Posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:57 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
CRAWFORD, Texas - War protesters camping out near President Bush's ranch prepared Monday for a three-week bus tour to spread their anti-war message to people and lawmakers in 25 states.
Three buses were to depart Wednesday from the makeshift camp started by Cindy Sheehan along the main road leading to Bush's ranch, protesters said. Sheehan arrived Aug. 6, soon after his Texas vacation began, and vowed to stay until month's end unless he talked to her about the war that claimed her 24-year-old son Casey's life.
Since then, several thousand people have visited "Camp Casey" for a few hours, days or weeks.
"We had no idea the ditch in Crawford had such phenomenal acoustics," said Nancy Lessin, co-founder of Military Families Speak Out, one of four organizations sponsoring the Bring Them Home Now Tour.
"There's a momentum building across the country ... and we intend for every member of Congress to hear our messages from Camp Casey loud and clear," she said.
The tour will end with the three buses meeting in Washington, D.C., for a Sept. 24 anti-war march organized by United for Peace and Justice and the ANSWER Coalition.
FreeRepublic.com and other conservative groups are planning counter events in the nation's capital that weekend, said Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the group's Washington, D.C., chapter. FreeRepublic.com was part of a large pro-Bush rally in Crawford on Saturday.
Taylor said many Bush supporters want to make sure their voice also is heard, "especially military families who have been serving silently with their relatives. They realize it's important for them to speak out now."
Pro-Bush rallies also are expected in cities along the bus tour, which will follow northern, central and southern routes. In some cases, protesters may walk into the offices of a Congress member, Lessin said.
Sheehan will be on the southern route, with its first stop in Austin for a Wednesday afternoon rally. Its next event will be Friday in Houston, the district of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Sheehan will leave the tour after that for other events, but other relatives of fallen U.S. troops and families of soldiers still serving in Iraq will be on each bus.
Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan, but his aides have said there are no plans to change his schedule to meet with her. His vacation is to end Friday.
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Bring Them Home Now Tour: http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org
Shame on Jihad Cindy!
FReepmail Gracey to get on the mailing list.
I'm on it. Got the info earlier.
Don't know if I can make it downtown by 5:30pm but if I do, I'll be the one carrying the "Support the Troops" sign. (smile)
Capt. Hiram Lewis is traveling to Crawford to demand meeting
with anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan and support our troops!
You left out the part about Sharpton hitchhiking to catch his plane on time.
I'm telling you, if Angela K. Brown keeps acknowledging two sides to the story, she's going to get fired. Kathleen Hennessey knows better than to mention that there are people out there who "Support the Troops".
I think I'm going to puke!!!!!!
Check the Texas FR page for more details.
Only in the deluded mind of the AP. The minute anyone hears her talk all sympathy flies right out the window. Show them the pictures of her getting her hair done or make up by one of PR people and they start getting angry at the banSheehan. Notice no serious Dim went down and met with her? The DNC knows she is nothing by an embarrassment.
Sharpton may think twice before showing up at any more Sheehan demonstrations.
Send the cow to New Orleans! Maybe one of the looters will shoot her!
It's times like these that make some people re-think their commitment to free speech and opposition to death squads.
Dumb and dumber
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