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Military Families to Join Cindy Sheehan in Crawford
US Newswire
Tuesday 09 August 2005
Gold Star and military families from across country on their way to Texas.
Crawford, Texas - More members of Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) and Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) are traveling to Texas to join the protest outside of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he is vacationing for the month of August.
Starting today, Gold Star families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arkansas and other states whose loved ones have died as a result of the war in Iraq will be joining one of their members, Cindy Sheehan, at the protest. Ms. Sheehan, whose son Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, has been in Crawford since August 5th, demanding a meeting with the President. These families will be joined by military families with loved ones currently serving in Iraq or about to deploy or redeploy to Iraq. All of these families are coming to Crawford, Texas to share their stories about the personal costs of the war in Iraq and add their voices to the call for a meeting with President Bush.
www.truthout.org...
“That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war,” Cindy Sheehan told 200 cheering members of Veterans for Peace at their annual convention in Dallas last Friday evening.
She said in Dallas that if he sends anyone else to see her, as happened when national security adviser Steve Hadley and deputy White House chief of staff Joe Hagin did later that day, she would demand that “You get that maniac out here to talk with me in person.”
As the veterans in Dallas rose to their feet, Sheehan said defiantly, “My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don’t owe you a penny...you give my son back and I’ll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we’ll put this war on trial.”
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“That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war,” Cindy Sheehan told 200 cheering members of Veterans for Peace at their annual convention in Dallas last Friday evening.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
The comments attributed to Sheehan in the above article do not sound like her from what I've read.
You know what I wanna do? I'd like to take 2 weeks off and drive down there to Crawford to check it out myself. If I could find someone from around here, I'd have myself a front page story. It'd definitely be worth my time off the clock.
The Savaging Of Cindy Sheehan
By Matthew Rothschild
The Progressive
The shameless savaging of Cindy Sheehan continues.
Bill O'Reilly says she's a tool of "far left elements."
The New York Sun echoes the charge, evidently reading the same rightwing talking points.
In an editorial on August 11, it says Sheehan "has put herself in league with some extreme groups and individuals."
This is old-style McCarthyism, straight on down to the red-baiting.
The editorial quotes Sheehan about some of the groups she's involved with, including Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.
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The invective toward Cindy Sheehan seems to know no bounds. Phil Hendrie’s “ignorant cow” line drew some criticism at the posting site, but it also attracted the following remarks:
“In a more civil society, we’d toss her ass in jail for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
“This woman deserves nothing more than a swift kick in the ass.”
“The only pain I hear from this woman is the pain of having to live in a nonsocialist society.”
“I think her son would call her worse things.”
On www.drudge.com..., the Drudge Retort (as opposed to the Drudge Report), there is a long exchange on Sheehan. Here are some of the uglier comments:
“Shut your pie hole bitch. Let your son rest in peace.”
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President Bush - Call Off the dogs on Cindy Sheehan
Raw Story is talking about the article from 2004 which Matt Drudge is employing, with a Right attack-dog-wind beneath his wings [he got the report archive from Freepers]. The mission to attack is on - the objective is to discredit the mother of a fallen Iraqi soldier.
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MONDAY - AUGUST 15
In New York City - Rally in Union Sq. 5:00 pm
Join us Monday, August 15 to stand in Solidarity with Cindy Sheehan!
Solidarity Day with Cindy Sheehan, Monday August 15
Dead Vet's Mom-Camped at Bush's Ranch-Won't Leave
"My Son Joined the Army to Protect America, Not Israel"
The Murder Of Casey Sheehan
Originally posted by Sauron
So the 'right' is after Cindy, but what about Rove and gang why aren't they in the news?
We had Bush drive by really, really fast twice. I caught a glimpse of Laura. I was hoping after she saw me that she would come down to Camp Casey with some brownies and lemonade. I waited for her, but she never came.
The Bush's were going to a bar-be-que/fundraiser down the road from us.
I am a continued thorn in the side to the right-wing bloggers and right wing-nut "journalists." One man, Phil Hendry called me an "ignorant cow."
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I don't have time to worry about the negativity and the hatred. The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an insane war.
Three active duty soldiers from Ft. Hood came to visit me and tell me that they really appreciated what I was doing...
DS: How did Casey feel about going to Iraq?
CS: He didn't want to go. He felt the war was wrong and did not support George Bush, but he felt it was his duty to go.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
It seems to me that bringing his friends home alive would be an excellent way of honoring him.
DS: How did Casey feel about going to Iraq?
CS: He didn't want to go. He felt the war was wrong and did not support George Bush, but he felt it was his duty to go.
Originally posted by I See You
So you think you know the thoughts of this boy more than his own mother. I myself tend to believe what the mother knows rather than what someone thinks.
Originally posted by I See You
I don't believe any President would have re-met with this woman under the circumstances, especially now.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Precisely! No self-respecting leader would yeild to these cheap, sensationalistic tactics. Bush did the right thing to call off the cops, because she wants nothing more in the world than to get arrested.