Congresswoman. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
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.
That should read, "...CODEPINK, a group pushing for the defeat of America in Iraq."
"The t-shirt story is a lie." ?
That is the story in the article which started this thread. Why do you claim it's a lie?
im suprised they let her in, and the person that gave her a ticket has very poor judgement.
A synopsis:
omg FASCISM
no she broke teh rules and embaresd us lolwtfrotflmfaobbq!!!!!1!!!1!1
areesting=arresting
Representative Woolsey, D-Cali, invited her. They couldn't give her the boot until she did something stupid.
LOL
Congresswoman. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
From the article-"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."
Of course she has poor judgment. She's Rep. Woolsey, D-Cali. What were you expecting from someone with a D in front of her name?
Would you really want Cindy instead of Difi? And if you think Cindy would for sure lose, I would never underestimate the stupidity of voters. And Cindy is the person I want to see in Congress.
this is just classic!
I'm looking at the pictures.
Both of these twits should have been thrown over the railing.
She allowed in a fruitcake, maybe she should be punished somehow?
Code pink???
I think it went BLACK and USELESS about a decade ago.
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