Before Crawford - sheehan's target was Rumsfeld

[jennyjenny]

I, and some other Gold Star Families, have been writing and calling the Department of Defense for over three weeks. We were all meeting in DC to protest the inauguration and we thought it would be a good time to meet with Donald Rumsfeld.

LOL. Yeah, just like it would be a good time for the president to meet with you again while he is on vacation, and after you called him a lying, ba*tard murderer and the world's biggest terrorist.

[pepsionice]

The real story about Cindy is her son...and that is the story that everyone should read and understand. She avoids talking in detail about him...because she never really knew him. He grew up with the father and step-mother. Cindy was just a minor part of his life. Cindy doesn't want to talk about that angle or the fact that her son was totally different from her. And the media has yet to connect her as a "loving mother". They avoid that discussion. Its painfully obvious that they steer all talk to the Bush issue. But everyone who has a chance to pose questions to the media...ought to ask what kind of man was Casey and how was Cindy connected...if any.

[jennyjenny]

Apparently she's going after other politicians now, too, on her "bus tour".

Maybe someone should remind her of the list of democrats who voted for this war.

[Captainpaintball]

When did the Cindy Sheehan media circus begin? A few days after Able Danger? It is true that she was bitching up a storm for a while, but did those most at risk from Weldon's crusade go into panic mode and use her to deflect the (scant) media attention?

[jennyjenny]

Do you have a link to support the fact that Casey was brought up by his father and step-mother? I've seen that repeated on here time and time again, but no proof. I think you may have this family confused with another family that appeared on O'Reilly's show. That said, if she really knew her son, I can't believe she would be doing this.

[bethtopaz]

You know the saying "Peace through strength"?
Cindy and her Gold Star Families' motto is:
"Terrorism through surrender and appeasement."

[GeorgiaYankee]

Sometime during the late summer or fall of 2004, Sheehan and her daughter did anti-Bush TV ads for Real Voices (www.realvoices.org ?)

[GeorgiaYankee]

This rumor has been around ever since O'Reilly had Doris Kesterson on his show on the night that Sheehan was supposed to be on but cancelled.

It's a case of mistaken identity caused by an O'Reilly interview with a different anti-war Mom. My Dad made the same mistake.

Please, PLEASE check this stuff out before you repeat it. It just lowers our side's credibility when you repeat such imcorrect info.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165882,00.html


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165403,00.html

[GeorgiaYankee]

I think you may have this family confused with another family that appeared on O'Reilly's show.

You are correct

see post 28

[GeorgiaYankee]

Here's some info that may help with the timeline and how Cindy was turned into "Mother Sheehan".

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1465713/posts?page=700#700

[GeorgiaYankee]

Cindy's been doing this bit since last fall

Here's a USAToday story about the RealVoices ad that Sheehan did. Dated 9/29/04

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-29-ad-barrage_x.htm

• A newly formed anti-Bush organization called RealVoices PAC released the first commercial to spotlight a parent of an American soldier killed in Iraq. The mother, Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., tearfully asks why Bush hasn't "been honest with us" about the reasons for going to war with Iraq.

(Related item: Ad analysis)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-29-ad-analysis_x.htm

Election ad: RealVoices
On Wednesday, a newly formed group opposed to President Bush, RealVoices PAC, released the first ad of the presidential campaign to feature a parent of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq. The parent, Cindy Sheehan, accuses the president of misleading the nation on the reasons for going to war with that nation. RealVoices, formed by California liberal activist Deane Little, said it will spend $200,000 to run the ad for one week on CNN and local TV stations in Florida, Nevada and New Mexico, starting Monday.

From the script

Cindy Sheehan: I imagined it would hurt if one of my kids was killed, but I never thought it would hurt this bad. And especially someone so honest and brave as Casey, my son.

Sheehan to President Bush: When you haven't been honest with us, when you and your advisers rushed us into this war, how do you think we felt when we heard the Senate report that said there was no link between Iraq and 9/11?

The images

Most of the ad is a close-up of Sheehan, in tears, as she speaks. The ad ends with a photo of her son, in fatigues, and the words "In honor of Spc. Casey Sheehan."

Analysis

Sheehan, 47, said in an interview that her son was killed April 4 while on a mission in Sadr City, a slum in Baghdad. She said she has not been paid anything, except travel expenses, to appear in the RealVoices ad. A lifelong Democrat, she said she has never been active in politics. A friend told her about ads that RealVoices was going to make, Sheehan said. She contacted the organization and offered to be involved. "I want to make a difference," she said.

The charge that Bush hasn't "been honest with us" is, of course, controversial. Previous administrations, Democratic and Republican, had maintained that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had acquired weapons of mass destruction — the main reason Bush presented for going to war. He and other presidents had relied on intelligence presented to them by the CIA and other agencies. No stockpiles of such weapons have been found.

[GeorgiaYankee]

Freeper "Mom of Two Soldiers" has also done a timeline

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1469959/posts?page=134#134

I think she's from Vacaville

[Jaysun]

I am sick of hearing about this anti American leftist.

I concur. She's a cockeyed bull-dyke. A moth-eaten flake. This is the last time I get down on all fours to comment on this scuzzy gypsy in any way. To do otherwise is to contribute to her twisted stardom.

So long sheehan, you feculent rogue.

[TaxRelief]

Thanks Georgia Yankie; I'll revise accordingly.

I suspect Sheehan will rapidly lose media coverage after her rudeness during an NPR interview on Monday.

[DarthVader]

She may have an unfortunate accident like Karen Silkwood.

[SpinyNorman]

CS: Since my article came out in Common Dreams and Buzz Flash today we've had almost 8,000 hits. Isn't that incredible! I think before all this we had about twenty-five Gold Star Families and we just began this in December. We're going to have our first big West coast meeting on February 19th, in Berkley at the Unitarian Universalist Church. We have people coming from Washington and all over California coming to that. And then we're going to travel to Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 19th. That will also coincide with a major war demonstration. We will be mourning the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. So we'll have the East coast members and some of us West coast members in Fayetteville. We had no idea that this would be so supported. We want to get our voices out there as much as possible.

Sorry to contribute to her "hit list" but I had to see who was a member of this group of anti Americans. 8000 hits do not indicate interest or support any more than my check of the site did.

She has only 61 people as of August 31, 2005. And that is with all the MSM support and Moveon money! Now let's see, 1800 heroes died, and many more are injured, so it looks like her support from the families of veterans and soldiers is virtually non-existent.

The home page of this group had "donate" at least three times.

It is a pathetic and rambling page. If they weren't so hate filled, I could almost feel sorry for them.