[coconutt2000]

I believe the Caravan was targeted at raising the morale of the troops, who have been inundated with non-stop Cindy Sheehan antics for weeks now.

Mission accomplished.

[atomicpossum]

Eric Hogue could use a cup of hot chocolate.

[Democracy In Iraq]

Mr. Hogue, if you have to ask what MAF accomplished with the counter-protest, you'll never get it.

[ElkGroveDan]

More proof that Hogue has lost his mind.

It began when he took his first sip of Arnold coolaid.

[ElkGroveDan]

Have you seen this?

[Zacs Mom]

I have the impression that this fool's sole knowledge of what took place in Crawford yesterday is derived from the MSM's highly biased and incomplete reports.

Perhaps someone ought to direct this moron to the thread linked to image below ...



... maybe he'll get a clue!

The above words of caution appear on a plaque visible when entering the hollowed halls of the Columbia School of Journalism

[metesky]

Confronting the dipsticks in a polite non-violent way lets them know that it ain't gonna be as easy as it was 35 years ago. It should happen everywhere they stick their snouts up.

[cubreporter]

hey erik...wake up. You missed it dude. As one other freeper said: "Mission Accomplished." You'll have to go figure it out for yourself or have someone help you. :)

[Rudder]

I tend to agree with the author of this piece, because the best way to undermine an hysteric is to totally ignore her.

[cubreporter]

hey erik...wake up. You missed it dude. As one other freeper said: "Mission Accomplished." You'll have to go figure it out for yourself or have someone help you. :)

[Rembrandt_fan]

'Ignore them and eventually they'll go away' is not a sound strategy most of the time. It's true the wise fighter picks his battles carefully, weighing the advantages and measuring the outcome, otherwise effort is scattered and wasted. I say exposing 'Mother Sheehan' for the ruthless, cynical political manipulator she is makes sound political sense. The reason the positive publicity surrounding this woman is dying down (finally) is that true-blue conservatives are on-site, showing the world the carefully orchestrated exercise in media manipulation the Sheehan antiwar event truly is. Nothing quite captured it better for me than the photo of Sheehan and Al Sharpton in that private little grieving moment of theirs, as they stand among those pathetic little crosses--the perfect media moment, that is, until you see the zoom-back shot, showing them surrounded by a crowd of media, media advisors, and political consultants pushing this for all they're worth. For me, that photo was almost as good as the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"President Bush said my son died in a noble cause,
and I want to ask him what that noble cause is."
Cindy Sheehan



Dallas/Fort Worth Star-Telegram 8-28-05 Jack Douglas Jr.
CRAWFORD TX-
President Bush's supporters poured into Crawford by the thousands Saturday,
for the first time outnumbering war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan,
who began a vigil here three weeks ago,
demanding a personal meeting with the vacationing president
to talk about her son's death in Iraq.

Lame Stream Media : News Flash!

President Bush already met with Cindy Sheehan in June 2004 for 10 minutes.

From The Reporter, Vacaville, CA archive: Bush, Sheehans share moments.


Quit lying!!!!






Anyone who thinks Hanoi Kerry and Hanoi Jane
aren't behind the anti war crowd
needs to get a clue.

[Political Junkie Too]

I listened to Melanie Morgan on her radio show this morning. She spoke about how there were many many reporters covering the event, and yet none of them dared to show any footage of her at all. I think the event was another attempt to out the MSM as Lefty partisans.

-PJ

[HHFi]

I write a daily radio service and monitor the media for a living. This author couldn't be more wrong. The counter-demonstrations forced the MSM to finally stop genuflecting in front of St. Cindy. Without the noise from that pro-Bush crowd finally forcing them to grudgingly admit she didn't speak for all Americans, they would've continued raising her higher and higher on a pedestal until she collected her Nobel Peace Prize. Bank on it.

[Alia]

Cindy went to Crawford to launch a Democrat-Liberal agenda.

Patriots went to Crawford to send a loud message to the troops that we support them and believe in the mission.

[GSWarrior]

Seems pretty straightforward to me....the caravan wouldn't have been necessary if but for the actions of the MSM who insisted on elevating Cindy Sheehan to the role of demigod and broadcasting those images worldwide.

[AVNevis]

I know Eric personally.

What he is trying to say in this piece is that all this caravan did was give more attention to Sheehan. He thinks that if there had been no caravan, the media would have not focused it's attention on Sheehan and the story would have died out.

I personally disagree with him on this issue, but I wanted you to understand where he is coming from.

[geopyg]

"....with this high priced media caravan?"


I'm not sure this is a realistic statement (much less the whole article). It was my impression that this WAS a grassroots thing. Or did Karl Rove or Haliburton (or both?!) pay for the gas, hotels, food and supply organizers for all the various people coming from all the various places?

But seriously - can someone confirm that this was a grassroots thing? I imagine MoveAmerica Forward spent moey, etc. on logistics, but It doesn't seem like too much. In their thank you at FR they mentioned two gals that came in, set up, rented the community center (w/ A/C) for the day, set up banners, etc. - and that the two gals just sort of showed up. Seems that a "high-priced" media event would have at least thought to have arranged to rent out the Crawford community center (at what - $150 for the day?)

[BushisTheMan]

What was accomplished was that you posted a link to a great Web site: Move America Forward

Thanks Liberal Loser!

[MEGoody]

They showed the troops that we support them, and they showed the world that not all Americans are as nutty as Cindy Sheehan.