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Mother's Iraq Protest Plays to Smaller Crowd
Washington Post ^ | 11/28/05 | Rosalind S. Helderman

Posted on 11/27/2005 7:40:00 AM PST by oldleft

CRAWFORD, Tex., Nov. 26 -- Dancing to reggae music and hugging her supporters, Cindy Sheehan led an anti-Iraq war rally Saturday at a one-acre campsite adjoining the ranch where President Bush is spending his holiday weekend.

As in August, when she galvanized attention and made headlines for days with similar protests, there were songs and speeches and demonstrators holding signs reading "Bring the Troops Home" near the main entrance of the 1,600-acre ranch where Bush has been vacationing since Tuesday.

Unlike then, when hundreds came from all over the country for major events at the two campsites named after Sheehan's son, who was killed in Iraq, Sheehan found herself addressing a crowd of only about 100 Saturday afternoon.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 15minutesareover; badmom; bloodlust; cindysheehan; idiot; lefties; loser; moonbat; psycho; sheehan; warprotest
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Poor little Cindy. But she shouldn't care 'cause she's not a media whore, right?
1 posted on 11/27/2005 7:40:02 AM PST by oldleft
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To: Howlin; Sam Hill
Sheehan found herself addressing a crowd of only about 100 Saturday afternoon

snicker

2 posted on 11/27/2005 7:42:19 AM PST by Mo1 (Message to Democrats .... We do not surrender and run from a fight !!)
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To: oldleft
Geee what a nice little "Love In". When did they drop the acid and express the "free love" ?
3 posted on 11/27/2005 7:42:41 AM PST by Tinman73 (Human nature requires We forget the terrible things We see. A truly intelligent person remembers it)
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To: oldleft

Is that the autograph line? Or is it the kisses for a dollar line? Oh, everyone was at mean ole Wal Mart fighting for lap top computers. That is why she is all alone. No longer important. Her 17 minutes of fame (flame) burned out.


4 posted on 11/27/2005 7:42:56 AM PST by RetiredArmy (I have no faith in any politician or political party any more. They all lie for their agendas.)
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To: oldleft

She is so over. Go home Cindy, and take care of your aging mother. What a creep.


5 posted on 11/27/2005 7:45:15 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: oldleft; Bahbah; Dogrobber; bluesagewoman; zip; cardinal4; GUIDO

The picture in this thread will crack you all up! Poor little Cindy! ROFL!


6 posted on 11/27/2005 7:45:35 AM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: oldleft

"when she galvanized attention and made headlines for days"

Once again the media reporting on itself. 1600 people in a nation of nearly 300 million protesting anything is a non-story, unless the left-dominated media makes it one. Shame on the declining Fox News for joining the party

The vast majority of Americans looked at the disgusting Sheehan show either disdain or indifference.


7 posted on 11/27/2005 7:47:14 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: oldleft

I'll bet that a significant portion of the "crowd of only about 100" is the media pool.


8 posted on 11/27/2005 7:47:19 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Mo1

I found this article to be particularly slanted (what's new about that--LOL!), but I truly believe that it's over for this bunch of crazies. I don't think even the MSM can revive this has-been and her silly followers.


9 posted on 11/27/2005 7:47:44 AM PST by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: oldleft; Sam Hill
From Zsa Zsa Huffinton's blog...Mother Sheehan bloviates.

Having a Great Time, Wish You Were all Here or, Throw the *itch in the Ditch....(real title of Cindy's rant)

10 posted on 11/27/2005 7:50:27 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: StarCMC

LOL. What if you gave a book signing/war protest and nobody much came. LOL. Where were the DUers, at home eating turkey and driving their families nuts?


11 posted on 11/27/2005 7:51:00 AM PST by Bahbah (Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
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To: oldleft

Gee...that's too bad.


12 posted on 11/27/2005 7:51:03 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: jiggyboy

LGF has some even better pics. Rows and rows and rows of empty seats!
It's actually a link to Sweetness and Light:
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/mother-sheehans-book-signing/

You'll laugh your butts off!


13 posted on 11/27/2005 7:51:31 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: oldleft

Remember Martha Burk? The lady who protested against the Masters Golf Tournament here in Augusta? She ended up with 17 -- 17 -- fellow protestors on the big day and dropped out of sight like a stone notwithstanding the efforts of the MSM, especially the NY Times, to make a big deal out of it. Cindy, meet Martha; Martha, welcome Cindy to the losers club.
I am highly offended by this idiot peace creep making political capital out of her dead son. Her husband divorced her, evidently because of her disrespect for their son's sacrifice.


14 posted on 11/27/2005 7:53:48 AM PST by Viet Vet in Augusta GA
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To: oldleft; hoosiermama; Bahbah; doug from upland
ALL ALONE BY NO TELEPHONE
(as sung by Cindy "Olive Oyl" Sheehan)

All alone, I'm so all alone
There is no one else but me
Sitting in my haute couture
Not even one damn sig-na-ture

I'm all alone, hope I don't snap
Eating Iraq pap that tastes like crap
I'm all alone with smelly Brahma bulls
Alone with cameramen and fools

I'm all alone, no telephone
All alone and feelin' blue
Wond'ring where are all my fans
And if they're all alone and crazy, too

Leni

15 posted on 11/27/2005 7:53:59 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: oldleft
Why does she have an American flag up there? Isn't a symbol of hate, war and genocide?Shame on you Cindy.
16 posted on 11/27/2005 7:54:02 AM PST by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
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To: oldleft

Uh, to get back to the, uh, the warning that I've received you may take it with how
many however many grains of salt you wish, that the brown acid that is circulating
around us is not specifically too good. Uh, it's suggested that you do stay away
from that, course it's your own trip, so be my guest, but, uh, please be advised
that there is a warning on that one ok?

17 posted on 11/27/2005 7:56:18 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (Raoul's First Law of Journalism: BIAS = LAYOFFS)
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To: basil; Southack; Dog; Cap Huff; PhiKapMom; Miss Marple; BillF; Landry Fan; BufordP; tgslTakoma; ...
What a great photo of the Cindy Sheehan book signing. ROTFLMAO!!!

I guess making money off your son's death doesn't inspire as many people as the media led us to believe.

18 posted on 11/27/2005 7:56:32 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: Sam Hill

Little Green Footballs links to Sweetness and Light. Very cool! http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php


19 posted on 11/27/2005 7:56:44 AM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: Dallas59

If you go to the site I suggested, you'll see that not only were there flags, but blue star helium balloons too!


20 posted on 11/27/2005 7:57:30 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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