Cindy Sheehan Support

[OldHiker]

Bin Laden and Zarqawi Hold Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for Cindy Sheehan

WORLDWIDE --- Osama bin Laden and al Zarqawi announced in a joint press conference today that they will launch a worldwide candlelight vigil in support of Cindy Sheehan. After the vigil, OBL and Zarqawi will behead 100 infidels in her honor and hold a worldwide day for female repression and abuse.


"We support Miss Sheehan 100%," said an al Qaeda spokesperson. "She has done more for our cause than we have been able to do for the past several months thanks to American soldiers chasing us around the world. We would encourage Cindy to blow herself up at Bush's home in Crawford in a sign of solidarity with her al Qaeda brothers. She will be rewarded by being reborn a virgin in paradise and belong to one of the many suicide bombers who have gone before her. We are anxious to slaughter more infidels in her honor in thanks for her support."


Most of Cindy's supporters were excited to hear about the news from al Qaeda, except that many of the followers were concerned that such a massive candlelight vigil would cause too much damage to the environment. They suggested merely flashing the "peace" sign instead.


"This is very exciting to see," said on al Qaeda terrorist who managed to sneak across the porous US border to protest alongside Cindy in Crawford. "Miss Cindy talks about how America is not worth dying for, and how America murders people around the world, and how America is a shameful place. These are all of the things we want to say, but she actually gets the support of major Democrat politicians who claim to really be patriots. I could not be more proud at this very moment. The Democrats hate Bush so much that they will actually support an America hater just to try and make him look bad."

[OldHiker]

Bin Laden and Zarqawi Hold Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for Cindy Sheehan

WORLDWIDE --- Osama bin Laden and al Zarqawi announced in a joint press conference today that they will launch a worldwide candlelight vigil in support of Cindy Sheehan. After the vigil, OBL and Zarqawi will behead 100 infidels in her honor and hold a worldwide day for female repression and abuse.


"We support Miss Sheehan 100%," said an al Qaeda spokesperson. "She has done more for our cause than we have been able to do for the past several months thanks to American soldiers chasing us around the world. We would encourage Cindy to blow herself up at Bush's home in Crawford in a sign of solidarity with her al Qaeda brothers. She will be rewarded by being reborn a virgin in paradise and belong to one of the many suicide bombers who have gone before her. We are anxious to slaughter more infidels in her honor in thanks for her support."


Most of Cindy's supporters were excited to hear about the news from al Qaeda, except that many of the followers were concerned that such a massive candlelight vigil would cause too much damage to the environment. They suggested merely flashing the "peace" sign instead.


"This is very exciting to see," said on al Qaeda terrorist who managed to sneak across the porous US border to protest alongside Cindy in Crawford. "Miss Cindy talks about how America is not worth dying for, and how America murders people around the world, and how America is a shameful place. These are all of the things we want to say, but she actually gets the support of major Democrat politicians who claim to really be patriots. I could not be more proud at this very moment. The Democrats hate Bush so much that they will actually support an America hater just to try and make him look bad."

[DRTYFN]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=politics&id=3382521

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">PR Machine Behind Cindy Sheehan?
ABC7 Looks At The Financing Of 'Camp Casey'

Aug. 25 - With the President back at his Crawford ranch, the anti-war protest right outside his ranch is getting a lot more media attention. ABC7 looks at who is financing the operation and who's providing on-the-ground support.

The camp at Crawford is full of Cindy Sheehan supporters, people from all walks of life, but off to the side are a small group of professionals skilled in politics and public relations who are marketing Cindy Sheehan's message.

Cindy Sheehan kneels before a cross with her son's name on it, touches his picture, wipes her tears. It's an outpouring of emotion that is part of a scheduled news event organized daily for the television, radio and print reporters who crowd in to capture a mother's grief.

Cindy Sheehan: "I'm never going to see him again, I'm never going to hold him again, I'm never going to hear his voice again."

Sheehan's message hasn't changed since she got here, but the support staff interested in getting that message out to the world has grown considerably.

Organizers are set up in a house trailer. Their meetings closed to reporters.

Leading the group is Fenton Communications employee, Michele Mulkey, based in San Francisco. Fenton specializes in public relations for liberal non-profits.

Their bills are being paid for by True Majority, a non-profit set up by Ben Cohen -- of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream fame.

Ben Cohen, True Majority: "People are willing to listen to her and we want to do as much as we can to make her voice heard."

Cohen's group has teamed up with Berkeley based MoveOn.org, an anti-Bush group co-founded by Joan Blades.

Earlier this month, MoveOn helped organize anti-war vigils in support of Cindy Sheehan.

Current Democratic National Party Chair Howard Dean's organization Democracy for America is also involved, as is the more radical anti-war group Code Pink organized by San Francisco's Medea Benjamin.

Money donated through these groups and others is helping to pay for Gold Star families whose children have been killed in Iraq to attend anti-Bush protests.

This week Simi Valley California Gold Star wife Melanie House flew to Idaho for a protest and then flew to Crawford.

ABC7's Mark Matthews: "Can you tell us if you're getting help in airfare to come down here?"

Melanie House: "What difference does that make?"

There is real reluctance to talk about who's paying, and the P.R. machine that's promoting Cindy Sheehan, but not everyone here is completely comfortable with it.

Gold Star mother Karen Meredith came here from Mountain View. Her son Ken Ballard died last year.

Karen Meredith, Gold Star mother: "Sometimes things don't feel quite right to me. They don't feel wrong, but maybe that's how they do it in the marketing business."

ABC7's Mark Matthews: "You feel you're part of a marketing business?"

Karen Meredith: "Possibly. Yeah I think so."

On the other side, pro-Bush supporters are getting on the ground to help reiterate their message.

Grassfire.org and IM4W.com came back to the same Iowa-based conservative public policy organization, an organization with ties to the Republican National Committee.

There is also the "Cindy you don't speak for me tour," a caravan of military wives and mothers led by Deborah Johns of Roseville. Her son William is a marine who has served two tours of duty in Iraq.

Johns and her supporters are traveling to Crawford to confront Cindy Sheehan.

Deborah Johns, caravan leader: "It means everything for me to be here, to see the support. We're so proud of him."

The caravan is getting a lot of help from MoveAmericaForward.org. It's a non-profit organization co-chaired by former state assemblyman Howard Koologian. Koologian is a Republican who takes credit for launching the recall against Governor Gray Davis. His co-chair is KSFO Radio talk show host Melanie Morgan. The group's PR firm is led by a veteran California political strategist and the firm claims clients running from a county supervisor to President of the United States.

KSFO Radio is owned by Disney which also owns ABC7.

The "You don't speak for me" group is expected to be in Crawford on Saturday. Sheehan said today she'll welcome to meet with her without reporters present.
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[DRTYFN]

Hmmmm... I wonder where her directions are coming from?

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050826/2005-08-26T21...-USA-PROTEST-DC.html
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Iraq war protester says to shift focus to Congress
By Jeremy Pelofsky

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.

Sheehan has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss the U.S. presence in Iraq, where her son was killed in 2004. <span class="ev_code_RED">LIEBERAL-BACKED ATTENTION WHORE!!!</span>

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." <span class="ev_code_RED">LIEBERAL-BACKED ATTENTION WHORE!!!</span>

"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.

Sheehan met once with Bush after her son, Casey, was killed but has sought a second meeting to ask Bush to explain why he believes the 24-year-old Army specialist died for a "noble cause." <span class="ev_code_RED">LIEBERAL-BACKED ATTENTION WHORE!!!</span>

Almost 1,900 U.S. troops have been killed in the conflict.

Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan as well as the families of all the soldiers who have died. But he has staunchly defended his actions in Iraq and has said leaving now would lead to greater dangers for the United States and Iraq.

A Gallup poll released on Friday showed Bush's job approval rating among Americans had slipped to the lowest point of his administration, with 40 percent of the poll's 1,007 adult respondents, supporting his performance and 56 percent disapproving.

Bush's previous low point was 44 percent, one month ago.

The latest survey, conducted this week, noted a drop in support among independents and confirmed the findings of other recent polls, which showed Bush's approval rating even lower.

Compared to other post-World War II presidents at this point in their second term, only Richard Nixon had a lower job approval rating and he was in the midst of the Watergate scandal, Gallup said. The others were all above 50 percent. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[VTSTOMPER]

WTF - am I reading this right?

[KenP]

She's a bitch and so are all the other's involved in helping her out.
This is better:
http://sacunion.com/pages/sacramento/articles/5895 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Yet another angle to the story erupted Friday when members of the Sheehan Family announced their support for President Bush. In a letter written by Cherie Quartarolo, Casey Sheehan’s aunt and godmother, the family expressed their concerns over Cindy Sheehan’s Crawford protest.

The letter reads:

“The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the expense of her son’s good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.”

The letter is attributed to “Casey Sheehan’s grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.” </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[h2co-pilot]

I can't start thinking about it or it will drive me to drink.

I made a quick picture to express myself.

[OldHiker]

Waco Families Gather at Clinton Home to Ask for Meeting

CHAPPAQUA, New York --- Grief-stricken families of those incinerated at the Waco compound during the Clinton Administration set up camp outside of Clinton's house demanding he meet with them to explain why it happened.


"We got the idea from that woman with the funny hat at Bush's ranch," said one of the family members. "We never got an explanation from Clinton about what happened that day, and he owes us one. We're going to stand outside the Clinton mansion with our burning candles until he sits down and lets us yell, scream and berate him. Bush already met once with that Sheehan lady, and we didn't get a single meeting with Clinton."

Where is it going to end!

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Where is it going to end! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>No kidding. Everyone thinks they are more important than the next person. There cause is more important. There beliefs are more valid...

[Mr. Jeep]

I'm not really going to attack but I would like to quote something I heard along time ago that expresses our opinion perfectly:

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriot being which feels nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing that he is willing to fight for, nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"

Cindy Sheehan's son was one such better man.

[4churchill]

She is a complete whack job. Its hard not to feel bad for her loss, but past that shes nothing but an attention hunrgy war monger. She already met with him, what more does she want?

[DennisAJC]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
I can't start thinking about it or it will drive me to drink.

I made a quick picture to express myself. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Who knows what's going on in her head.

As a parent, I couldn't begin to guess what my mental state and thought process would be if something happened to my kids.

I think she just needs to see a shrink or grief counsellor. A really good one.

[h2co-pilot]

Dennis, why did you quote me and say that? Are you talking about my head?

Sheehan is a crazy bitch. She is diminishing the great sacrifice her son gave for our freedom and belittling the sacrifices that those brave men and women commit everyday so her demented ass can excercise the freedoms that many like her son have fought and died for. I loathe that women.

[DennisAJC]

Ya I was tawkin aboot you!

Sheehan is a crazy ****.

[h2co-pilot]

You bitch!!!

Get some already.

[DennisAJC]

I love you.


But tonight......Well, you know.

[h2co-pilot]

Well, you can still gfy.

Oh, I know all aboot it tiger.

[OldHiker]

Flip-Flopping Protest Soldier Mom Past Media Statute of Limitations
CRAWFORD, Texas --- Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier in Iraq, has been receiving fawning news coverage and support from Democrats since she began her protest in front of Bush's Crawford Ranch. While CNN, The New York Times and others have tripped over each other to cover this story, no one seems to be covering Cindy's comments from her initial meeting with President Bush in 2004 when she said "I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."


When confronted about the odd omission, the crack reporters in the mainstream media explained the situation. "Statute of limitations," said a reporter at the New York Times. "Cindy's positive comments about the President occurred over a year ago, so we're not required to mention them. There is no statute of limitations on negative comments about Bush, but we can exclude anything over one year old if it contradicts a negative statement about Bush or shows hypocrisy or makes a critic of Bush look like a jackass. All of this criticism of the media by conservatives is a crock. We're just following the rules."

[HUMMERDOGG]

Off-Topic but I believe a qoute worth posting:

"War is not the best way of settling differences; but it is the only way of preventing them from being settled for you."

[PARAGON]

For hundreds, even thousands, of years men have fought in other lands for causes that were not their own. They fought for those causes because it was what was right.

One might peronally disagree with this or any other war. But to assume you know the full details of why and how we are at war while you publicly protest is completely irresponsible. These protesters owe every single armed forces member the respect of exploring the whys and hows we are in this war, and the truths to those, before they ever publicly open their publicity seeking mouths. It's shameful.