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| 2005-08-27 | |
| CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch has become a symbol for the anti-war movement, said on Friday she plans to focus on Congress, starting with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Bush ally and fellow Texan. She plans to begin a bus tour next Thursday from Bush's ranch to the White House to campaign for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. One of DeLay's Texas district offices would likely be the first stop, she said. That is about a 5.5 hour drive from Bush's ranch in Crawford, where he is on a month-long vacation. "I think our first stop might be Tom DeLay's office," she said, surrounded by supporters. "I just wanted to let him know so he'll be in his office when we get there." "The president is not going to meet with us, probably," Sheehan said. "We the people need to influence our congressional representatives and I hear he's pretty close by," referring to DeLay. A spokeswoman for DeLay said his schedule was already set and did not plan to change it to meet with Sheehan. "Mr. DeLay disagrees with those who believe we should give the terrorists the timeline they want and simply cut and run from the war in Iraq," said DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #22 Jan, thanks for your condlences. Thanks also for your son's service to our country. You've obviously raised a good one. I think Cindy has a major agenda that is being amplified by those who want hate our country and want it to lose. GOP Girl, thanks for being part of the patriotic crowd and giving us your report. I doubt we'll see the same in the media. I wonder if they will even mention the relative numbers of each crowd. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-08-27 22:36 |
| #21 I don't feel the slightest bit sorry for her anymore. Check out this photoblog and see especially the shot of her being attended by a makeup artist. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-08-27 21:38 |
| #20 amen, thx |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-27 21:20 |
| #19 I got to Crawford around 4 pm on Friday. Camp Qualls is right next door to The Yellow Rose of Texas (a large gift shop) and I spoke at length with Greg Garvey and Gary Qualls, among others. It's a very emotional experience. We drove up to the "ditch" (across from Camp Reality) to retrieve the cross of a fallen hero, as requested by his father, whose son's name had been placed on a cross without his permission. The State Troopers wouldn't let us search, but asked instead for the name and said they'd try to find it for us. Mr. Qualls has had to remove his son's name from their camps at least 4 times...they just keep putting it back, totally uncaring that he has asked them not to. We spent the night in Waco and returned to Crawford early this morning to avoid what would surely be bumper to bumper traffic. We again assembled at Camp Qualls next to the Yellow Rose and stood at the intersection with our signs showing our support for the troops, the President and our country. Many busloads of Camp Casey protesters passed by that intersection today, but for the most part they wouldn't look at us. Our numbers were huge...somewhere between 2,500 and 3,500 is my best guess. I was interviewed on camera by a Dallas news station (forget which one) and also by the Associated Press. A newsman from Sweden (living and working in Washington, D.C.) also interviewed me as well as a woman who said she was making a documentary. They all wanted (they said) to know why I was there. I merely told them it was to support the troops, my president and my country. I saw very little friction, although one woman had to be asked to leave the tent area of Camp Qualls because she was asking confrontational questions of some of the fathers of lost sons. After hours on the corner (it was unbelievably hot, but I'd vowed to be silent knowing what our guys in Iraq suffer through), we drove over to the Community Center to check out the huge rally on behalf of the "You Don't Speak For Me, Cinty" group. It was awesome. Very moving speeches, a real feeling of unity and compassion for what our nation is going through and of course, unwavering support of our brave military men and women. We took many, many great pictures. I cannot express how moving these two days have been. I'm home now (just got here) and it will take some time for it to all sink in...the experience, the wonderful people and those on the other side who seem so angry, so hateful, and so despairing of all that's good about what we are and have yet to accomplish in Iraq. I'll continue to show up as often as I can wherever these "anti-war" folk convene. I love my country and have nothing but the utmost respect and gratitude for those that defend her. It's the least I can do. |
| Posted by: GOPGirl 2005-08-27 20:39 |
| #18 Eric Pfeiffer of National Review Online, is at Crawford, been there all week. He has numbers and pictures of today's events. He's had an interesting week. http://buzz.nationalreview.com/ |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-27 18:27 |
| #17 By the way, here's a great book that every poster here should, indeed, must read!: Rinker Buck, Shane Comes Home, New York, NY: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2005 ISBN: 0-06-059325-3 |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-27 16:41 |
| #16 We should hook her up to a BS-meter counter that will record the number of times she says "bullshit." Who was Cindy Sheehan before not only her son's death on April 4, 2004, but after her June 18, 2004 meeting with President Bush? Why did she so radically change her tune? Or is it that she had always been part of an apolitical, New Age spiritual pacifist movement that existed outside of the ideological hardcore of the Left but shared many of its counter-cultural tendencies? I suspect Sheehan belonged to or shared on some "intellectual" level fuzzy notions of communal anti-capitalist, ergo anti-American values. Since her son's death, it appears that Sheehan has become a willing participant in the more politicized and ideologically-inclined radical left. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-27 16:33 |
| #15 Shame she doesn't understand that a cut a run will render her son's death pointless. That is exactly what the Left wants. They want America to be viewed as pointless, toothless, cowardly, and unable and unwilling to sustain casualties in any kind of conflict. They believe that America is evil and that the country and its actions are morally unjust. They want us to fail. They see America just exactly the same way this media whore does - as a country that has never done a right thing in its entire existance, a country that is the source of all that is evil in the world today. They want us destroyed. If it were up to these kinds of Leftists, we'd be withdrawing from everywhere, disarming, and turning our government over to the mullahs to atone for our sins. Thanks, LC FOTSGreg |
| Posted by: LC FOTSGreg 2005-08-27 16:32 |
| #14 Egotism at it's highest level: "I just wanted to let (Delay) know so he'll be in his office when we get there." And he'd better be there or, or .... I'll hold my breath until I turn blue, or, or.... I'll roll on the floor and kick and scream, or,or.... I'll climb atop the chicken coop and jump off the roof, or, or.... Bob Burns: "O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!" |
| Posted by: GK 2005-08-27 15:34 |
| #13 Remoteman, I started my comment, but didn't submit it until much later, when I saw your comment. I am sorry for your loss, and yes I agree with you. With loved ones so very close when they die, it's very personal, and it has bothered me how she has shoved this into our faces the way she has. Even the act of putting it out there is a form of dishonor in so many ways. I went to the funeral here in Denver for Danny Deitz the SEAL who died in Afghanistan a few weeks back, glad that I was able to be a part of showing the family how much his service meant to this country, and after the main ceremony we all left to give the family some private time alone. Maybe I should rethink my feelings of sorrow for her as she may be intentionally using this to place herself above all others with grief. I just try to see the best in folks and sometimes it is misguided. My son is also in the military and I would never think of dishonoring his service in the way Sheehan is doing. For these followers to say they support the troops but dishonor Sheehan's son as they do, what's up with that. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-27 15:32 |
| #12 "The president is not going to meet with I've been tending to think about her dabbling in a form of Muchausen Syndrome. Granted her son died and isn't "sick" but she's using him for attention. http://allpsych.com/journal/munchausen.html When this all blows over these groups will go home to their families and Cindy will be left very alone. Maybe this will be her penance in some ways. I do feel sorry for her in that respect, not having grieved for her son on a private personal level and that she is a pawn being taken advantage of. For folks to be following such a lost person is beyond me. The MSM riding along being cheerleaders fanning the flames aren't helping either. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-27 15:07 |
| #11 Go here to read a very moving story of how a Gold Star mother truly grieves for and honors a son lost in a war. |
| Posted by: Spavigum Whaiper6504 2005-08-27 12:58 |
| #10 One thing that chaps me about this woman is that she acts as though she is the only one who's ever lost someone and that she is the only one with grief. Maybe that is the way she is being portrayed or manipulated, but, having lost two siblings at young ages, it pisses me off. And she knows she is dissing her son and that he would be appalled at her actions, otherwise she wouldn't have to say that he would approve. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-08-27 12:01 |
| #9 She has already said that she doesn't consider her son a hero at all Well I certainly wasn't aware of that at all. I thought her behavior was more due to the fact she is being manipulated, but maybe deep down she is simply an asshole. Perhaps my sympathies (few as they may be) are misplaced. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-08-27 11:45 |
| #8 Wonder if she's bringing the Rev Al and the white power boys to meet DeLay, too? Wasn't DeLay an exterminator once upon a time? He must have some old cans of bug spray around. Maybe it's time to "redecorate" the front lobby with some rusty looking DDT containers? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-08-27 10:49 |
| #7 "I just wanted to let him know so he'll be in his office when we get there." I'm sure he's drawing up plans right now, you self-important wank job. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-27 09:41 |
| #6 JerseyMike - She has already said that she doesn't consider her son a hero at all and she's characterized those who are pouring into Iraq to kill more US soldiers as 'freedom fighters'. The point of her son's death, based on her public statements is her 'ticket to ride' into a public anti-war forum. That's all. |
| Posted by: Spitle Elmaising8451 2005-08-27 09:21 |
| #5 Can't feel sorry for her anymore. She wasn't driven mad by grief. She's held all these same views since before Casey died. She recognized an opportunity to publicize her views by parading on his grave and the increasing attention has driven her into more and more outlandish proclamations to maintain her status as MSM darling. It's not every parent that truly loves and grieves for their child. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-08-27 09:21 |
| #4 I suggest DeLay outfit the district office with cameras and the like to record the 'peace mom' violence done to his office while he is away. And Cindy - you dont talk for me so drop the 'We the people' bullshit. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-08-27 09:10 |
| #3 Cage match? Is this going to be a Pay-for-View event? or do you just need the maxi channel package for the telecast? |
| Posted by: Glurong Chutch1365 2005-08-27 08:53 |
| #2 This anti-American filth should not be continenced in a time of war. Intersting psychology in that family. David Duke in drag got a life now, Bless our soldiers to victory and let them know WE are with THEM. |
| Posted by: Gleregum Elmaimp9510 2005-08-27 07:21 |
| #1 Can't help but feel sorry for her, taken advantage of by lefty wackos and driven absolutely mad by grief. Shame she doesn't understand that a cut a run will render her son's death pointless. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-08-27 07:10 |