[Enterprise]

"We've got to support our guys, I have a nephew over there," said Jeff Killion of Tulare, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

While Killion doesn't agree with Sheehan, he speaks highly of her son, Casey.

"Her son gave his life for our freedom and he deserves to be honored," Killion said. "I feel sorry for her because she lost her son. He needs to be honored, and I don't think what she is doing honors his memory."

"Jim Robinson and his wife, Sheila, both of Fresno, left with the caravan Monday night.

"Her son would probably not want her to do this," said Sheila Robinson. "He was in the military and he knew that these types of things [his death] could probably happen."

Jim Robinson, a Navy veteran during the Vietnam War, added: "We definitely support President Bush, but this one is really for the troops."

I wish I had a transcript of the speech by Deborah Jones. She was well spoken and made it clear that she disagreed with the statements made by Cindy Sheehan, and that she strongly supports the troops. Her own son has served two tours in Iraq.

[Enterprise]

(Author is Marc Benjamin, not Mard - sorry)

[squarebarb]

'the simmering media-created controversy'

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Thank you for the report. I wish that I could have been there to support the caravan and see the Robinsons off to Texas.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Enterprise.

Thanks for the report. I had fun last night and I think everyone else did too.

I was really impressed with Deborah Johns (Jones). She was very articulate and made the point that the media continues to push the negative.

I will see if I can get a list of FReepers present so I can give them a call.

Did you see channel 26 10:00 news last night. They did an excellent job of covering the rally. They even aired us singing God Bless America.

[Zacs Mom]

There are some great pictures of this Caravan posted here

[MNJohnnie]

"the simmering controversy"

Only in the Hysteric Left's day dreams.Despite all the money Moveon.org paid to Freen Communications to stage manage Sheehan's "protest" the only people who are agreeing with her are the same 10-15% fringe wackos who ran around after 9-11 screaming "we deserved" 9-11. Add that to the 20% Nothing matters because the DNC told me I had to hate Bush crowd, and you can see Sheehan is only preaching to the choir. Going to be really funny to watch when reality smacks the Leftys in the faces AGAIN. They are going to go absolutely ballistic just like they did in Nov 1994 when we threw the Dims out of Congress. Going to be funny as hell to watch them scream about how "Stupid" all us "trailer trash rednecks" are. Funny how the Hysteric Left always seems to think calling people names "Wins" the argument.

[Saundra Duffy]

The media coverage was awful. Oh, well, we sure had fun!! It was a great rally. It would be nice if the media would be fair, though. (Duh.)