Posted on 08/06/2006 6:11:58 PM PDT by CedarDave
A year after her first war protest in President Bush's adopted hometown attracted thousands and reinvigorated the nation's peace movement, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil Sunday.
Under the blazing Texas sun, Sheehan and more than 50 demonstrators again marched a mile and a half toward Bush's ranch, stopping at a roadblock. As Secret Service agents stood silently, Sheehan held up her California driver's license and said she wanted to meet with the president.
"It doesn't say my new address, but I do live here now," said Sheehan, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., and recently bought land in Crawford for war protests. "My name is Cindy and Bush killed my son."
The group then chanted, "This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy sounds like!" and a few people sang "This Land Is Your Land" while standing near the roadblock before returning to the protest site.
White House spokesman Tony Snow has said that neither Bush nor his staff plan to meet with Sheehan.
"I would advise her to bring water, Gatorade or both," Snow said when asked about Sheehan during a press briefing Friday. "Honestly, when you're talking about the kind of issues that we're talking about, Cindy Sheehan hasn't risen to the level of staff meetings at this point."
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Going to be a fun 2006 Big XII campaign... especially in the South now that OU has lost their #1 qb.
Best of luck S. Texan... looking forward to our "little" contest in November in the land o' the burnt orange.
Just returned to Waco from Kansas City.....Sorry I missed Cindy's grand entrance! Did she fly in on her broom? : )
Ugh! Did you look at the pictures at the beginning of the thread? She's literally stinking the place up. Poor us.
Yes, I saw the pictures of the hippie!! So she is here until September 3?!? Wonder if we will see her around town?
Bwaaaak!
Awesome! Great display of military might, best viewed from terra firma.
Now there's a job for me.... pushing you guys out the back :->
He goes freefall and has a rip cord. 8^)
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