Protesting mother back at Crawford - Sheehan returns as opposing camp gains momentum

Houston Chronicle ^ | August 25, 2005 | Julie Mason

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***....Wolf Corrington, a Persian Gulf veteran who knew Casey Sheehan as a youth, helped coordinate his funeral at St. Mary's last year. He said he doesn't question Cindy Sheehan's right to protest. But Corrington wonders whether Casey would have agreed with her.

"It's her American right, and she can knock herself out and speak her mind," said Corrington. But he noted that Casey Sheehan volunteered for the Army. ...***

http://www.detnews.com/2005/nation/0508/25/A04-292993.htm

[JLO]

Funny, isn't it, how she bounces from photos 2 and 3?

(wicked laugh)

She makes me sick!

(PS, use keyword - CINDYSHEEHAN) Added here.

[A Jovial Cad]

Thanks, I will.

Excellent!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Emmanuel Lozano / The Arizona Republic Deborah Johns (in red) hugs Diane Jennings of Glendale, who has three sons in the military, at a rally Wednesday in Glendale to show their support for President Bush.

A pro-war caravan to Texas stopped Wednesday in Glendale, where hundreds gathered to show their support for the war in the face of a few demonstrators who oppose it.

The "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy" tour landed at the Arrowhead Towne Center for an event hosted by local radio station KFYI-AM (550). The group, led by military families and veterans who strongly disagree with Cindy Sheehan, are on their way to Crawford, Texas, to show support for President Bush's Iraq policy.

Sheehan is the Vacaville, Calif., mother of a fallen soldier who made national headlines by camping out outside Bush's Crawford ranch. She has repeatedly criticized Bush's decision to stay in Iraq.

The largely pro-war crowd of about 300 cheered when Deborah Johns, the California woman organizing the caravan against Sheehan, pulled into Arriba Mexican Grill just before 6 p.m.

"Continue to step to the plate with me and let our voice roar like thunder," Johns told the crowd. "We need to let the liberals know that we're not going away."

The caravan began on Monday in northern California and is expected to reach Crawford by the end of the week.

Johns said her group stopped in Glendale to let Arizona know there are people who strongly disagree with Sheehan and still support Bush.

Tina Lapka of Peoria was among the supporters. Lapka's son, Christopher, died in the early months of the war while returning from a rescue mission. A suicide bomber killed the 22-year-old and several in his group.

Christopher joined the Marines after the Sept. 11 attacks and supported the war, Lapka said. That is why she attended the event, holding a picture of her son.

"She (Sheehan) doesn't speak for all the Gold Star moms," said Lapka, referring to the medal she was given after her son died in combat.

Not everyone was there to praise Bush. About 15 anti-war demonstrators staked out a corner of the parking lot, wielding signs and chanting slogans. At one point, the hostility among the opposing groups spilled over.

"The United States is the biggest terrorist in the world," Roger Finnern of Tempe said to those around him.

"Are you calling my brother a terrorist?" asked Mike Broomhead of Phoenix, stepping closer to Finnern. "My brother believed in what they were doing."

Finnern retreated from his statement when a few men joined Broomhead in the debate. Broomhead's brother died in the war.

Inside the restaurant, defenders of the war downed margaritas and listened to KFYI radio talk-show host Joe Crummey. Flanked by a cardboard cutout of the president wearing a KFYI T-shirt, Crummey prompted cheers when he yelled, "Do we support the United States military?"

Crummey also drew applause when he condemned liberals and said they are giving moral support to Islamic fascists. "I wonder whether or not they really understand that they (terrorists) hate us for our freedom," he said.

Caravan makes state stop

[Cincinatus' Wife]

She's all a flutter with her escort.

Cindy Sheehan, left, is escorted by supporter Jeff Key after arriving at Waco Regional Airport in Waco, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. Sheehan, a fallen soldier's mother who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, returned Wednesday after a weeklong absence for a family emergency. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

He plays musical intruments too.

Cindy Sheehan, left, holds a cross as Jeff Key, center, plays taps with Joan Baez amid crosses at Camp Casey near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. Sheehan has returned to Texas and her anti-war vigil in honor of her son killed in Iraq. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

[Salamander]

"played a Jethro Tull song on a soprano recorder"

Which one?

Wounded, Old & Treacherous?
Saboteur?
Bad-Eyed And Loveless?
Crazed Institution?
Serenade To A Cuckoo?

[beyond the sea]

Sheehan and the guy in that picture look like twins.

;-)

[beyond the sea]

Serenade To A Cuckoo? ---

Yeh, that's it.

;-)

[lysie]

The time has come for you to stop crying for yourself, Cindy and let your boy rest.

[Salamander]

I'll betcha 10 bucks it was "For A Thousand Mothers".

[or maybe "War Child"]

[lysie]

Sheehan and the guy in that picture look like twins.

Now that you mention it....LOL

[goldstategop]

This circus will go on til the President's vacation is over. I don't detect any momentum for the anti-America extremists. Its not like the streets are filling with crowds demanding an end to the Bush Regime. If the Left had that kind of support to begin with, they wouldn't use Jihad Cindy as their sock puppet. She's just a tool to advance an agenda few people in the country support.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[beyond the sea]

Now that you mention it....LOL

I think that guy looks like he thinks he's going to get lucky.

;-)

[jslade]

Obviously the bitch in the ditch returning is on par with MacArthur's return to the Phillipines.

[beyond the sea]

He plays musical intruments too.

He's drinkin' a Texas longnecker glass of beer.

;-)

[W04Man]

Thanks for the Phoenix photo. We need to see more of these, but I guess the AP photographers were too busy covereing the anti-war crowd.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Rick Burnley, a New Mexico poet with bare feet and long, salt-and-pepper hair, played a Jethro Tull song on a soprano recorder while a small clutch of women sobbed and hugged Sheehan.

How precious. Damn, I hate hippies!

[Zacs Mom]

"We, in Vacaville, know the family, knew Casey and know of the difficulties the Sheehans had before and after Casey's death.

We knew of the John Kerry campaign coming out to visit them just after it occurred, as they tried to do with many other families. We knew of the referral to the Fenton Communications agency. Most of us know how she has been used. "

This is from one of several MUST READ posts Mom of Two Soldiers made yesterday.

I'd had the Timeline on sheehan's transformation into a card carrying, American-hating radical worked out but I was having trouble figuring out just what prompted her sudden and sharp turn to the left! Mom of Two Soldiers posts have really shed some light on sheehan!

See her comments in this thread ~ Move America Forward's "You Don't Speak For Me, Cindy!" Caravan

and in these two posts she made:

1). Personal Message From Vacaville
2). Kerry: Terrorist Shiite Al-Sadr 'a Legitimate Voice' (Kerry and Cindy Sheehan)

[Zacs Mom]

""This is the center of the world," Burnley said."

[BigSkyFreeper]

He's drinkin' a Texas longnecker glass of beer.

FOFL! That's what I was thinking.