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| 'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan returns home to hero's welcome |
| 2005-10-06 |
| 'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan returns home to hero's welcome By JUSTIN M. NORTON, Associated Press Writer AP...go figure..this headline turns my stomach (10-06) 00:31 PDT Oakland, Calif. (AP) -- Peace mom Cindy Sheehan, after The mother who staged a 26-day "I'll be a grieving mom until I die when will that be? because of the lies that took my son," Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, died in April 2004 in Iraq. She has spent much of the time since speaking out against the war. and other things After the monthlong vigil in Texas, she traveled the U.S. and also met with politicians, including Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-North Carolina. Last week, she was arrested with more than 350 other people after a protest outside the White House. Sheehan said she has received encouragement and support in Vacaville, Calif. the San Francisco suburb where her three surviving children still live. Sheehan, whose husband "People come up to me and say, 'Cindy, Sheehan's speech at an Oakland movie theater was a benefit for several anti-war groups, including Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization she co-founded to mobilize families of soldiers who died in Iraq. Sheehan's return to her home state does not signal a break in her activism |
| Posted by:Warthog |
| #11 Over at Arianna Huffenpuff's yesterday about half the comments to Cindy's post were telling her to shut up and go home. Her increasing shrillness and name-calling were hurting the anti war effort. I chortled all afternoon about that. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-10-06 15:44 |
| #10 Good it's about time to arrest her for tax evasion. |
| Posted by: BillH 2005-10-06 15:38 |
| #9 Proud home of the California Correctional Medical Facility, Vacaville too... Seriously whacked-out nut jobs go there. That's where they keep Charlie Manson. |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-10-06 14:54 |
| #8 Quell dommage, JFM. Sometime stories are better than reality! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-10-06 14:53 |
| #7 We should promote her cause and have her tour/hound Dem candidates until the make her part of the entourage. Just think what a vote getter Hillary will be with Cindy at her side. Makes my hair stand up just thinking about it! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-10-06 14:42 |
| #6 Apparently not true, JFM. Details: http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sheehan.asp |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-10-06 14:12 |
| #5 I heard she didn't raise her son. That it was the father and his new wife. Anyone knows about the circumsatnces? Was it that the divorce gave the custody to the father (strange, because courts usually give it to the mother, except that whould entail serious danger for the child) or was it because she walked away and just dumped her son? |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-10-06 14:05 |
| #4 "I'll be a grieving mom until I die..." Make that a "professional grieving mom". Which you'll be until that lefty money runs out. Or they flush you down the toliet after the next big thing comes along... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-10-06 13:49 |
| #3 Sheehan said she has received encouragement and support in Vacaville, Calif. the San Francisco suburb where her three surviving children still live. Who in the hell are these people? Vacaville is its own city - pretty much a bedroom community, not a 'burb of SF. Noe Valley, Excelsior, Nob Hill, the Western Addition, those are suburbs of SF. But not Vacaville. (Note: Vacaville is approx 50 miles away) ..has since moved to Berkeley. She'll be right at home there. Along with her fellow wackjobs. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-06 13:44 |
| #2 Please oh please Cindy start endorsing Dem. candidates. Try and get your picture taken with as many as you can. |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-10-06 13:39 |
| #1 Appropriately, "Vacaville" is spanish for "Cow Town"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-10-06 13:17 |