Chuck Hagel wasnt the only Republican member of Congress on Cindy Sheehans list of supporters she claims telephoned her during her Texas protest of President Bush to offer their support and love for her efforts. Sheehan claims North Carolina House Republican Walter Jones also placed a call.
I just spoke with Congressman Jones on the phone. Like Hagel, Jones denies a phone call or endorsement of Sheehans political protest ever took place:
I was contacted about two weeks by some of Ms. Sheehans people. They asked, if I was called, would I accept a call from Ms. Sheehan thanking me for HJ 55. I told them that I would speak to anyone who wanted to call and discuss the bill, including Ms. Sheehan. However, I never received a call.
I did write a letter to her after her son died about two years ago. Ive sent letters to nearly all of the families of the close to 2,000 soldiers who have died. She also visited me in my office about two or three months ago with two other Gold Star Mothers for Peace. Ill visit with any parent who has lost family in the war.
Hagel has a track record as a Bush-bashing RINO, so it's not hard to believe that he did kiss up to Cindy. He realized after talking with her that he had made his bed among moonbats, and that it could come back to haunt him in the future. Faced with that, he reverted to the old deny, deny, deny political tactic.
Chuck Hagel is a U.N boy
I'm sure you've seen the following at NRO,but I thought it should be part of your thread.
The Buzz
Eric Pfeiffer Reporting
International ANSWER Backs Cindy Sheehan Protest
Who is helping Cindy Sheehan organize her anti-war rally in Washington D.C. on September 24th? None other than International Answer, the group with ties to communist regimes and expresses solidarity with individuals including Saddam Hussein, Kim Jung Il and Fidel Castro. The group's banner fro the rally reads, "Stop the War on Iraq!" The protest platform reads as follows:
"End Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti. Support the Palestinian People's Right of Return. Stop the Threats Against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran & North Korea. U.S. out of the Philippines. U.S. out of Puerto Rico. Bring all the troops home now. Stop the Racist, anti-Immigrant and anti-Labor Offensive at Home, Defend Civil Rights. Military Recruiters out of our schools & communities."
[ 09/01/2005 09:15 AM]
Thanks for the info. Sheehan's 15 minutes are over.
She is a bigot, an anti-semite and a LIAR. I would believe Hagel over her any day.
I believe Sheehan believes it really happened. Certainly it is what she'd like to happen, and I believe she's reached the point where she can't tell fantasy from reality.
Can we get their phone records under Freedom of Info? I don't trust either one of them.