Posted on 01/31/2006 5:45:38 PM PST by NapkinUser
Edited on 02/01/2006 3:43:42 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Just in.
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Reuters Additional Information
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Tuesday, shortly before President Bush was to give his annual State of the Union speech, a police spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman, Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, said she had no immediate details.
Sheehan had been invited to be a guest at the address to a joint session of Congress by U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat.
Sheehan, who became a central figure for the U.S. anti-war movement after her soldier son Casey was killed in the Iraq war, won wide attention with an anti-war vigil outside Bush's Texas ranch.
CNN said Sheehan was arrested after unveiling a banner and was being held on Capitol Hill for about an hour, which would keep her away from the address, which was set to start at 9 p.m. EST.
Sheehan and other activists were arrested in September for protesting outside the White House without a permit, a misdemeanor that carriers a $50 fine.
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"..Posted at 09:55 PM
SHEEHAN [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
A newsroom type shares notes:
This from Sgt. Kimberly Schneider of U-S Capitol Police.... Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the gallery of the house floor tonight and charged with demonstrating in the Capitol--a misdemeanor. ...Sgt. Schneider says she was wearing a T-shirt with a slogan on it and was asked to cover it up. Sheehan did not cover it up and she was arrested. ....She is being processed at Capital Police hd and is expected to be released at some point tonight. The misdemeanor charge carries one year in jail. .."
Congresscreep Woolsey needs a nice lecture by the Secret Service on the reponsibility of protecting the President.
Ping to a live thread (sort of). LOL.
Thanks, I'll check it out. Every once in a blue moon, a few rational people bubble up to the surface over there. Then they are exiled.
bttt
This is the second time. Under the three strikes and you're out law, she's got one more strike.
Oh good. Someone who can finally explain what the hell "tell (speak?) truth to power" is supposed to mean.
I've wondered for years.
Looky who showed up.
I think the drugs burn off any remaining IQ
Check her posting history. I can't believe she hasn't been zotted yet.
Make her wear a leash.
Everyone is checking out who was the weenie who gave her a pass!
Two words for ya SAM ALITO. Sucks to be a dem doesn't it.
Oh yeah. Sheehan is a publicity whore. Why cant you rats ever do something peaceful. You guys have to create a fuss everywhere you go. Protesting funerals Protesting this and that. Get jobs.
He'd probably pay for that.
She's our token liberal idiot. We keep her around for target practice.
Always question the intelligence of anyone who uses the phrase, "Speak truth to power."
DU appears to be hosed at the moment.
it was getting quite interesting. Some comment about how the sheehan had been coached about her 'focus' before this - obviously it never worked.
she has about as much focus as a frog. well that may be an exaggeration, a frog can concentrate when it wants to.
You can't bring a banner to the gallery at any time ever. I remember a moonbat tried it once during a session of Congress. They were out quick.
NO! DUMMIE LAND IS IN LOCK DOWN! ONLY REGISTERED MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED ACCESS!
"There is no peace in retreat; there is no honor in retreat."
Good line by W
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