Posted on 08/05/2006 1:20:01 PM PDT by jmc1969
Cindy Sheehan looks tired as she sits down to lead a handful of demonstrators outside the Iraqi Embassy on a recent afternoon. It has been a long year for the anti-war activist who just completed a whirlwind tour of speaking engagements across Italy.
Then the shouts of "U.S. out of Iraq!" begin, and her face brightens and swells with pride, like a mother who has given birth to a political movement.
A few feet away, there's a flurry of activity offering a glimpse into how a once obscure Catholic youth minister has become the public face of the U.S. anti-war movement. "Cindy is protesting," one of her assistants says into a cell phone while clutching a thick yellow almanac of media contacts. "I can get you a minute."
She's become a household name, yet her once strong family ties are in ruins. Her work has become a 24-hour a day obsession, generating praise from around the world, yet it also brought condemnation - even death threats - from opponents who suggest her constant harangue has made her a bit of a political gadfly.
"They (opponents) have been trying to get me for a long time," Sheehan, 49, says in an interview, reflecting on her work since the death of her son Casey while serving in Iraq two years ago.
What's clear, however, is the education of Cindy Sheehan has taken her around the world. It has landed her phone number on the speed dial of a dozen national radio and television shows. It has won her the kinship of celebrities like Susan Sarandon and the support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, among others.
Her writings have been turned into a play called "Peace Mom" that opened in London.
(Excerpt) Read more at belleville.com ...
"...and her face brightens and swells with pride, like a mother who has given birth to a political movement."
This is one case where I would've gladly paid for an abortion with my taxpayer dollars.
This woman is NUTS. And why can't I ever find a Gravy Train to ride? ;)
CINDY, CINDY - go to Cuba. Castro needs you. He calls your name in the dead of night!
"It has won her the kinship of celebrities like Susan Sarandon and the support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, among others."
This is something of which to be proud???
Can someone explain to me how 15 minutes has stretched into a year?
One more clue to the decline of Catholicism.
Don't feed the animals and they'll waste away.
so...YAWWWWN, what is everyone doing tonight?? My husband is taking me on a hot date tonight, to the local Taco Bell.
Just joking, we're going out to a medium price restaurant, ALONE. :)
Look out Sh*thead....they kidnap Americans...then kill 'em by beheading in Iraq....
...yeah, fasting will do that for ya.
She doesn't just "look tired"...she looks like a bassett hound. That's what you get when you dry hump Hugo Chavez.
Cindy Sheehan: the true face of the Democrat "Traitor/Treason/Cut&Run" Party!!!
Drive-by media with way too much free time on their hands.
As the Mideast heats up and congressional campaigns take the front page, Cindy will go to the back pages near the "Wnat Ads".
One of the follwing images is that of a man dressed to look like a woman:
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Actually, the latest on al-Cindy:
Cindy Sheehan Demands US Surrender, Pay Reparations | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/cindy-sheehan-tom-hayden-demand-surrender-to-terrorism
Don't insult my Bassett Hound.
"Nobody is to blame for my son's death, other than the terrorist who killed him," Morel said, her voice quivering as she spoke about her 27-year-old son from her home in Martin, Tenn. "My son believed, as do so many in the military, that after Sept. 11, if we didn't take the war to them, they would bring the war here. He couldn't abide by that."
WORD
Cindy drones on and on and on and on....
I'm making a pot roast. We're curling up with dinner and a DVD for a nice summer evening.
Cindy is irrelevant. 99% of America couldn't care less what she says or does.
"...she looks like a bassett hound."
Now you've gone and offended my Basset Hound, 'Rufus the Doofus.' But I agree, there is a striking similarity, though my dog is much more handsome. ;)
Sheehan had a son that was killed in Iraq? I didn't know that. I thought she was just another Commie media slut looking for a free ride and a good time.
so does walking around if your overweight.
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