Posted on 08/30/2005 5:20:22 AM PDT by kristinn
Cindy Sheehan and her supporters in the mainstream media failed in their efforts to radicalize the American people against the war in Iraq, according to a poll by The Washington Post and ABC News to be released later today at 5 p.m. EDT.
The telephone survey of 1006 adults conducted August 25-28 showed no movement in either direction for opposition or support to the war. Eighty percent said Sheehan's three-week long protest outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas while he was on a working vacation there had no effect on their position on the war. Ten percent said her protest made them more likely to support the war in Iraq, while an equal number said her protest would make them less likely to support the war.
Mrs. Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq last year, arrived in Crawford on August 6 demanding a meeting with the president. Aided by anti-American groups that have expressed support for the so-called Iraqi resistance, including Code Pink and Veterans for Peace, Mrs. Sheehan was able to dominate the news for the month of August with the help of a sympathetic national media which failed to report the most basic facts about her and her supporters.
Thanks to the research of Freepers, the American people were able to learn about Mrs. Sheehan's extremist politics and her disengenuousness.
Freepers were first to report that Mrs. Sheehan had previously met with the president and that she was telling a wildly different story of that meeting from her initial account told to her local newspaper right after the meeting.
Freepers also discovered photos of that meeting that showed Mrs. Sheehan holding the president's hand and leaning in to receive a kiss on the cheek from him.
Freepers researched and reported Mrs. Sheehan's extremist statements about Israel and her pronouncements that she was refusing to pay her taxes in protest against her son's death.
Freepers found her comments supporting convicted abettor of terrorism, Lynne Stewart and also reported that the groups involved with Mrs. Sheehan in Crawford had explicitly sided with the so-called Iraqi resistance through their endorsement of the World Tribunal on Iraq.
Freeper research also unearthed a video of Mrs. Sheehan calling terrorists who crossed the border in to Iraq to join Al Qaeda "freedom fighters" in an interview with CBS News' Mark Knoller on her first day in Crawford--which CBS and the other media at her press conference failed to report.
That video now serves as exhibit one for how the mainstream media covered up for Mrs. Sheehan from day one in order to prop her up as the latest tool of their campaign to destroy the presidency of George W. Bush.
Thanks to the efforts of Freepers, Mrs. Sheehan and her allies in the media and on the left failed to instigate the prairie fire of rebellion against the war in Iraq they thought would surely follow.
While they will blame Karl Rove and the White House for Mrs. Sheehan's failure, we know it was the patriotic Americans at FreeRepublic.com who fought the good fight in the arena of ideas.
This almost livid hatred of Bush expressed by the left is not normal.
Did not the right with just a tad more civility and decorum tolerate Clinton for eight years?
Great job Kristinn!!! Will your interview on GGL be re-broadcast. I missed it. ;*(
Isn't it about time for a "FReeper News" daily newspaper and a "FreeRepublic" TV station??? It is Tuesday, afterall. ;*)
God bless all of you who went to Crawford to support our beloved troops, their mission, the CIC, and our military families. God bless JimRob and his family for this wonderful site and the excellent job they do for the cause of freedom, and God bless all of the FReepers who contribute in their own ways to do the same...not all soldiers wear uniforms, or combat fatigues. :-)
No, it is the same article, they just put the poll info about how Sheehan's protest had little affect on the American people waaay
at the bottom.
Big Surprise.
they make me PROUD just to be a member of the forum.
free dixie,sw
Gleeful bttt!!
"I heard Byron York mention "D.C. on the 24th" last night. Let's hope FOX continues to get the message out as D.C. is going to be critical. There are just too many on the left who seem to have an awful lot of spare time on their hands. "
Yes, I have been told by a friend in DC that a hotel room cannot be found over the 24th of September and that they are predicting
10 to 15 million for this protest. I cannot believe that number is accurate, but I do believe it will be a huge protest. I hope the normal Americans in this country are disgusted by this display.
Hand, SALUTE!
Good work. Many thanks for a job well done!
A laurel and hearty handshake!!
The sheriff is near!
I love it that Rush played a tape of ABC's Good Morning America's Claire Shipman. She told viewers this morning, according to their latest poll, Cindy Sheehan had little or no impact on changing opinions about the war.
I know Cindy Sheehan is a meaningless blip here at groupthink HQ FreeRepublic, but out here in the Real World, the media attention she's getting is taking root. This morning, I overheard boobs at our local supermarket talking about her, which means that the security moms are identifying with her. Considering that ALL the polls show popular support for the war is slipping, W's handlers should best pay attention and not dismiss this out of hand.
And thus the phd spaeketh.
It is such a wonderful thought, it just makes ya grin.
Can't think of a better place for any of them to touch base with Americans who, for the most part, share their ideals and vision.
A good Freeper NEVER loses a bookmark that might be needed later on. :-)
Well done.
To the lazy, leftist media co-sponsored by fenton communications....YOUR OWNERSHIP of INFORMATION delivered to your fellow AMERICANS is OVER!
You FAILED because you refused to tell both sides. EVER.
The TRUTH IS BEING OUTED EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE ARE MORE FIRED UP THAN IN THE GOOD OL' CORRUPTION DAYS of your icon, billy klinton.
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