Posted on 08/19/2006 8:14:21 AM PDT by Graybeard58
Attention Cindy Sheehan: Your 15 minutes are up. Ms. Sheehan, whose son Army Spc. Casey Sheehan died heroically in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, has spent the intervening years morphing into a professional protester and disgracing her son's memory by fronting for extreme left-wing, anti-war groups. Last August, she cemented her position as a leftist icon with a 26-day "peace vigil" near President Bush's ranch in Texas that attracted the media horde and the glitterati.
Well, she's back in Crawford, but this summer rerun is not playing nearly as well with the media, Hollywood halfwits or cut-and-runners. Her sparse encampment has just a handful of protesters, and even she intends to be absent for extended periods while she fellow-travels to "peace protests" around the globe.
So why bother baking in Crawford this month, especially when her main goal -- gaining further publicity to make herself more marketable and thus command more money for appearances and speaking fees -- won't be achieved?
Maybe it's time for Ms. Sheehan to take a cue from her backers and just Moveon.org.
"So why bother baking in Crawford this month, especially when her main goal -- gaining further publicity to make herself more marketable and thus command more money for appearances and speaking fees -- won't be achieved?"
Bingo. Exploiting her son's death is her new job. What filth.
"Her sparse encampment has just a handful of protesters, and even she intends to be absent for extended periods while she fellow-travels to "peace protests" around the globe."
Translation: YOU guys put up with the heat and humidity. I'm going to travel the world in air-conditioned comfort..
does this alleged "Mother" have other kids?
If that's the case, why hasn't the ex-husband and Grandmother come out publicly against her?
Don't worry her 15 minutes is almost up. The one thing that the press loves more than taking someone from obscurity to celebrity is to take that same celebrity that they created and all the sudden crush them till they are destroyed. The press loves that power and they have been doing it for decades. Her time is about up.
I don't think that rumor is true. There was another family in the news at the time who did fit the rumor.
That's a shame. Cindy and her fellow travellers in the media did more for the conservative cause than that other famous Crawford resident.
Is that accurate?
About his dad raising him ?
Class?
Yes, she has other kiddoes. From
The History Guy, Bio Files:
Cindy Sheehan (b. 1957)
Cindy Sheehan gained fame in the summer of 2005 for her anti-war activism and her vigil outside of President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. Sheehan's son, Casey, served in Iraq with the U.S. Army, losing his life on April 4, 2004.
On June 18, 2004, President Bush met with Cindy Sheehan and other parents who had lost sons or daughters in the war. This meeting took place at Fort Lewis, an Army base near Tacoma, Washington. After Casey's death, Cindy Sheehan co-founded Gold Star Families for Peace, and began making anti-war and anti-Bush speeches.
On August 6, 2005, Sheehan began a demonstration outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, attracting major media coverage and sparking nation-wide discussion over her role, and the continued war in Iraq.
After her initial demonstration in Crawford, Texas ended, Sheehan participated in other protests around the nation and gave speeches against the war and against President Bush.
In the summer of 2006, Cindy Sheehan used some of the money she received from her son's death to purchase land in Crawford, Texas. She did this in order to facilitate more anti-war and anti-Bush protests and demonstrations.
Family:
Husband-- Patrick Sheehan (who filed for divorce on August 12, 2005)
Mother--Shirley Miller
Sons: Casey Sheehan (1979-2004), and Andy Sheehan
Daughters: Carly Sheehan, and Jane Sheehan
Her family did come out against her, but they had a tough time with the "publicly" part because of the hostile press.
I want to know who funds this woman. She obviously doesn't have a job other than protester, but travels the globe, buys property in Crawford, Texas, jets around the US etc. Where does her money come from? I would guess George Sorros' crowd funds her, but could it be that she also gets money from some even more nefarious sources, like Hezbollah or the Iranians?
"who by the way, left him and his father when he was a baby. His father and stepmother raised him."
Absoloutely incorrect. You have a woman who appeared on O'Reilly confused with Sheehan.
"If that's the case, why hasn't the ex-husband and Grandmother come out publicly against her?"
The MSM is not interested in putting any interviews with the ex and grandma in the paper. It would be detrimental to their 'cause'.
It's Soros.
I did not know this.....
She is as slimy of a hag as that slimy hag that has her big fat a$$ plunked down in NY senate seat
Both peas in the same pod...
In other news, a man has barricaded himself inside his house. However, he is unarmed, and no one is paying any attention to him.
They have. You mean you didn't see it above the fold in the New York Times? I'm sure CNN had it in the 30 minute cycle for at least a week.
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As I have posted before,I commend the Freeper forum for being civil as to the rest of the grieving family.One can only imagine having a tragic event that breaks your heart everyday,played over and over again for the benefit of one crazed selfish person.The rest of the family, more than likely,can't turn on the news or radio without being subjected to her loony rantings.My heart goes out to them.I really never understood the closure thing that people talk about.A hole in your heart never heals,but it surely doesnt help to be reminded of a tragic event on a daily basis.Prayers to the family. Casey was,and always will be a hero in my eyes.
Please, let's finally get this straight!
Cindy is plenty bad enough without the need for spreading misinformation about her.
Last summer, Cindy was to appear on a talk show. She cancelled. ANOTHER woman who lost a son in the war and became a protester appeared in Cindy's place. It was THAT WOMAN who, it was found, did not raise her son.
Check snopes.
Last October, Cindy claimed the following:
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan recently signed on with a speakers' bureau, and her appearance on the lecture circuit drew mixed reaction Tuesday night, especially from her younger supporters at the University of Maryland.
Sheehan previously told Cybercast News Service that she was not taking money from organizations like MoveOn.org or private financiers like George Soros but that her recent 51-city bus tour was funded by "grassroots fundraising."
LOL!!!!
She's as dumb as a stump, and every time she opens her mouth, she proves it.
Let her speak.
Most of the family has come out against her antics - from Drudge:
FAMILY OF FALLEN SOLDIER PLEADS: PLEASE STOP, CINDY!
Thu Aug 11 2005 12:56:21 ET
The family of American soldier Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, has broken its silence and spoken out against his mother Cindy Sheehan's anti-war vigil against George Bush held outside the president's Crawford, Texas ranch.
The following email was received by the DRUDGE REPORT from Casey's aunt and godmother:
Our family has been so distressed by the recent activities of Cindy we are breaking our silence and we have collectively written a statement for release. Feel free to distribute it as you wish.
Thanks, Cherie
In response to questions regarding the Cindy Sheehan/Crawford Texas issue: Sheehan Family Statement:
The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son's good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.
Sincerely,
Casey Sheehan's grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.
Where did you get this?....she left him?
Thanks for the clarification.
We will know her 15 minutes are up when she appears on celebrity boxing with Omorosa.
They haven't come out against Cindy because they have class, which Cindy does not. They could get much publicity by speaking out against Cindy, but they prefer just to stay out of the spotlight.
I just hope that Ms. Sheehan goes on the campaign trail for all of the Democrat candidates. She did such a wonderful job for Rep. McKinney.
You did read about this...from last week?
MOTHER SHEEHAN'S MARRIED LOVER
Activist breaks camp in Crawford to do 'damage control'
Cindy Sheehan packed her bags and left Crawford ,Texas, Tuesday afternoon and arrived home in Berkeley, Ca. late Tuesday evening. Sheehan rushed back to do damage control after explosive information became public today about an alleged affair that began while she was still married to her husband Patrick, and after her son Casey Sheehan died in Sadr City, Iraq attempting to rescue members of his trapped squad.
Sources are telling authors Melanie Morgan and Catherine Moy, (American Mourning, Cumberland Press) that Sheehan is furious that the news of her affair has gone public. Sources have identified the boyfriend as former right-winger Lew Rockwell of the Ludwig Von Mises think tank located in Alabama, who is himself married.
Sheehan was in Texas for over a week to confront President Bush about the war in Iraq, demanding a second meeting with the man she calls a 'murderous bastard.'
Sources say that Sheehan met Lew Rockwell in an Internet chatroom, and exchanged 600 text mail messages before her husband learned of the affair through phone records.
This is not true. Cindy met Casey's father in high school and they were married for 28 years. They were not separated and divorced until after Casey's death.
As much as I loath Ms. Sheehan, I don't think we should spread rumors about her that aren't true.
MONEY-MONEY-Money------MONEY............
OH my,I LOOKED at the photo closer guess she opted for the money Instead of the bronze placard she could have recived from the VA. What A WITCH.
Sometimes, there are just no words for a person's choices and actions. Like this past week, for example...Mother Sheehan told the media that she was "a finalist" for the Nobel Peace Prize and that she recently buried her uterus in Crawford, Texas.
See what I mean? Just no words.
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