John Edwards Spokesman Protested with Code Pink Traitors at Walter Reed

Thursday, May 17, 2007 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

John Edwards spokesman, Iraq war veteran John Bruhns, has been defending the Edwards presidential campaign from criticism over Edwards' call for people to protest the Iraq war at Memorial Day parades.

Appearing via telephone on the Fox News Channel's 'Big Story with John Gibson', Bruhns said that the Edwards campaign is backing away from the call to publicly protest the war at parades and is instead asking supporters to send care packages and to reflect on the war.

While Bruhns said that he himself did not support Edwards' call to protest at Memorial Day parades, he failed to mention that he has protested the war at a similarly hallowed setting: Walter Reed Army Medical Center where grieviously wounded Iraq and Afghan vets struggle to recover from their war wounds.

Bruhns spent several Friday nights outside the main gate to Walter Reed in 2005 with the terrorist supporting Marxist front group Code Pink after the group became notorious for taunting wounded soldiers with signs like "Maimed for a Lie" and "Enlist Here and Die for Halliburton."

Bruhns is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. IVAW called our soldiers in Iraq war criminals in testimony before the World Tribunal on Iraq in Istanbul, Turkey in 2005. The tribunal endorsed the terrorists in Iraq and their killing of American soldiers.

Bruhns is currently featured in a pro-surrender ad by Votevets.org that was directed by Oliver Stone.

[kristinn]

The news media, including Fox News, won't tell you this, but you can learn it here at FreeRepublic.com.

[pissant]

Thanks. To the MSM, code Pink is a legitimate organization. Just like International ANSWER. The rot is very deep.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Evil people through and through.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Next time you go on FoxNews, maybe you can find a way to slip this piece of information in? And give them a picture or two to put up on the screen?!!

Kristinn, you make us all proud. Keep this peoples' feet to the fire!!!

[doug from upland]

Thanks for informing us of this outrage.

[kristinn]

Thank God (and Jim) we’ve got FR to get the truth out.

[kristinn]

Thanks. Let’s hope we get another chance soon. We tell the media these things all the time, yet they never report on it.

[doug from upland]

If you have some good pictures and I can find some time, perhaps I could eviscerate the scumbag on YouTube.

[kristinn]

ANSWER’s not considered legitimate by the MSM, but Code Pink is definitely being protected by sympathetic reporters and editors.

[kristinn]

Have to dig through the archives. Late summer, early fall of the 2005 Walter Reed reports. He escorted Cindy Sheehan into Walter Reed one Friday night during that time frame.

[Dilbert56]

Right from the traitors' mouths.

The same night, John Bruhns, a former infantry soldier who fought in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, bristled at taunts leveled by war supporters.

"I'm very anti-Iraq war," he said. "I'm a proud American. I'm a patriot."

[Spiff]

I wonder where all the Bush bots will be tonight?

That was the night that Karl Rove (or someone who looked something like him) stood with the FReepers against the Code Pinko traitors, if I have the right Walter Reed FReep in 2005 that featured Sheehan on the opposing side. I recall some hilarity regarding the Code Pinko/Sheehan bus perpetrated by a troublemaker I know. The report is right here for FReep 28 of Code Pink at Walter Reed, Oct 28, 2005 if that's the one where Bruhns showed up with Sheehan.

[pissant]

I have seen countless stories over the last few years that mention ANSWER in the media, even quoting ther spokespeople. I have yet to see a (other than a couple of Fox hosts) tell the reader/viewer what the hell the organization really is.

[Spiff]

Have to dig through the archives. Late summer, early fall of the 2005 Walter Reed reports. He escorted Cindy Sheehan into Walter Reed one Friday night during that time frame.

[Wrong quote on previous post...]

That was the night that Karl Rove (or someone who looked something like him) stood with the FReepers against the Code Pinko traitors, if I have the right Walter Reed FReep in 2005 that featured Sheehan on the opposing side. I recall some hilarity regarding the Code Pinko/Sheehan bus perpetrated by a troublemaker I know. The report is right here for FReep 28 of Code Pink at Walter Reed, Oct 28, 2005 if that's the one where Bruhns showed up with Sheehan.

[navyguy]

The Edwards campaign is attracting every Left wing fruitcake for miles, and its a beautiful thing...

[Spiff]

Good catch!!!

[kristinn]

I understand that. However, the NY Times will tell readers about the communist background of ANSWER and even the Washington Post printed my letter exposing ANSWER. Years back, Michael Kelly and David Corn both ripped the 'peace movement' for marching with the Stalinists from ANSWER.

No one has published an unkind word about Code Pink in the MSM.

[mdittmar]

Thanks Kristinn for your tireless efforts.

[kristinn]

LOL! That was an eventful night!

[pissant]

Thanks for filling me in, I must have missed those. But I will say they are the exception, not the rule. Keep up your good work, sir.

[kristinn]

Yep. Bruhns enjoyed hanging with the Pinkos and tormenting his brothers in arms at Reed.

[kristinn]

The Edwards campaign is attracting every Left wing fruitcake for miles, and its a beautiful thing...

The 'Rats are running hard to the left, leaving the middle wide open. Unfortunately it looks like the Pubbies are going to tick off their base so that the 'Rats win by default.

[kristinn]

See you next week at GOE II.

[kristinn]

Thanks. It is indeed a rarity. The rest of the media covers for them as a matter of course.

[navyguy]

The Republican Party leadership is well and truly stuck on stupid right now. I have very little hope for this country.

[kristinn]

It’s gonna be a tough year-and-a-half ahead. I’m not giving up, but they’re sure making it harder to keep up morale.

[Congressman Billybob]

Good get, my friend.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "Jeffrey Has Escaped, and Other Tales of Divorce"

[fatima]

Thanks kristinn,shame on him.

[tgslTakoma]

Here's a recent one, Bruhns is on the far left (figures).

[mewzilla]

John Bruhns gets around. From Michael Moore's website...

What Really Happened. ...a message from Cindy Sheehan

[tgslTakoma]

Here's a You Tube video (posted by MoveOn.org) of Bruhns.

Funny thing about the video is, while Bruhns is telling us that "It seemed like everyone in the community disliked us," they are showing a photo of him with an Iraqi kid standing next to him. No hostility evident in the kid's face.

An idiot made the video, I guess.

[jmaroneps37]

I’m surprised we don’t have proof that opie himself was there.

[dirtboy]

My, my, my. Look what the cat threw up dragged in.

[Lead Moderator]

Bye-bye, traitor.

[dirtboy]

The 'Rats are running hard to the left, leaving the middle wide open. Unfortunately it looks like the Pubbies are going to tick off their base so that the 'Rats win by default.

Mr. Ed could win the White House in 2008 if he ran on a pro-life, pro-war and anti-amnesty platform.

[scratcher]

Liberals just make you want to throw up. Thanks for posting.

[Jim Robinson]

Email message received:

From: “John Bruhns” john_bruhns@hotmail.com
To: jimrob@psnw.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: Please remove slander

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to request that the slanderous accusations made about me on the
FReeper website is corrected. This is the last attempt I will make before I
contact a lawyer to pursue legal action.

I am giving you this courtesy , so please do not take kindness for weakness.

Here is the link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835383/posts

All that I ask is that you remove the accusation that I am a member of Iraq
Veterans Against The War. I’m not a member of that organization in any way,
shape, or form. Again, I am not a member of Iraq Vets Against The War.
Also, I attended the WR demonstration a total of two times. The first time
I went I was under the impression that the vigil was taking place in
response to the BRAC decision to close Walter Reed. I attended one more and
realized it was wrong and even requested for CODEPINK to take my information
off their website and also to stop conducting the demonstrations. I even
reached out to the other side in a very respectful manner. I do not condone
any demonstrations from either organization outside of Walter Reed.

If you wish you can post this on your site to clear the record.

I am giving you this one last chance, I hope you will take it before it goes
to court. I will pursue legal action if the corrections are not made.

Respectfully,
John Bruhns

[kristinn]

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/48/17374

“What Really Happened”, by Cindy Sheehan, published Feb. 1, 2006

I, in fact, had given the ticket to John Bruhns, who is in Iraq Veterans Against the War. However, Lynn’s office had already called the media, and everyone knew I was going to be there, so I sucked it up and went.

I got the ticket back from John, and I met one of Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s staffers in the Longworth Congressional Office building and we went to the Capitol via the underground tunnel. I went through security once, then had to use the rest room and went through security again.

www.truthemergency.us/pages/dcSchedule1.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Place: Lafayette Park
Event: Lethal Deceit Exposure Rally featuring all participating groups with 11-14 presenters, 7-8 minutes each. Current speakers: “War on Truth” author Nafeez Ahmed, Dr. Robert Bowman (USAF Lt. Col. retired) of Veterans for Peace, John Bruhns of Iraq Veterans against the War, Dr. David Ray Griffin, Dr. Faiz Khan, Rep. Charles Key of the Oklahoma City Bombing Commission, CIA analyst Ray McGovern of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Gael Murphy of Code Pink, Jenna Orkin of WTC Environmental Organization, Peter Phillips of Project Censored, “Weapons of Mass Deception” producer Danny Schechter of mediachannel.org, and “Terror Timeline” author, Paul Thompson.
(Organizational affiliations cited for identification purposes only.)
Rally followed by march to White House to present demands, and petitions.

https://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0511&L=lifelink&P=142

5.

BEFORE VETERAN’S DAY THIS YEAR COME HEAR VETERANS SPEAK OUT

AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ

Featuring:

- John Bruhns, Iraq War Veteran, Iraq Veterans Against the War

(www.ivaw.net)

- Frank Corcoran, Vietnam Veteran, Veterans for Peace

(www.vetsforpeace.org)

Tuesday November 8, 2005

7 pm

Nyumburu Multi-Purpose Room

Sponsored by Peace Forum // www.umcp.org

If any groups are interested in Co-Sponsoring this event,

please contact [log in to unmask]

For more information about this event, please contact Sami

Tannouri at [log in to unmask] or at 443-XXX-XXXX

http://smithmag.net/2007/05/12/back-home-with-john-bruhns/

“The difference between VoteVets and an organization like Iraq Vets Against the War is that they’re an anti-war, pacifist organization and they strongly resemble the anti-war movement of the late 60s and early 70s. At VoteVets we’re a solid group of veterans who conduct ourselves professionally, we’re not anti-war, we’re pro-military, and we believe in fighting for this country. The war in Afghanistan was right. Iraq was the wrong thing to do. “ John Bruhns

http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=9150

Setting The Record Straight

by John Bruhns, Iraq War Vet
September 19th, 2005

I have recently attended a few of the peace vigils at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. During the time I attended the vigils I noticed that there has been a spin put on the real message of the vigil. The “spin� is coming from biased members of the media and counter demonstrators. A member of the vigil has appeared on the Fox News Program Hannity and Colmes where she was accused of protesting the troops in the hospital. The Washington Times has also written news columns that portray members of the vigil as anti-troop and made the insinuation that the vigil is actually a protest of the troops in the hospital. There is large group of counter demonstrators who protest the vigils every week and express the same message that the vigil is some sort of protest against our troops. It is quite the contrary. I just wanted to set the record straight for those who are unsure why the vigils are being conducted, and those who have been trying to smear us.

The vigil was founded and formed by an organization called Code Pink. They began conducting silent vigils in opposition to the Iraq war. The membership of the vigil grew as time went on. Code Pink was joined by members of Military Families Speak Out, representatives from labor organizations, and Veterans for Peace. While the membership of the vigil grew so did the membership of counter demonstrators. Once I learned about the vigil I decided to get out there and see what it was about.

The first vigil that I attended left me very impressed and encouraged. I observed the members of the vigil to be against the war in Iraq and President Bush’s policies, but at the same time very supportive of the troops. The main message of the vigil (in my opinion) was to end the war, increase veteran’s benefits, and provide adequate health care to the troops. As a veteran of the Iraq war I felt patriotic just to be in the presence of the people conducting the vigil.

snip

All I ask is that when you view the vigil please do so with an open mind. We are only conducting the vigil for peace and justice. If the vigil were really against the troops, I would not be involved because I am a troop. The members of the vigil are nothing but supportive of our brave men and women in uniform. Please keep this in mind no matter how hard the opposition attempts to smear our message.

http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=365

From a Vet: Last week at the White House
October 31st, 2005
I was in Sunday’s Washington Post. I thought you might find it interesting. I took Cindy Sheehan to Walter Reed last Friday night. She and I went in and delivered a “get well” card to the troops. She was welcomed with open arms. It was really nice. After we left the mob scene across the street began to scream the most awful things at her. We left quick though. I drove her to the airport right after we left Walter Reed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/29/AR2005102901250_3.html

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/10/327532.shtml

The below link is a film that may take a couple minutes to load. It’s a joint interview with myself, Cindy Sheehan, and another parent of a soldier killed in Iraq. It’s well worth the wait. It’s only a 3 minute video… please watch it. Thank you.

http://homepage.mac.com/bhughes2/iMovieTheater160.html

Keep in touch,
John Bruhns

This entry was posted on Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 11:34 am and is filed under Iraq.

[tgslTakoma]

“What Really Happened”, by Cindy Sheehan, published Feb. 1, 2006

I, in fact, had given the ticket to John Bruhns, who is in Iraq Veterans Against the War.

WHOA !!

Does this mean that he's gonna sue Saint Cindy Sheehan, too?

[tgslTakoma]

Event: Lethal Deceit Exposure Rally featuring all participating groups with 11-14 presenters, 7-8 minutes each. Current speakers: “War on Truth” author Nafeez Ahmed, Dr. Robert Bowman (USAF Lt. Col. retired) of Veterans for Peace, John Bruhns of Iraq Veterans against the War...

DOUBLE WHOA !!

Does this mean that he's gonna sue TruthOut.org, too?

[tgslTakoma]

BEFORE VETERAN’S DAY THIS YEAR COME HEAR VETERANS SPEAK OUT

AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ

Featuring:

- John Bruhns, Iraq War Veteran, Iraq Veterans Against the War

YIKES !!

Will he also be suing the University of MD?

[kristinn]

He may have to sue himself for slandering himself:

I attended the WR demonstration a total of two times. The first time I went I was under the impression that the vigil was taking place in response to the BRAC decision to close Walter Reed.

The first vigil that I attended left me very impressed and encouraged. I observed the members of the vigil to be against the war in Iraq and President Bush's policies, but at the same time very supportive of the troops. The main message of the vigil (in my opinion) was to end the war, increase veteran's benefits, and provide adequate health care to the troops.

[tgslTakoma]

No kidding!

In the above quoted article (which used to be posted on Code Pink's website, until they scrubbed any mention of him from there), Bruhns said this:

Once I learned about the vigil I decided to get out there and see what it was about.

The first vigil that I attended left me very impressed and encouraged. I observed the members of the vigil to be against the war in Iraq and President Bush’s policies, but at the same time very supportive of the troops. The main message of the vigil (in my opinion) was to end the war, increase veteran’s benefits, and provide adequate health care to the troops. As a veteran of the Iraq war I felt patriotic just to be in the presence of the people conducting the vigil.

... All I ask is that when you view the vigil please do so with an open mind. We are only conducting the vigil for peace and justice. If the vigil were really against the troops, I would not be involved because I am a troop. The members of the vigil are nothing but supportive of our brave men and women in uniform. Please keep this in mind no matter how hard the opposition attempts to smear our message.

...

BUT, in his letter to Jim, he said this:

The first time I went I was under the impression that the vigil was taking place in response to the BRAC decision to close Walter Reed. I attended one more and realized it was wrong and even requested for CODEPINK to take my information off their website and also to stop conducting the demonstrations. I even reached out to the other side in a very respectful manner. I do not condone any demonstrations from either organization outside of Walter Reed.

So, did he like them because they were against the war and Bush, or did he like them because they were against the BRAC closing WRAMC?

Also notice the text I highlighted in red. At the time he wrote that first quoted piece, talking about the antiwar theme of the Code Pink protests, he said, "The first vigil that I attended...", which means that he had attended at least more than just one, or he would have simply said, "The vigil that I attended."

OK, so if in the first quoted article (Sept 19, 2005), in which he was so supportive of Code Pink's WRAMC protests - from having attended more than one time - what made him change his tune so radically by the date of his email to Jim (May 22, 2007)?

Thank s to AlGore's greatest invention, the internet, a person's past words are very difficult to erase when one wants (for whatever reason) to cleanse "the record" of them.

He seems to have made conflicting statements.

[tgslTakoma]

I know this guy (Bruhns) is a blonde, but he's got this blonde (me) completely unable to follow his logic.

[bmwcyle]

He is a worm.

[Candor7]

Johno, You be missin' the BIG picture. And that is that Islamic Fascists are trying to take over the world. They want the west to submit to Islam, or else they are determined to destroy western civilization. They have been at it since the 1970s, it began with the Olympic Games in Munich.

Thank you for your service in fighting the Islamic Fascists.

Get behind the troops so we can win, we are in the end game.

The ISlamic Fascists are the same type as the Nazis were, only this time we are not waiting for them to kill 6 million jews before we intervene.

Thats a VERY good thing.

[RonDog]

GREAT JOB, DC Chapter!

As usual. :o)

I particularly like THIS thread:

How Many Times Did John Bruhns Stand With Code Pink At Walter Reed?
Multiple Freepers' and bloggers' cameras and audio recorders | May 29, 2007
Posted on 05/29/2007 8:45:58 PM PDT by tgslTakoma

August 26, 2005:

Here is the official Freep report for this date. and in this photo from that thread, John Bruhns is front and center, holding the Stars and Stripes:

Here is Freeper Plea Deal's report and photos. Blogger Tantor also has a report, here. Freeper Tom the Redhunter has his blog report here. Andi of Andi's World wrote a report on her blog here...

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

[Valin]

John Edwards Spokesman Protested with Code Pink Traitors at Walter Reed

Ok, all those who are suprised go stand in the corner.