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| Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest |
| 2005-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House. Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests. Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She stood up and was led to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching." In your dreams Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in an ambush in Sadr City, Iraq, last year. She attracted worldwide attention last month with her 26-day vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch. Sheehan was among several hundred demonstrators who marched around the White House on Monday and then stopped in front and began singing and chanting "Stop the war now!" The demonstration is part of a broader anti-war effort on Capitol Hill organized by United for Peace and Justice, an umbrella group. Representatives from anti-war groups were meeting Monday with members of Congress to urge them to work to end the war and bring home the troops. The protest following a massive demonstration Saturday on the National Mall that drew a crowd of 100,000 or more On Sunday, a rally supporting the war drew roughly 500 participants. Speakers included veterans of World War II and the war in Iraq, as well as family members of soldiers killed in Iraq. "I would like to say to Cindy Sheehan and her supporters don't be a group of unthinking lemmings. It's not pretty," said Mitzy Kenny of Ridgeley, W.Va., whose husband died in Iraq last year. The anti-war demonstrations "can affect the war in a really negative way. It gives the enemy hope." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #23 * "Iraq was no threat even if it were developing WMDS" * "Hatred, DIscrimination, Segregation, and Racism are alive and well in this country", or words to that effect. IOW, WHITES, NONAFRICAN AMERICANS, ANDOR GOP-RIGHTIST-CONSERVATIVES CAN WORK FOR A LIVING - AFRICAN AMERICANS, THE POOR, AND DEMOLIBBIES MUST NEVER NOT DEPEND ON PERM GOVERNMENT HAND-OUTS AND CRADLE-TO-GRAVE WELFARISM - YOU KNOW, "UNIVERSAL/UTOPIAN EQUALISM"!? * AL SHARPTON ON FOXNEWS > the Fed and DUbya, AND ONLY THE FED AND DUBYA, in responSible for KATRINA AND RITA, NOt BLANCO or NAGIN; and "Over 50 % of America's young people are unable to suupport themselves because they are denied from joining the military", or words to that effect. SHEESH - just ever-more indicia that the Clinton-led US DemoLeft desires to directly andor indir induce the overwhelming expansion of the size and scope of the Fed Govt., and ONLY THE FED, unto SOCIALISM, and while the Raddies of Islam threaten new attacks aga America or Amer interest; and while Russia seeks to arm IRAN to the hilt in order to deliberately bog down the USA in Vietnam-style "quagmires" [See MOSNEWS.com] *LEAVE IT TO BEAVER/DENNIS THE MENACE - HEY, PA, HEY MR. WILSON, TAINT DEMOCRAT AND LEFTY PATRIOTISM JUST SWELL! GOOD DEMOCRATS LOVE THE COMMIE AIRBORNE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-09-26 23:54 |
| #22 How boring!!! We've already been through this back in the late 60's. Can't they come up with some new ideas? You would think, in something like 40 years, something or someone would have clicked, and "Voila, here's a new trick." Boring.... boring...... as in a chant from the Saturday crowd.... Boring... Boring.... Boring.... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-09-26 22:43 |
| #21 who has used her son's death - someone at AP screwed up. But they've already changed it. Guess they got an angry call from the DNC that they'd gone off message. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-09-26 19:58 |
| #20 I saw the Drudge Headline as well Darrel and was reminded of an old joke. Q: What is the diffence between a Pygmy Hunting Party and a Woman's Track Team? |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2005-09-26 19:36 |
| #19 Cindy Sheehan - vacant-headed selfish antiAmerican skank. The mor eI see her the more I like what she's doing to the antiwar cause. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-26 19:04 |
| #18 Dave D: Not going back. I looked once, and my eyes are still burning. Definitely not safe for children and other living things. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-09-26 18:02 |
| #17 "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" Poor Cindy may be feeling repressed, but these women certainly aren't; scroll down (or go to the next page, if necessary) to check out the topless, er, babes. This ain't no antiwar demonstration; it's a freak show. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-09-26 17:39 |
| #16 LOL Mike. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-09-26 17:38 |
| #15 Tin soldiers and We're finally on our own This "I dunno, dude, it's like, it doesn't update, y'know?" "Bum-mer." |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-09-26 17:31 |
| #14 "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-09-26 17:18 |
| #13 Maybe the Eurabians and Palestinians could resettle in Iraq and take over the stabilizing and reconstruction for our troops. If they can't work out their ideal Islamic state among themselves, they would bomb each other into oblivion and let our troops come home. As they stand up, we will stand down, as the Prez says. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2005-09-26 16:50 |
| #12 Shithan is competing against two other "ladies", that being Katrina and Rita -- publicity whores all. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-26 16:48 |
| #11 I've never seen any grieving Mother have such a good time. Does she even remember having a son? I nominate her for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Should read "who has used her son's death for fame and fortune." Mother Sheehan - stop pimping your dead son. |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-09-26 16:35 |
| #10 Now is it just possible that the no stopping rule came about during the Clinton Administration after the idiot started shooting at the White House. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-09-26 16:29 |
| #9 I hope those cops are wearing gloves..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-09-26 16:14 |
| #8 That whole group looks rough, better use the pepper spray, tasers, and batons liberally. Repeat as necessary. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-09-26 16:04 |
| #7 What's a protest unless The Man tm brutally shuts you down and locks you up after excessive force is deployed. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-09-26 15:03 |
| #6 well em cop in front givern her a big smile. http://www.townhall.com/clog/graphics/sheehan.jpg |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-09-26 14:57 |
| #5 Comment aped from The Corner - She failed to MoveOn! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-26 14:54 |
| #4 She should be arrested for public ugliness. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-26 14:49 |
| #3 I prefer the Drudge headline: "CINDY SHEEHAN ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE IN CUNNING STUNT". |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-09-26 14:32 |
| #2 She sounds unruly. Give her a taser shot and see if she settles down. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2005-09-26 14:32 |
| #1 Did somebody put out a 10 by 10 foot glue trap near the podium and bait it with a camera and microphone in the middle? |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-09-26 14:06 |