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| Cindy Sheehan's Bus Tour |
| 2005-08-25 |
| Oh, boy... A fallen soldier's mother said Thursday that the an anti-war vigil she started nearly three weeks ago near President Bush's ranch won't end when she and other protesters pack up the camp next week. Circus is coming to town! Cindy Sheehan said the day after she leaves Aug. 31, she will embark on a bus tour ending up in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. Then the group will start a 24-hour vigil in the nation's capital. Will the bus run on vegetable oil? "I am not alone," she said at a news conference Thursday. "There's the people standing behind me here, but there's thousands of military families ... who want the same answers to the same questions." Really? You have a list, right? On Wednesday, Sheehan returned to "Camp Casey," named after her 24- year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, who was killed last year in Iraq. "This is where I belong, until Aug. 31, like I told the president," Sheehan said at the Waco airport before driving about 20 miles to the Crawford site. So you lied, as far as I can tell. Like I'd expect less from a hard core leftist... When Sheehan arrived at the campsite, she saw a large banner depicting her son's face. She sobbed and said she felt ill. I feel ill every time I hear her name. Supporters brought her water and cold towels, and she recovered about 20 minutes later. Oh, puhhhhleeeeze... Sheehan began her Her son dies, her husband divorces her and her mother has suffered a stroke, yet she feels compelled to do this. I don't know what to make of this other than to comment that I think she's an attention whore. Sheehan said she realizes that Bush has no intentions of meeting with the protesters, but that her vigil has accomplished other things. Joan Baez played a free show, so I guess it's not a complete loss... "I absolutely think it's worthwhile because we've galvanized the peace movement," she said. "We've started people talking about the war again." You don't want to talk about it, you want it to end by having us cut and run, just like in Vietnam. Bush apparently knows history and won't make the same mistake twice. Sheehan's protest in Crawford has encouraged Balance in a news article? Must not be AP or the BBC... Conservative activists and military families were en route to Crawford from California on a tour called "You don't speak for me, Cindy!" The caravan coordinated by Move America Forward plans to hold a pro-Bush rally in town Saturday. Well, it was fun while it lasted... Among those defending Sheehan are former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, who believes his wife's identity as an undercover CIA operative was leaked in retaliation for his criticism of the Bush administration in a 2002 New York Times op-ed piece. Wilson is relevant in what way? "The Bush White House and its right-wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families' vigil in central Texas in the same way that they always respond to bad news _ by unleashing personal attacks and smears against her," Wilson said in a statement released Wednesday. Joseph Wilson, proven liar that even the Kerry campaign disowned. Great spokesmen you guys have! Later Wednesday, Bush returned to Texas I heard a talk show host (can't remember who it was) say this week that Bush ought to meet with her and give her a big hug. Sure would take the wind out of her sails, wouldn't it? Sheehan and other grieving families met with Bush about two months after her son died last year, before reports of faulty prewar intelligence surfaced and caused her to become a vocal opponent of the war. It bears repeating that even Clinton thought Saddam had WMD's in 1998, but that would get in the way of the anti-war protests, wouldn't it? |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #7 he did meet with her - precedent is: one shot, Cindy. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-25 23:44 |
| #6 Raj, There may be others, but Peter Boyles talk show on KHOW in Denver suggested Bush meet with her. I was driving through the canyon with no cell service so couldn't respond by calling in. If Sheehan is planning on driving to DC, I hope she doesn't plop her butt down near Walter Reed Hospital. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-25 23:35 |
| #5 Is she going to share Hanoi Jane's vegetable oil? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-25 23:19 |
| #4 "Sheehan said her mother has started physical |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-25 21:36 |
| #3 Was this a Bust (or boom) tour? |
| Posted by: dorf 2005-08-25 21:34 |
| #2 Cindy Sheehan said the day after she leaves Aug. 31, she will embark on a bus tour ending up in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. Then the group will start a 24-hour vigil in the nation's capital. I have a suggestion: Get a phuquing LIFE. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-25 21:30 |
| #1 keep it up, Cindy! Nothing will drive people away from your cause more than your own thoughts, spoken without a media filter....14.5 minutes..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-25 21:18 |