Posted on 01/31/2006 7:10:46 PM PST by presidio9
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
"I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight," Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. "She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."
Woolsey offered Sheehan a ticket to the speech Gallery 5, seat 7, row A earlier Tuesday while Sheehan was attending an "alternative state of the union" press conference by CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war.
Sheehan was arrested in September with about 300 other anti-war activists in front of the White House after a weekend of protests against the war in Iraq. In August, she spent 26 days camped near Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he was spending a working vacation.
I'm hearing that she tried to unfurl some kinda banner.
Her sagging left breast....
She's a fool. I was lucky enough to attend a W rally in 04 here in FL and the secret service men are not a group I would like to be on the wrong side of.
Of course, speaking as a chick, they are one hot bunch. Frisk me baby!
Nice dress black track suit, Cindy, you nitwit.
you can't fix stupid
That makes no sense.
Suuuuure. It went from debate to mass debate.
At least twice. Last time was September.
Feminine hygiene appliance!
"Nice dress black track suit, Cindy, you nitwit."
She probably borrowed old CRUSTY from Hildabeast.
someone tell her that her 15 minutes are up.
I heard the same...She had a banner she wanted to display.
I see a purse/wallet in her hand. I also see a white T-shirt collar just above her blouse's neckline.
A body count of the dead in Iraq.
Anyone know how the DUmmies responded to Cindy's arrest?
This just out...The t-shirt said "I'm here with the commie" and an arrow pointed upward.
From one of the KOS Kidz...
Cindy Sheehan, Jailed After Beening Invited to Attend The Union Address
Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 07:28:28 PM PDT
Can't win elections... Can't filibuster and can't spell...
At minimum, she should've been bound, gagged and strip-searched before granting her admission.
What makes no sense? Protesting in the Capitol building is a misdemeanor. T-shirt with something along the lines of "2,xxx dead, how many more" = protesting. It was done in the Capitol building, before the SotU. Hence, protesting in the Capitol Building, which is a misdemeanor. Misdemeanor = crime. Crime -> arrest.
Being a moonbat has its rewards in the Democrap party
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