Cindy Sheehan: The Media’s Desperate Search for an anti-war Movement that Is Not There

columnist and radio talk show host on KOGO AM 600 based in San Diego ^ | August 18, 2005 | Steve Yuhas

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***....Enter Move America Forward that will have a caravan to Crawford, Texas that will traverse California then head out to the Lone Star State. The convoy will star a mother proud of her son and his service, Deborah Johns of California Marine Moms, and will begin near San Francisco and culminate with a “We Support Our Troops AND Their Mission” rally on Saturday August 27, 2005 at 1:00PM in Crawford, Texas. We’ll see if the media covers the rally the way they’ve been covering the mother of one veteran and a few dozen of her closest new friends that just happen to belong to some of the most radical groups in the country. ...***

[beyond the sea]

Norah O'Donnell was substituting on 'Spitball' for Chris Matthews last night. Pat Buchanan was a guest with Sen. Breaux. The Sheehan matter was one of the subjects.

Eventully Pat predicted rather vehemently and with not a little joy that some Democrat is going to break with the Hillary Clintons of the party and join this "Sheehan Charade" (my phrase) and run as an anti-war candidate for president as did George McGovern or Eugene McCarthy back in '68. Buchanan was serious, and he acted like he felt it was nearly a certainty.

He seemed to really be enjoying the discomfort this is causing G.W. and the Republicans. It was a little gross.

[Wiseghy]

This is a pretty good explanation of the media's behavior. They thrive on conflict and head to head battles. This is why they provided pretty good imbed coverage during the initial battles, but have gone way negative trying to find the bad news in the occupation.

[wolfpat]

I'm convinced that the only reason there aren't more people on our side at the demonstrations is that we have jobs.

[Carolinamom]

One thing is certain.......She will not be "standing on the LAWN of the WH" when she goes to DC.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Buchanan's stellar 2000 "Reform" vote totals were what, 1%?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.... we have jobs.

True.

[airborne]

There was a gentleman who joined us last night in Harrisburg. A Gulf War vet named Reed.

He said he was on his way home from one of his two jobs when he saw "those scumbags" supporting Cindy.

He went home, made a sign, and joined us on the street corner.

BTW, his sign said, "We Gave Peace A Chance, And 9/11 Happened!"

[W04Man]

Bump!! I just donated to MoveAmericaForward.org

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Besides being LIBERALLY biased, the media tends to be lazy and ignorant. They follow the leader and then file their stories.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Fantastic!

[advance_copy]

Just think, if Cindy Sheehan and Pat Buchanan were living under a regime like Saddam Hussein's, they'd be dead now. But that's what they want for millions of Iraqis.

[Majic]

Won't somebody, for the love of God, please give that woman some lithium?

It's just sad.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Cindy Sheehan is currently The Worlds Biggest Terrorist because she is attempting to destroy our will to protect ourselves and is demanding we leave Iraq so the Terrorists can run it like they used to do Afghanistan and thereby she is creating the ground work for the next 9/11 or most likely worse.

[Flyer]

H.O.T. Chapter of FR Heading Back to Crawford

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

Heck - the AP and major newspaper editors admitted that they don't know what is going on in Iraq. One of the bigwigs at the AP actually said that it was easier to count the number of deaths than to figure out how many hours of electricity they had in Iraq.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464300/posts

[Cincinatus' Wife]

From your LINK:

***The Heart of Texas Chapter is planning a return to Crawford on Saturday, August 27. Our purpose this time will be to team up with the Move America Forward Caravan, which will originate in California, and pick up supporters from across the country. ......***

Bump!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

From your LINK;

***....Mike Silverman, managing editor of the Associated Press, lamented the fact that “explosions and shootings and fatalities and injuries on some days seem to dominate the news.” Silverman cited the dangers in Iraq as one of the reasons reporters were not getting more of the good things. Kathleen Carroll, the AP’s Executive Editor, actually said that “it was much easier to add up the number of dead than to determine how many hospitals received power on a particular day or how many schools were built.” Silverman than threw out the typical media excuse – the positives listed in the email were actually in various AP stories but they were buried in the articles. ............***

Bump!

[gridlock]

Eventully Pat predicted rather vehemently and with not a little joy that some Democrat is going to break with the Hillary Clintons of the party and join this "Sheehan Charade" (my phrase) and run as an anti-war candidate for president as did George McGovern or Eugene McCarthy back in '68.

Well, that worked out pretty well for the 'Pubbies, didn't it? McGovern won, what, one state?

The Donks will eventually fracture along the war/anti-war fault. The anti-war radicals will not be able to support any candidate who does not issue a full throated condemnation of the war. Hillary! will not be able to do this, so she will lose the Left of her party by trying to hold the Center.

Given this calculus, I don't see how Hillary! can win in 2008.

My personal fantasy scenario is that Hillary! faces a strong enough challenge next year for NY Senate that she drops out of that race to run for President and then finds out the race for President is not going to work out, and she drops out of that too. Then she'll be left holding all of the Donk's campaign money, with no way to spend it. I think Hillary! was a one-hit-wonder. I don't think she has another victory in her.

[beyond the sea]

True.