Posted on 07/05/2006 4:50:47 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
July 5, 2006
As James Taranto suggested Monday in his WSJ 'Best of the Web' column, at some point you *can* question a person's patriotism. Cindy Sheehan surely passed that point long ago. But just in case there was any doubt, Sheehan made things clear this evening, flatly stating that she'd rather live under Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez than George Bush.
Sheehan made her comments during a Hardball appearance, during which guest host Norah O'Donnell, sitting in for Chris Matthews, gave her a surprisingly rough ride. At one point, O'Donnell asked: "Why go stand by side by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela? Why do that? Would you rather live under him than George Bush?
Sheehan: "Yes. Hugo Chavez is not a dictator like you introduced him. He's been democratically elected eight times. He is not anti-American, he has helped the poor people of America. He has sent aid to New Orleans, he has sold heating oil to disadvantaged people in America at low cost, and the people of his country love him."
The exchange over Chavez capped a rugged line of questioning to which O'Donnell subjected Sheehan. Other excerpts:
O'Donnell: "Americans may hate the war but they don't necessarily hate the president. How do you expect to get change by going around the world and trashing the President of the United States?"
Sheehan: "I don't hate the president either, and I don't trash the president. I trash the president's foreign policy."
O'Donnell: "But you called him the biggest terrorist in the world, so you are trashing the president."
Sheehan: "Well he says a terrorist is somebody that kills innocent men, women and children."
O'Donnell: "You have just begun a two-month hunger strike. Isn't this really just more of a publicity stunt?"
Norah later observed: "You claim not to be in the fringes, not to be an extremist." She then challenged Sheehan to name members of Congress who support her call for immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
Sheehan claimed bi-partisan support, citing Republican congressmen Ron Paul and Walter Jones, and on the Dem side Charley Rangel and John Conyers.
When Sheehan mentioned John Kerry as an example of senatorial support, O'Donnell shot back: "the bill Sen. Kerry has proposed went down in flames in the Senate."
Continued O'Donnell: "What you're calling for is in fact an extreme position. There are very few members of congress who support immediate withdrawal. You would, if you could, fly a bunch of planes over there, pick up all our troops, and take them home tomorrow."
Sheehan claimed there is an "Out of Iraq Caucus" in congress with 70 members calling for an immediate withdrawal.
In any case, an interesting exchange. Sudden surge of hawkishness from Norah, or perhaps a subliminal suggestion to Dems, as a matter of electoral strategy, not to associate themselves with Sheehan?
Cindy loves aguardiente
But only two shots at the most.
After three, she's under the table...
After four, she's under her host.
(I think Dorothy Parker would approve.)
...Norah Gives Cindy Rough Ride
Mmmm...not gonna say it...wouldn't be prudent...
:-D )))
I'd be happy to chip in for a ONE WAY ticket to Caracas.
The chryon was later changed to "STARVING FOR WAR's END."
The lefties seem to have a real knack for getting "re-elected."
Haven't we all? LOL
I'd pay good money to see that! :)
Sheehan disingenuously leaves out the word "purposely".
By Cindy Sheehan's logic, anybody who has ever been a driver in a fatal automobile accident is a "terrorist".
By her logic, every war leader in the History of the world has be a terrorist.
The unfortunate Madame Sheehan is not the brightest person in the world. Her fifteen minutes are up, but she keeps dodging the hook.
"Sheehan: 'I'd Rather Live Under Chavez than Bush'"
I think we can arrange that.
I'd kick in $50.00 for plane fare.
No. No insurance.
Or by garbage scow.
Yeah, Venezuela's a great place DD, why don't you move there? In a very short time, the Venezuelan poor will be much poorer...along with the rest of the country. Using Marxism to better someones standard of living is like throwing an anchor to a drowning man.
I'd be more then happy to help pay for her airfare if she promises to stay there
Somebody buy that woman a blow-up Alan Alda doll.
LOL....What she would do to Sheehan...would make her treatment of the Jersey Girls seem like a coronation!!
LOL...you never DO disappoint...and neither does Hairball!!
Check from Venezuela is in the mail for that glowing endorsement...
I know...
Norah acts totally ditzy sometimes...but, every once in a while she surprises me with a less than cream puff interview.
I really cannot see how anyone could interview Sheehag, especially with her sitting right there...without just getting disgusted.
Her whiney voice..and vapid demeanor are just SO off-putting.
Except Chrissy Matthews...he told her once that she should run for Congress because she knows SO much more than most Congresscritters!! LOL
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