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Cindy Sheehan Buys Property in Crawford, Seller Feels Deceived
National Ledger ^ | 07/31/06 | Brad Butler

Posted on 07/31/2006 6:29:11 AM PDT by Pokey78

Desperately trying to re-capture her media darling status of August 2005 Cindy Sheehan has purchased a 5-acre parcel in Crawford, Texas using supporter, Gerry Fonseca to seal the deal.

Fonseca says he purchased the 5-acre parcel, which cost more than $52,000. The owner would not have sold the land if it was known it was to be used by Sheehan for political purposes reports KXXV-TV on its web site.

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According to the AP, Fonseca also admits he doubts that any Crawford landowner would have sold to Sheehan or other protesters, so he didn't reveal his connection. Fonseca, who lost his Slidell, La., home in Hurricane Katrina, told sellers about that part of his life and that he wanted to build.

Basically - he admits he lied.

"I feel deceived," said Celia Ramsey, who sold the land to Cindy Sheehan through a third party. She talked to News Channel 25 exclusively on the matter. "I would have never sold it to Sheehan. Nobody wants them here."

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That seems to be the consensus.

AP reports like many folks in President Bush's adopted hometown, 83-year-old Robert Westerfield isn't exactly rolling out the welcome mat for the town's newest resident: war protester Cindy Sheehan.

"I wish she'd stay away. Crawford's a Republican town, and she's a dumb Democrat," Westerfield, a lifelong Crawford resident, said Friday while sitting on a bench outside a gas station on Main Street.

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Sheehan cares little about the residents of Crawford and their peace.

She just wants President Bush out of office and her face plastered all over TV and her name in the press. "I am very sad it came to this point where we had to buy a permanent home," said Sheehan. "I thought President Bush would have resigned by now. But I am happy about a permanent home in Crawford."

So - she lied to buy the property and will again force the residents of Crawford to deal with her far left gang of protestors for at least a month, or perhaps less if world events cause her lapdogs in the media to ignore her.

It should be interesting to see if the media has tired of her act.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
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1 posted on 07/31/2006 6:29:12 AM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78

This woman is a total SICKO!! I wish they would arrest this woman for stalking!


2 posted on 07/31/2006 6:32:05 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: Pokey78
It should be interesting to see if the media has tired of her act.

The media is part of her act.

3 posted on 07/31/2006 6:32:32 AM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Wonderful Troops.)
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To: Pokey78

I agree with areafiftyone....she has gone from being a pest to being dangerous....


4 posted on 07/31/2006 6:33:45 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
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To: Pokey78
"...dumb Democrat"

Redundant statement

5 posted on 07/31/2006 6:33:55 AM PDT by lormand (Kill terrorists on the battlefield)
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To: Pokey78
"But I am happy about a permanent home in Crawford."

She will only be there is the media is there. Without the cameras she doesn't exist.

6 posted on 07/31/2006 6:35:05 AM PDT by n230099 ("If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.")
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To: Pokey78

Give them a Texas summer and they'll be ready to leave.

Theres no gourmet food, no Starbucks, no fern bars.
You need your friends and neighbors in rural Texas.


7 posted on 07/31/2006 6:35:21 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: areafiftyone

It IS stalking, that's a perfect way to get her.


8 posted on 07/31/2006 6:37:01 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: lormand

Redundant yes, but I enjoyed in immensely. ;-)


9 posted on 07/31/2006 6:38:07 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla

Oops, in = it, my apologies.


10 posted on 07/31/2006 6:38:48 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: bboop

I wish they would arrest her and this time make her stay in jail. The thing I don't understand is - didn't this guy know about Cindy before he sold her the land? She was out there for a long time with her nutjobs. Couldn't he figure out what she wanted the land for?


11 posted on 07/31/2006 6:39:37 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: Pokey78

Somebody needs to buy the mineral rights to the property and put oil rigs all over it...


12 posted on 07/31/2006 6:40:14 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: n230099

"But I am happy about a permanent home in Crawford."

It will only be "permanent" until after the 2008 elections. Look for a "For Sale" sign on Wednesday. I just hope Fonseca either can't sell it, or he loses money on the deal.


13 posted on 07/31/2006 6:41:01 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: rahbert

Or they can round up all those rattlers and leave her and her guests a "welcome to the Neighborhood" present.


14 posted on 07/31/2006 6:42:07 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)
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To: lormand; Pokey78

Momma was tired of all the neurology docs coming into her hospital room to interview and test her (she had a rare thymic carcinoma, or a "fascinoma"). Especially the latest - a bow-tied, brusque, who made much of his former job at "Haahvaad."

So, the answer to the question, "Name all the animals you can think of":

"Dogs, cats, elephants, lions, bears, tigers, horses, jackasses, and Democrats."


15 posted on 07/31/2006 6:42:35 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: Pokey78

Where does Cindy reside? I mean, where is the home she lived in when Casey was alive? And where does her husband and relatives live...I think it's time to give her a piece of her own medicine. Although they're innocent...she needs to know how her actions effect everyone. And we need to wipe that smirk off her face.


16 posted on 07/31/2006 6:42:51 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: Pokey78
Hopefully, when the media disappears and her star fades, she will be unable to sell her plot of land because no one will buy it.
17 posted on 07/31/2006 6:44:10 AM PDT by WesternPacific
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To: lormand

I thought the same thing!


18 posted on 07/31/2006 6:44:49 AM PDT by Northern Yankee ( Stay The Course!)
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To: areafiftyone

She is a threat, imo.


19 posted on 07/31/2006 6:48:06 AM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: Pokey78

This sounds like a job for post-Kelo eminent domain....


20 posted on 07/31/2006 6:48:41 AM PDT by frossca
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To: areafiftyone
Fonseca is the man who bought the land....by lying to the owner.

He never intended to own it....although he gave the land owner a sob story about being a refuge from Katrina.

Fonseca was in cahoots with Cindy to immediately sell the land to her.

It was total deception and fraud.

21 posted on 07/31/2006 6:48:54 AM PDT by Guenevere (Israel, our friend and ally.....God bless her.)
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To: Hildy

Her husband left the nutcase a while ago, IIRC


22 posted on 07/31/2006 6:49:25 AM PDT by NYC Republican (GOP is the worst political party, except for all the others...)
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To: WesternPacific
Change the building codes, rezone the land for agriculture. Zone it for pig farming? I'm sure there will be many counter protesters from the town when it heats up, if it ever does.
23 posted on 07/31/2006 6:50:39 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
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To: Polyxene
The Seattle Times Sunday said the buyer said when they are done with the land (after Bush is out of office) they will donate the land back to the Town with an obligation that the town turns it into a peace park to honor Sheehan and her son and world peace.
24 posted on 07/31/2006 6:50:48 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Guenevere

Jeeze what a mess - thanks for explaining that! I had no idea.


25 posted on 07/31/2006 6:51:13 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: NYC Republican

How come none of the family has come out and told her to shut up...where are Casey's friends who can explain that's not how he felt...where are they all?


26 posted on 07/31/2006 6:52:26 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: NYC Republican

How come none of the family has come out and told her to shut up...where are Casey's friends who can explain that's not how he felt...where are they all?


27 posted on 07/31/2006 6:52:26 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: Polyxene

So I bet someone is going to pick up 5 acres really cheap in 08'


28 posted on 07/31/2006 6:52:59 AM PDT by Holicheese (Stanley Cup's new home IS North Carolina!)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
Somebody needs to buy the mineral rights to the property and put oil rigs all over it...

I suggested last week a truckload of Amarillo honey from the stock yards would help the place out. You know, a little hunous material for the garden.

29 posted on 07/31/2006 6:53:15 AM PDT by IamConservative (Humility is not thinking less of oneself; humility is thinking about oneself less.)
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To: NavyCanDo
"they will donate the land back to the Town with an obligation that the town turns it into a peace park to honor Sheehan and her son and world peace."

Screw them, let them keep the land and pay the taxes!
30 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:05 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Has anyone seen a bumper sticker saying "Proud to Be Muslim"??? (rhetorical))
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To: Pokey78

Remember the old adage - "if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it...."

Stop showing up and stop listening, and this horror will go away on its own.

Enough with her already.


31 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:08 AM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: areafiftyone

HUMMMMM, that's a good point.


32 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:22 AM PDT by marty60
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To: rahbert

"Give them a Texas summer and they'll be ready to leave."

I wish that were true. They spent a good part of last summer there and are coming back for more.


33 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:41 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: Hildy
And where does her husband and relatives live...I think it's time to give her a piece of her own medicine.

I believe her family wants nothing to do with her. They think she's as wacked as we do. Her husband did divorce her, I believe. And I think her son who died in Iraq wasn't really close to her either. I may be wrong and hopefully someone here will correct me if I am.

34 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:48 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: rahbert
Give them a Texas summer and they'll be ready to leave.

LOL!! Summer, winter, spring and fall are all h-o-t in Texas. I live in San Antonio and last week we entered into water restrictions 'cause we haven't had rain in months. It is scorchering here but men love it here. The gals walk around half naked..LOL!

35 posted on 07/31/2006 6:55:56 AM PDT by shiva
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To: areafiftyone

The point of the post is that it was a "straw man" purchase. Sheehan had to have someone else buy the property for her. Some Socialist clown admits to lying to the woman who sold the property. He lied about why he was buying it, he lied about who he was buying it for, he lied about what the property was going to be used for.


36 posted on 07/31/2006 6:57:25 AM PDT by jonascord ("Let 'em burn!...")
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To: Guenevere
Fonseca is the man who bought the land....by lying to the owner. He never intended to own it....although he gave the land owner a sob story about being a refuge from Katrina.

Fonseca was in cahoots with Cindy to immediately sell the land to her.

It was total deception and fraud.

Deception, yes; fraud, no. Using a strawman as a buyer to conceal the identity of the actual buyer is not uncommon.

37 posted on 07/31/2006 6:58:21 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
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To: NavyCanDo

I hope they do, BUT the chances of that are............
well, I just saw slim leave!


38 posted on 07/31/2006 6:59:50 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: jonascord

And where did he get the money for the land? If he's a Katrina refugee then there's a good possibly you and I paid for this land.


40 posted on 07/31/2006 7:00:38 AM PDT by Hildy
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Fear not. I read on an earlier thread this property is near Ted Nugent. Uncle Ted will know how to deal with this! Can you say WOLVERINE.


41 posted on 07/31/2006 7:01:15 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: NavyCanDo; All

Isnt that *special*.....barf!
In my opinion, Sheehan jumped the couch a while ago. She is a liability to the Doomierats.
That being said, I am certain that the Crawford reidents will know how to deal with this nutcase. I am sorry that they have to, though.


42 posted on 07/31/2006 7:01:44 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: jonascord

I want to add that just because SHE says she paid for it, doesn't mean she did. I don't think this broad has paid for ANYTHING.


43 posted on 07/31/2006 7:01:47 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: areafiftyone

First, I am sure this isn't the first time in history that someone has lied when purchasing a piece of property.

That much said Sheenan is a caricature of herself, but also so very, very sad that I can only feel sorry for her.

Just like Lewinsky, she is simply a means to an end, stripped of humanity by the left (media). When this is over - in 2008 at the latest - this women will be left with absolutely nothing. Her son is dead and she disgraced him. Her husband left her. Her so-called friends will desert her for the next media whore to come along.

This is one of the saddest human beings I have ever seen. She is a hollow shell and, in some respects the living incarnation of the Democratic party.


44 posted on 07/31/2006 7:06:03 AM PDT by Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit (War is Peace__Freedom is Slavery__Ignorance is Strength)
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To: Hildy

The husband already has come out in opposition to her, numerous times... but, as you can imagine, the media mostly ignores him, and just reports her rants. How despicable.


45 posted on 07/31/2006 7:07:37 AM PDT by NYC Republican (GOP is the worst political party, except for all the others...)
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To: Westlander
I read on an earlier thread this property is near Ted Nugent

Awesome! LOL

46 posted on 07/31/2006 7:09:00 AM PDT by NYC Republican (GOP is the worst political party, except for all the others...)
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To: Pokey78

She'll sell for a loss in February, 2009.


47 posted on 07/31/2006 7:09:18 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: Pokey78
Like just about everything else the political left manages to accomplish, this latest bit, as usual, depended entirely on deception to accomplish its goals.

Tells one something, does it not?

48 posted on 07/31/2006 7:10:41 AM PDT by Gantz (That's the theory, anyway.)
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To: Pokey78
We have had a Texas summer for the last two months or more..It has been over a hundred every day here with little or no rain..

My husband and I went down to Crawford the other day and drove by the land she bought..I thought it was further out in the country,but no it is right off the highway where you can see everything they are doing a few feet from the sign going out of town that has GW and Laura's picture on it..And also there was someone out there cutting down some really pretty trees..So I guess they plan to make it a hobo camp..The guy had a blue tent up I guess where he sleeps..
49 posted on 07/31/2006 7:13:05 AM PDT by Beth528
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The Seattle Times Sunday said the buyer said when they are done with the land (after Bush is out of office) they will donate the land back to the Town with an obligation that the town turns it into a peace park to honor Sheehan and her son and world peace.


Seems that it would be appropriate for the town to agree to it, then make it the site of the G.W. Bush library or a monument to the soldiers who served in Iraq.

After all, she lied to get it, why should they not lie to get it back?


50 posted on 07/31/2006 7:13:47 AM PDT by Paloma_55 (I may be a hateful bigot, but I still love you)
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