[deport]

Saturday, August 27, 2005
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Updates from:
'You Don't Speak For Me, Cindy' Campaign
Deborah Mathews reporting for The Iconoclast

1:45 p.m.

There are apparently three Cindy Sheehan supporters out here in the middle of the crowd. Their signs appear to have been torn up and they are being escored away by law enforcement personnel.

These people are serious out here.

Someone's yelling, "That's what they want to do, distract us."

People in the crowd roar at any given moment.

Melanie Morgan just screamed out, "This is not Vietnam." The crowd absolutely erupted.

The father of a boy in sniper training in Iraq said he spoke with his son on the phone who said, "Cindy Sheehan shut up. You're getting us killed."

"Cindy go home" is what the crowd is chanting now.

One sign says, "Cindy Sheehan, the bitch in the ditch."

There are now 2,000 plus people out here.

Cindy. Morgan said, "Let's get this show running, keep it running, because afterwards, we taking the fight to Cindy."

Someone just yelled, "There go Ccindy's pimps, the media."

People are still coming up the road, 10 or 15 at a time.

Fireman whose twin brother was killed in Iraq just delivered a speech. He said that about two week short of retirement the brother was killed and "this is a war about good and evil, and we are winning it. My brother died for what he believed in."

Someone is yelling, "Those of you that were spit on, brutalized, had your soul stolen after returning from Vietnam... That is not going to happen again."

There is a huge mob around the stage, and a lot of flatbed trailers filled with everybody from the media to Uncle Sam clones.

There is the policeman who escorted the Cindy Sheehan supporters away.

(moments later)

I just asked him, "Was there any violence," and he said, "I can't..." (and paused) Then smiled and said "Are you a reporter." I said, "Yes." Then he walked off and said, "Oh, that explains it." I didn't get an answer.

It is intense here. Intense is a mild word.

1:15 p.m.

There are upwards of a thousand people here now.

A group of three people were walking away from the rally carrying a sign tucked into her pants that said, "Liar, liar, pants on fire, George W. Bush, is it burning yet?"

American flags are in hats, red, white, and blue on clothes. People are carrying signs.

The chairs under the tent are full. Barbecue is being sold, a tent is set up for Gold Star Families.

People of all ages and types are here.

One shirt said, "I hate hippies."

One sign says, "We support President Bush. Period."

Someone just did an accapella song, and is receiving big applause. Now, they are chanting "U.S.A. Support our troops." Flags are literally everywhere.

[deport]

Meanwhile down at the ditch.........

The Ditch Battle

UPDATES ON CINDY SHEEHAN VISIT TO CRAWFORD
Saturday, August 27, 2005
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1:30 p.m.
Michael Harvey reporting for the Iconoclast

At Camp Casey I, the Bush side is chanting "George Bush!" and the anti-war side is finishing their sentence by chanting "War criminal!"

The Bush side is loudly calling out, "Where is your anti-semitic leader?"

One pro-war sign says, "Cindy and Osama sitting in a tree." Another says "Who's paying you?"

A bunch of cars are passing by honking, as they have been constantly today.

Now the Bush side is yelling, "I'm for W."

There are close to 200 people out here now (both sides combined).

Music and barbecue is planned on the Camp Casey side this afternoon.

1:17 p.m.
Michael Harvey reporting for the Iconoclast

At Camp Casey I, it is hot, probably 110 degrees. Members on each side of the triangle are yelling at each other, veterans for the war on one side, veterans against the war on the other. They are taunting each other.

The crowd is growing and parking has become a big problem.

At the pro-Bush side of the encampment, a hot-dog stand has been set up.

[TXBubba]

Awesome report! Thank you so much!

[Txsleuth]

Oh, deport---that was a great report...please keep posting them when you get them okay?

It sounds like the heat and the tension could make for some interesting moments out there...

[JLO]

deport - thank you SO much for these updates!

[El Gato]

The father of a boy in sniper training in Iraq said he spoke with his son on the phone who said, "Cindy Sheehan shut up. You're getting us killed."

That was Daryl Ankarlo, morning host on Dallas' KLIF. His son *is* a Marine in sniper training, but he also was in Fallujah for the big battle. The son will soon be deploying again, but this time in the "reach out and touch someone" role.