Posted on 02/17/2006 2:47:49 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
You'd think that a woman with such an Irish-sounding name would have gotten a better reception down in Mount Greenwood.
But Cindy "Peace Mom" Sheehan, known for protesting the Iraq war, was greeted at St. Xavier University on the Southwest Side with, well, protests.
Sheehan was hired by the university's student activities board to give a speech titled "One person can make a difference, not one more," aimed at getting people involved in the peace movement.
She's credited for re-energizing the anti-war movement by protesting outside President Bush's Texas ranch -- an effort to get him to meet with her.
Before her talk, dozens of bikers and blue collar workers gathered outside the field house, in the freezing rain, carrying signs that read: "Support Our Troops."
Bill Naughton, a truck mechanic from Hillside, said he showed up so Sheehan didn't get all the spotlight.
"She gets to say what she wants. We get a say," he said. "She says 'Bring them back. We're fighting for oil.' I don't believe we're fighting for oil. I support what our guys enlisted to do, volunteered to do."
Sheehan suggested she was going to stay away from politics on this night, telling an audience of more than 300 -- including protesters who stood on the bleachers with their backs to her -- the story of why she became involved in the anti-war effort and how one person can make a difference.
She talked about how her son shared a birthday with John F. Kennedy and died in Iraq on April 4, 2004, the same date Martin Luther King was killed. That's when the protesters in the crowd started heckling her.
When she started reading her daughter's anti-war poem, something that spurred her to the peace movement, about 20 protesters inside the gym walked out, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and screaming at her.
As they left, Sheehan gave them the peace sign. Only a few of the protesters remained in the university gymnasium as she continued.
The speech became an anti-war rally, with members of the crowd cheering as she ticked off reasons why troops should come home and the war should end.
She said, "Let's talk about supporting the troops," and went on to list the problems such as poor quality body armor and having soldiers eating rotten food. "Let's talk about cutting VA benefits for when they come home. Let's talk about kids committing suicide because they're not being treated for post-traumatic stress."
She went on to say: "If you care about the troops, do more than carry a sign or put up a bumper sticker . . . if you support this war and President Bush, march to your recruiter's office and sign up."
She finished the night by taking questions from the audience.
Ping
She got the bird...
The speech became an anti-war rally,
Which it was meant to be from the beginning!
I've never seen a Leftist have a "support the troops" bumper sticker...
I would have suggested picking a fight with an Israeli bulldozer...
yes preferably before the other media whore Sean Penn shows up
perhaps he lost it in his bilges?
Of course she didn't talk about any of these topics, she just made wild accusations.
She went on to say: "If you care about the troops, do more than carry a sign or put up a bumper sticker . . . if you support this war and President Bush, march to your recruiter's office and sign up."
Which is exactly what her son did... twice.
http://www.factcheck.org/article144.html
"Those figures include mandatory spending for such things as payments to veterans for service-connected disabilities, over which Congress and presidents have little control. But Bush has increased the discretionary portion of veterans funding even more than the mandatory portion has increased. Discretionary funding under Bush is up 30.2%.
By any measure, veterans funding is going up faster under Bush than under Clinton."
Not this lie again.
Code word: "19".
Reprise: Go rest, now Mother Sheehan (To The Tune of "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen")
Go rest, now, Mother Sheehan, your welcome’s overstayed.
I’m sick of your behavior with each passing day;
You’re in the Left’s power now, and you’ve been led astray.
Refrain
O providing comfort and aid, comfort and aid;
O providing comfort and aid.
In Crawford, down in Texas, you really blew your horn.
Your face was on my TV set each and ev’ry blessed morn;
I tell you, Mother Sheehan, you look a little worn.
Refrain
From near and far and everywhere the media it came;
Bringing certain interest groups coincident with fame;
And that big behemoth, too, Michael Moore’s his name.
Refrain
All right then, to the far left, you are a beacon light
But, oh, my dear, I sadly fear that you are none too bright.
Now see here, to our enemies, you’re giving succor and delight.
Refrain
Perhaps your grief, that awful thief, rendered you quite blind.
The left now flocks a-feeding with others of their kind,
To hear you daily trash our troops whom you have maligned.
Refrain
Go rest, now, Mother Sheehan, your family’s so dismayed.
I am so sorry that your son, too young, to rest was laid.
Go home now, dear, and stop this media masquerade.
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
ping
Oh Brother, where is she coming up with this BS charge?
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