Posted on 08/06/2005 5:15:28 PM PDT by markomalley
It is sad that this woman does not have the staunch patriotism and heroism shown by so many American parents. But it is also sad that she lost her son--that can be an overwhelming loss. My prayers are with her.
this women is sick...no two ways about it....she was a speaker at the Conyers hearing on the Downing Street Memo with Joe Wilson and claimed that her son's demise was "a premeditated death"....
Then this:
Mom, Who Lost Son In Iraq, Talks About 'Disgusting' White House meeting with Bush
Had she not come with a busload, more in cars and followed by reporters...it wouldn't have looked like an agenda instead of a mother wanting to know what he's doing and why. In other words, it was surely announced that she planned to go to the ranch at this function.
I'm sure her son didn't sign up at 7 months, was an adult and knew what he was facing. After 16 months you decide to go? She could have hit one or more of the stumps running up to the election.
These people are pathetic......copycats. They have no imagination. They look for excuses to use the exact same words we used on Clinton. 'Impeachment' ...and that lady who screamed at Clinton that 'you killed my son'. What total losers they are......
"I can't even imagine this happening in 1941-1945 when we lost 400,000 men"
Yep, most of these so-called "peace protestors" are too dim-witted to realize that they are only making future conflict more likely by encouraging our adversaries. The leaders of these movements know this, but they aren't really interested in peace; for them its just a recruitment tool (along with racism, the environment, social justice, etc.) to hook the useful idiots.
This is no ordinary "mom." She has been helping the anti-American creeps for some time, including appearing with Joe Wilson and Ray "VIPS" McGovern before Conyers pretend hearing:
Ray McGovern, a former CIA agent (R), places a photo of the son of Cindy Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families for American Peace(C) on the table as Ambassador Joseph Wilson looks on during an unofficial forum on the Downing Street Minutes on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC June 16, 2005. The document, created in 2002 for British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that United States President George W. Bush was intent on invading Iraq and that intelligence was being manipulated to support Bushs interests. Sheehan's son, Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq. REUTERS/Chris Kleponis
President Bush should not be meeting with anyone who 'demands' a meeting. I'm fairly certain President Bush did not kill her son, that it was terrorists who did that.
Better yet to have ignored her instead of meeting with her and giving her credibility. Bonehead move.
I have seen Cindy with a sign that claims we have killed 100,000, a lie refuted numerous times.
I get so tired of people who cheapen the sacrifice of their own sons and daughters with such cheesy, selfish theatrics. The people who died understood the concept of sacrifice for a greater good, but these pitiful left-behinds are so myopic that they put themselves above the interests of a third of a billion people.
MM
"Exploited by more than 50 demonstrators who chanted, "W. killed her son!
(in other words, not ours...who are we and why are we here if I nor anyone in my family has sacrificed for their country...why are we riding this woman's coat-tails for our own agenda and using her even more than she has been used previously?)"
Wonder if she thinks about what her son would say?
Much better
Cindy Sheehan: Are Those Crocodile Tears?
Ordinarily I have a great deal of sympathy for the families of soldiers who die in combat defending our freedom. I lose that sympathy, when I see those same family members using the death or injury of their loved one for political gain.
Cindy Sheehan is pursuing a vendetta of hate against the President that predates the loss of her son. She hates George Bush, not because she believes that he is responsible for her sons death, but because he stole the election in 2000 and again in 2004. She is a willing participant in the campaign of hate that the Left has pursued against President Bush since his victory in 2000. She is currently an active participant in Representative Conyers impeachment campaign against the President. This is a woman I watched recite an account of her son's sacrifice without shedding a tear, not a catch in her voice, or even a hesitation; no sign of grief whatsoever. His aunt who was also present was in tears as her sister read her son's story. Did she love her son? Certainly she did, all mothers love their sons; the difference is that most mothers dont exploit the death of their sons for political purposes. They may, as in the case of MADD, use their tragedy to motivate them to pursue moral crusades to have laws passed, but these women have no political agenda prior to their loss. They are spurred to action by their loss. If Mizzz Sheehan was truly motivated by the loss of her son to pursue the ones who caused his death, she would be out for the head of Muqtada al Sadr, not President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld.
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I knew this sounded familiar, thanks for the refresher.
Exactly!
The mother says, "Why doesn't he come out and talk to me?" Meanwhile, 70 people are jumping up and down behind her screaming, "W. killed her son!"
This woman is being used by people with no shame.
Actually it did happen. During WWII there was a radical group of Mothers who banded together and named themselves similar to other mothers groups then too. The media ignored them.
No. She's a grieving mom. I think we ought to leave her alone. Be angry at the people using her. I hope GB does schedule a private interview with her.
Her "opinion" is one of self interest and will never be swayed.
I agree with you. I'm sure if one of my sons was killed in a war I would be devastated. However, the son was old enough to make the decision to go .. so as a parent you can't really fault the commanders .. the risk was the child's to make.
It's sad .. and I believe that's why the President sent the aides out to speak with her. I don't agree with that, but I'm sure his heart is broken over the mom's anguish.
But .. showing up in a bus with the words "impeachment tour" on it was a bit tacky and a bit rude. Actually, I didn't think she deserved any attention at all just because of that.
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