemont
I think it was a neocon wrote the letter. Or maybe it was a Karl Rove plot.

PNAC probably wrote it for her, way back in 1996. :o)

13 posted on 08/17/2005 9:02:29 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: sharktrager
Personally I think she is so far gone she has no grasp of what is really happening.

Ditto. She's a nutball.
14 posted on 08/17/2005 9:02:57 AM PDT by Thrusher (Remember the Mog.)
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To: hipaatwo

BWAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!


15 posted on 08/17/2005 9:03:00 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Fl. The lightning capital of the world!)
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To: Howlin

While ABC is capable of this, way more likely it's just another lie from a disturbed (demented) lefty.


16 posted on 08/17/2005 9:03:10 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: GaltMeister

I wonder how CNN will spin this to favor Mrs. Sheehan. Or will they just ignore the story altogether.


17 posted on 08/17/2005 9:03:17 AM PDT by Rosemont
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18 posted on 08/17/2005 9:03:40 AM PDT by WackySam ("There's room for all God's creatures- right next to the taters")
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To: hipaatwo
But she thinks the version on the web has been tampered with.

By the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZ!!

19 posted on 08/17/2005 9:03:47 AM PDT by airborne
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To: hipaatwo

Liberals always lie and use people, even their own children, because it's always all about them.


20 posted on 08/17/2005 9:04:06 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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