Sheehan's ad says Bush lied about Iraq war ("labeled a 'crackpot' by Fred Barnes,")

Baltimore Sun ^ | August 27, 2005 | Nick Madigan

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.........[Frank] Rich [New York Times]pointed out that, once Ms. Sheehan could no longer be ignored, "the Swift Boating began," an allusion to the campaign during the latest presidential race to belittle Democratic Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam and the wounds he received there. Rich said such campaigns are launched "whenever the White House is confronted by a critic who challenges it on matters of war."

"True to form, the attack on Cindy Sheehan surfaced early on Fox News, where she was immediately labeled a 'crackpot' by Fred Barnes," Rich wrote. "The right-wing blogosphere quickly spread tales of her divorce, her angry Republican in-laws, her supposed political flip-flops, her incendiary sloganeering and her association with known ticket-stub-carrying attendees of Fahrenheit 9/11."

First meeting

Also on Fox News, Bill O'Reilly called Sheehan's behavior "treasonous" and accused her of changing her opinion on Bush, with whom she met a year ago. ...

......Huffington appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday alongside O'Reilly, who said Sheehan was "being used by very far-left elements in this country, elements that not only object to the Iraq war, but object to basically our way of life here."

'A sideshow'

Terry Michael, writing in Thursday's Washington Times, said the Crawford protest "is the opposite of reasoned debate."

"It's a sideshow of verbal combatants yelling past each other," wrote Michael, founder of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. "For average citizens to be presented with meaningful alternatives to the current war policy, we must have legitimate, fully engaged discourse, with intelligent voices coming to competing conclusions."

[fantom]

we know what follows hubris.

[rockabyebaby]

labeled a 'crackpot'

LMAO! If the shoe fits.......

If she looks like a crackpot, smells like a crackpot, acts like a crackpot, IMHO, she IS a crackpot!

[rockabyebaby]

BTW SINdy, exactly what lie did President Bush tell about the Iraq war? Hmmmmmmmmmm, I'm waiting......

[uncitizen]

Great "caption this pic" material:

All i need is this chair....this chair and these Birkenstocks....this chair, these Birkenstocks, and this copy of "Mein Kampf",....and oh my hairdresser, and these peace signs....

[rockabyebaby]

OMG! This idiot will be in Boston Sept 17 and 18, I wonder where? City Hall will have the "Taste of Boston" going on there, lots and lots of restaurants and chefs making samples of what they serve in their restaurants, this would be the logical place for SINdy and her band of morons,,,,perhaps the Boston Common, the State House, can't wait to see!

[Mo1]

It says there will be 3 buses .. I'm not sure which one she will be on

[rockabyebaby]

Outstanding post, thanks for posting the FACTS. How come SINdy isn't calling, kerry, kennedy, albright, clinton, etc. liars????

[Bob]

From the linked article:

After he came out at age 23, he continued to drink his way through his 20s. "I embarked on 13 years of undergraduate education and hard drinking at the University of Alabama, where I eventually sobered up and got a degree in theater, but not necessarily in that order," he says.

Wow, it took him thirteen years to get his degree in theater. I never knew that theater was such a tough course of instruction.

[hipaatwo]

Philadelphia, PA: Thu, Sep. 15th - Sat, Sep. 17th



Who the bleep is hosting them here!

[Mo1]

I'm guessing John Street??

[Nathan Zachary]

very interesting set of pics. It shows who She-man's sympathies are for, and it's not he son.

[hipaatwo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471756/posts?page=40#40


Look who's coming

[hipaatwo]

I'm guessing John Street??


They're going to be here for 3 days? Does it say anywhere where they are staying?

[AmericanInTokyo]

What a COMMUNIST, that Joan Baez.

Once a Communist, Always a Communist.

Look at that Bolshevist salute! Imagine all the Vietnames who perished at sea or were raped by Thai and Malaysian pirates, in the Gulf of Thailand, fleeing her paradise of a united, Communist VIETNAM.

[Skylus]

*Sigh*...

I guess you could consider it a blessing that Cindy Sheeman and Co are not planning a "Western Tour" of sorts...

But then again, why are they not planning a visit over in California, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming or even Utah? Are those states in the east, the only ones that matter? Or is there something I've missed? (My guess: They simply do not want to travel farther than a certain borderline which, according to the map, stretches as far as East Texas)

[Mr. Silverback]

Roger that. What these people fail to get is that Kerry lost the election in part because the Swiftees were telling the truth.

[Mr. Silverback]

Here at FREEPNORAD's operations command center, I'm looking over your list and humming, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas."

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to call over to supply and order another 10 truckloads of napalm.

[Mr. Silverback]

I shall respond to this photo as my Air Force and Navy brothers in the Hanoi Hilton responded to the sound of Joan Baez's voice: JOAN BAEZ SUCKS, REPEAT, JOAN BAEZ SUCKS.

[beyond the sea]

Yep.

[Mr. Silverback]

If I could, in my role as a professional media jackal, interview Ms. Sheehan, item one would be the "freedom fighters" comment. Item two would be to ask her to tell me exactly what the lies were, and provide names and dates.

Guess that's why I'm not working for CBS.