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. .."
Hey, I LIKE that idea!!
;Again? This is getting boring.
Yah. I want to know who keeps letting her back out.
BTTT
Cindy who?
The freakshow continues....
Can we negotiate with the Jihadists and trade her for Jill Carroll? They'd luv her for the additional publicity she'd generate for them!
Naah, because then the libs would give us guff for violating the rules of warfare by torturing the terrorists.
great post. LOL
Rep. Woosley should be reprimanded for giving her seat to Sheehan. Sheehan is an idiot and a puppet for the left.
First name George. Last name begins with S.
"..Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said. .."
I hope this doesn't hurt her chances in the race for senate.
I'm sure Mr. Hastert will let Ms. Woolsey know exactly how he feels about this little infraction of House rules. Whoever is running against Woolsey, he or she just got my support.
i think that it is important that whenever cindy gets mentioned, the response be "SHHHHH -- she might be with the cia." the mind wanders in all sorts of interesting directions . . .
Maybe she'll do a hunger strike, too?
Classy gal...
tune up time
Can't get on Woolsey's website. It apparently exploded.
Which may explain the short delay before the President entered the hall tonight.
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