Posted on 08/27/2005 1:39:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
.........[Frank] Rich [New York Times]pointed out that, once Ms. Sheehan could no longer be ignored, "the Swift Boating began," an allusion to the campaign during the latest presidential race to belittle Democratic Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam and the wounds he received there. Rich said such campaigns are launched "whenever the White House is confronted by a critic who challenges it on matters of war."
"True to form, the attack on Cindy Sheehan surfaced early on Fox News, where she was immediately labeled a 'crackpot' by Fred Barnes," Rich wrote. "The right-wing blogosphere quickly spread tales of her divorce, her angry Republican in-laws, her supposed political flip-flops, her incendiary sloganeering and her association with known ticket-stub-carrying attendees of Fahrenheit 9/11."
First meeting
Also on Fox News, Bill O'Reilly called Sheehan's behavior "treasonous" and accused her of changing her opinion on Bush, with whom she met a year ago. ...
......Huffington appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday alongside O'Reilly, who said Sheehan was "being used by very far-left elements in this country, elements that not only object to the Iraq war, but object to basically our way of life here."
'A sideshow'
Terry Michael, writing in Thursday's Washington Times, said the Crawford protest "is the opposite of reasoned debate."
"It's a sideshow of verbal combatants yelling past each other," wrote Michael, founder of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. "For average citizens to be presented with meaningful alternatives to the current war policy, we must have legitimate, fully engaged discourse, with intelligent voices coming to competing conclusions."
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
No kidding.
Here's a laugher from "The Mail and Guardian."
"......A big white marquee has been erected and minibuses shuttle protesters in from Crawford. In a kitchen area, volunteers prepare meals for up to 200 people, much of it with donated food -- including 220kgs of bison meat from a local farmer. "I'm a vegetarian cook but I was like, 'OK, I'll cook meat for the revolution'," said Rebekah Patrode (28) who drove 2 880km from Wendel in Massachusetts to be here......"
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=249237&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/
Who is that so-called Marine who looks like a fag? I am so sick of seeing his dumb face!
From what I've read, you have him pegged.
Just another media whore.
She has ugly feet and hands and nose and face.
GOODMORNING SISTER,
UP HERE IN NORTHERN N.Y.,YOUR BAPTIST BRETHREN FEEL THE SAME WAY.
GODSPEED!
The Queen of Drama Queens.
With Sheehan going after Tom Delay next, she is embarking on a highly partisan farce that will take Rich and the MSM down a bad road with no return, I hope.
Operation Moonbat would seem more apt.
C'mon, he's just trying to get laid. Most of the guys at the peace demonstrations in the 60s-70s were there to get laid.
yes! How'd you guess? My IQ is 22
McCarthy was right
Push off, troll.
Cindy Sheehan is a lost soul in search of validation for herself. Her late son had nothing in agreement with her and so he went where he did and sacrificed for what he believed. Using his memory she has made her claim to 'victimization' status and once having so done, in her mind, justifys everything she does and says.
Contrary to most I APPLAUD the undeserved coverage of her by the media, rather than raling against it (which was my initial knee-jerk reaction), because it shows all the common folk how ludicrous her position/s are.
As to this Nation and how we are dragged through the muck in the world media, I'll go with Tony Blair's 'off the cuff' response to one of his critics in Parliament, when he arose and simply stated.....
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... and how many want out."
Talk about hittin' the olde nail smack friggin' right on the head,...Mr. Blair did that. BRAVO!
I would only follow-up with this comment. We all know who those are who promised to leave if W was re-elected. Why are they still here???
Oh...where is the kitty patrol?
We have a LIVE one over here!
Bye, now.
IBTZ
Seems Cindy's handlers figured out their bus tour already
http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/
On August 31st, the last day of the encampment, the Bring Them Home Now Tour will launch three buses from Crawford, Texas, each carrying military and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of previous wars. These buses will travel different routes across the country, converging in Washington, DC on September 21, for the United for Peace and Justice Mobilization September 24th-26th.
Tour Schedule:
Central Tour
Dallas, TX: Wed, Aug. 31st
Little Rock, AR: Thu, Sep. 1st
Memphis, TN: Fri, Sep. 2nd
St. Louis, MO: Sat, Sep. 3rd - Sun, Sep. 4th
Indianapolis, IN: Mon, Sep. 5th - Tue, Sep. 6th
Columbus, OH: Wed, Sep. 7th - Thu, Sep. 8th
Cleveland, OH: Fri, Sep. 9th
Pittsburgh, PA: Sun, Sep. 11th - Tue, Sep. 13th
Philadelphia, PA: Thu, Sep. 15th - Sat, Sep. 17th
Trenton, NJ: Sun, Sep. 18th
Baltimore, MD: Tue, Sep. 20th
Northern Tour
Kansas City, MO: Thu, Sep. 1st
Wichita, KS: Thu, Sep. 1st
Des Moines, IA: Fri, Sep. 2nd
Minneapolis, MN: Sat, Sep. 3rd
Madison, WI: Sun, Sep. 4th
Chicago, IL: Tue, Sep. 6th - Wed, Sep. 7th
Toledo, OH: Thu, Sep. 8th - Fri, Sep. 9th
Detroit, MI: Sat, Sep. 10th - Sun, Sep. 11th
Buffalo, NY: Mon, Sep. 12th
Syracuse, NY: Tue, Sep. 13th
Albany, NY: Wed, Sep. 14th
Amherst, MA: Thu, Sep. 15th
Boston, MA: Sat, Sep. 17th - Sun, Sep. 18th
New Haven, CT: Sun, Sep. 18th
New York City, NY: Sun, Sep. 18th - Mon, Sep. 19th
Southern Tour
Austin, TX: Wed, Aug. 31st
Houston, TX: Fri, Sep. 2nd
New Orleans, LA: Sat, Sep. 3rd - Sun, Sep. 4th
Mobile, AL: Mon, Sep. 5th
Tallahassee, FL: Tue, Sep. 6th
Montgomery, AL: Thu, Sep. 8th
Atlanta, GA: Sat, Sep. 10th - Sun, Sep. 11th
Savannah, GA: Mon, Sep. 12th
Columbia, SC: Tue, Sep. 13th - Wed, Sep. 14th
Fayetteville, NC: Thu, Sep. 15th
Raleigh-Durham, NC: Sat, Sep. 17th
Richmond, VA: Mon, Sep. 19th
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