Posted on 04/18/2006 9:46:54 AM PDT by Sam Hill
Actually he was on his second enlistment, despite the fairy tale that he was duped.
"Wasn't she yammering last year that she was using her sons death benefits to be in Crawford? Then we found out that Moore, Kerry and Soros were supporting her?"
She was certainly using his death benefits. But, yes, she and some of the rest of her family and friends have received money from Soros (for their "Real Voices" agit-prop campaign).
She probably has been given money from Moore and possibly even Kerry. But I've never seen it documented. She is very close to Moore and probably got the idea of stalking Bush from him.
But she is very well set now, with her ties to the money machine that is Code Pink, which work as her booking agent.
And of course she got money from the Communist Dictator Hugo Chavez.
Hell, she probably even got some skim off of the VFP's "Katrina Relief" scam, which she promoted. (They collected God knows how much money, at least several hundred thousand, and spent next to nothing on helping Katrina victims.)
Money is the least of Mother Sheehan's problems.
I could help her with that...but I won't. This is one case where I'd be happy to go back over to the dark side and help the IRS pluck this Stinking Traitor Bird.
thanks alot ! ...now I have coffee all over my keboard & monitor...
I thought her daughter came forward and said they were recruited by Kerry during his campaign? Then they were handed off to Moore?
"The places where she is speaking are not the ones with the fat back accounts. And you can bet she is the Code Pink number one gravy train right now. I don't think there is much money left over. The $30,000 per speaking engagement is probably a fantasy amount."
You don't know what you are talking about.
$30,000 is not a high fee for an A List speaker, and Mother Sheehan is a hot commodity in leftwing circles.
Hell, even tiny state university ponied up $11,000 for her to speak:
School Figures Cindy’s Worth 18 War Heroes | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/your-tax-dollars-at-work/
Even Kos couldn't afford her for their convention, and had to try to get some eBayer to pay for her to speak for them:
Buy A Date With Cindy Sheehan On Ebay | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/buy-a-date-with-cindy-sheehan-on-ebay/
If you think she isn't making a fortune off of this (and that isn't part of her motivation) you are misinformed.
"I thought her daughter came forward and said they were recruited by Kerry during his campaign?"
No, one or two posters here claimed that was the case, but they never substantiated their claims.
It's possible. But it's not be documented.
My Grandfather died last November... He always said nothing fancy, just put me in a pine box... obviously we went with a little more than that, but spent $8000 on the funeral not including a headstone... Might have been able to cut $1000 out of that but not much more, I was shocked at how much a funeral costs now days.
amazing (and frightening) that she was youth director at their church ... one can only hope and pray that that was BEFORE she lost her mind
What do you expect from a communist liar? The truth?
" We, in Vacaville, know the family, knew Casey and know of the difficulties the Sheehans had before and after Casey's death.
We knew of the John Kerry campaign coming out to visit them just after it occurred, as they tried to do with many other families. We knew of the referral to the Fenton Communications agency. Most of us know how she has been used. "
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"Most frustrating are the times in which Casey died. In March of that year, John Kerry stood up for Al Sadr, the Muslim Cleric who called in his newspaper for the deaths of U.S. troops. Kerry stated in public radio that Al Sadr had a legitimate voice (to call for the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq) and that the military should not have shut down his newspaper. It was Al Sadr's people who killed Casey Sheehan. It was John Kerry who approached her and used her after that occurred. None of us can understand why Cindy Sheehan would embrace someone after that occurred."
They just come with perks.
Do you really think that she is shrewd enough to husband all the dough that she's made working for Code Pink, et al.?
Do you think Medea Benjamin doesn't get the lion's share of the loot?
Yes, I remember those posts. I wish that poster, Mom of Two Soldiers, would produce some documentation. Or find a way to substantiate that claim.
And I'm not doubting it. But it won't ever go anywhere without more tangible proof.
Concur. The anti-war groups have keppt her in the anger stage of grieving. The crowds want to see the "Angry Mom" act and they reward that with applause, money, etc. It's not healthy and I had two nurses with the right qualifications speak to me about the same thing. Both were concerned for her safety when she's jettisoned by Code Pink/VFP/MFSO.
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