Sheehan Brings Protest Here (Houston, TX)

Houston Chronicle ^ | Sept. 2, 2005 | KRISTEN MACK

[anymouse]

She makes a symbolic visit to DeLay's office, attends anti-war rally at a church

Cindy Sheehan, now internationally known for her crusade to get President Bush to explain her son's death in Iraq, swung through the Houston area Thursday with a busload of anti-war protesters.

She went to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's office in Stafford and an evening anti-war rally at a local church.

At DeLay's office, she asked to meet with the Republican power broker and supporter of the Iraq war. But DeLay wasn't there to hear her plea.

"We didn't get an appointment. We were told by his staffer we could put in a request and perhaps we would get a meeting," Sheehan said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle.

She acknowledged that they didn't really expect a meeting and that the visit was largely symbolic.

Shannon Flaherty, DeLay's press secretary, said the group didn't request to meet with the congressman until Thursday.

"He already had a set schedule of packed events today," she said. "It's obvious they never wanted to meet with the congressman and were just looking for another publicity stunt."

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, was in town. He toured the Astrodome, which is sheltering Katrina evacuees, talked to Coast Guard officials at Ellington Field and participated in a conference call with Bush, Flaherty said.

Sheehan pulled up stakes Wednesday at Camp Casey, the site near Bush's ranch in Crawford named after her son, who was killed last year in Iraq.

Sheehan arrived in Crawford on Aug. 6 when Bush began his five-week vacation. She vowed to stay until she could meet with the president or until he returned to Washington, which he did Wednesday. Her 26-day vigil sparked new attention to a peace movement that she hopes will grow as she and others on three buses stop in dozens of states before converging in Washington, D.C., for a march and rallies Sept. 24.

The visit to DeLay's Stafford office was a last-minute change. Sheehan originally had planned to go to the Clear Lake office, and about 80 people assembled there, about evenly split between Sheehan and Bush supporters.

"Anyone that loses a son, you have to feel sorry for," said Cyril Hosley, whose son Rick was deployed to Iraq with the Marines last week. "But she gives comfort to the enemy. The time for rhetoric is before the troops go, not once they're committed."

John R. Cobarruvias, president of the Bay Area New Democrats, said Sheehan is "standing up for us, we came out here to stand up for her. This war was a mistake, and someone should be held accountable."

Sheehan spoke at a rally Thursday night at Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church in northwest Houston, then was to head to her California home for a few days.

Today, her supporters plan to go to Shreveport, La., to deliver more than 5,000 pounds of supplies left over from Camp Casey to hurricane victims.

kristen.mack@chron.com

[newzjunkey]

She's nuts.

[Bush gal in LA]

Message to Cindy and all liberals. Uh, so sorry I know you like to be called progressives. Instead of continuing on in your quest to bring down our President and trying to demoralize our troops by stopping a war you don't agree with. Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? You say you care about human suffering and starving. Why don't you hop on your bus and steer your caravan towards Louisiana? There's a lot of humans suffering there. There's toilet's overflowing with vomit and feces in the Superdome. Go and scrub and clean one toilet, go and take one bottle of water to someone, you compassionate LIBERALS!! I'll see you there, Cindy !Won't I? By the way theres no cameras in the bathrooms of the Superdome.............No ? Not your cup of tea?.........I didn't think so..............

[OldFriend]

And here I thought she was going to Houston to help the survivors of one of the worst natural disasters in US history.

[AmericaUnited]

Cindy... SHUTUP! Your 15 minutes of fame has ended.

[defconw]

FNC did not cover it, so did it really happen? ;)

[truthandlife]

This is really sickening. Cindy is going down to Houston because she knows there will be a lot of media there covering the refugees at the Astrodome. She is sickening.

[Sloth]

Cindy, it's time to face reality. You got to be on the news more than you ever had reason to be, but like Gary Condit in September 2001, you have been discarded in favor of greater events.

[Aggie Mama]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[Issaquahking]

Cindy, my nation is dealing with a huge crisis. It's called the aftermath of Katrina. Perhaps you've never heard of a disaster. Well the adults in America are doing everything they can for the victims.

Please ditch *itch, STFU and quit wasting anyone's time with your left wing lunacy, we have no time for it.

[uncitizen]

Those people are not gonna be in any mood to hear Cindy's whining.

[jmaroneps37]

Sheehan and her group are dangerous quislings. They want our destruction just as much as the scummers our war fighters are killing each day. It is past time that we stop calling them useful idiots or protest moms. They are vicious enemies and the sooner we understand that and act accordingly, the better.

[randog]

she has fallen on deaf ears. no one cares.

How long before the DUmmies blame Bush for orchestrating the hurricane just to divert attention away from Cindy/Rove/et.al.? The Ditch Witch PR team must be on a suicide watch by now. Their worst nightmare came true--a real story popped up and not only stole their thunder, but made them look petty and childish (like they didn't already). The state of Texas is rising to the hurricane challenge and all they can do is pester a congressman who's busy providing basic essentials to victims of the storm. Sorry, Cindy, the show's over. Take your Psycho Circus somewhere else....and give Jihad Jane the message if you happen to pass the Crisco Caravan.

[bray]

Looks like Cindi Soros' bus is in the ditch. Good Riddance!!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[anymouse]

Just for giggles does anyone have a picture of their site in Crawford....did the trash leave trash per se ?

Just for giggles I checked the DUmmies site to see if they had anything interesting posted there and found this:

We are in desperate need of folks capable of "heavy lifting" and willing to work to help us clean up, sort, pack up, store and dispurse things now that Cindy's encampment is over. Please come Friday for a work day, or contact us at 254-486-0099 for other scheduling.

Thanks in advance.

Rena
for the Peace House volunteers

If you check their thread on this request for help cleaning up the only response is this message heading and a silly animated icon.

I can't be there, but here's a kick

Apparently they aren't giving all of their trash to Katrina victims, much of it is still on the ground in Crawford.

[Squantos]

I expected such from the leftist trash that left the trash.....

Thanks for the info !.....:o)

Stay safe !

[GianniV]

Cindy,

Stop wasting gas!

And how about you get your fat liberal ass down to New Orleans and use your bus to evacuate people? Come on - you're so damn compassionate.

[rattrap]

This hurricane must be making Cindy and co. awful mad since everyone with a television camera is on the Gulf Coast right now. I haven't seen hide nor hair of Cindypalooza since Sunday afternoon on the TV.

[Humidston]

I wish I'd taken a shot of our area once it was all picked up. Everyone did their part. Not even a shred of paper was left on the ground.

The left is so hypocritical!

[anymouse]

I wish I'd taken a shot of our area once it was all picked up. Everyone did their part. Not even a shred of paper was left on the ground.

Don't worry, we know. The media also knows, the just don't care. That's why they don't show the contrast of how each side leaves their protest areas.

[anymouse]

Here are some more photos (sent to me by BuffyT of our counter protest in Webster/Clear Lake that belie the Comical's claim that there were equal numbers on both sides.