Cindy Sheehan Cuts & Runs, Leaves NPR Host Dumbfounded

NPR Talk of the Nation ^ | August 30, 2005 | NPR

[Finny]

In my experience as a native Californian, most of the stereotypical California "moonbats," etc., are not California natives, or if they are, are first-generation born. California is where Free Republic originated, remember? Jim Robinson, Fresno? Ring a bell? It's where Nixon came from ... also Ronald Reagan was OUR governor, remember? Find a county by county election map of California (which, by the way, covers the same square mileage as about a dozen of your tiny East Coast states), and you'll see that like the rest of the nation, California is an everwhelmingly RED state.

[stylin19a]

my understanding is Chillary is looking to Hire SIN-dy as her personal communication tutor.

[WKUHilltopper]

Whata piece of work this loser is...

Thanks for doing the transcript. I listened to it as well.

[MayflowerMadam]

That is truly hysterical -- her comment that cell reception is bad in Crawford. Maybe it would be better if the leader of the free world lived there and they had the best communications systems possible. Oh... wait... the leader of the free world DOES live there. Bad cell connection! Puh-leeeze! What an idiot!

[Lauretij2]

http://websrvr20.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdswebsrvr2143/news_video/cindy2sat512K.mov

Be sure to check that out.

[Exit148]

Wasn't there a recent interview (?press conference?) where she was asked what she would do in Iraq --- OWTTE. She gave some stupid, absolutely senseless, rambling answer, then immediately turned away from the mike, saying "no more questions", and left the stage.

It was unbelievable! Something like when Streisand was asked a question at a Harvard thingy, and she couldn't answer a question without a script.

[Cobra64]

Thanks. I already knew that. I said that CA has a stereotype. Relax.

[Parthalan]

CS: I’d say, what was the noble cause he sent my son to die for? And, why are soldiers still fighting over there when we know this war is based on lies, and to tell him to quit using my son’s name to justify the continued killing.

Why is it that I have never heard the name Casey Sheehan uttered from GW's mouth? And she wants GW to stop using his name?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Lighten up, Francis.

[PzLdr]

Re-upped. Volunteered for the rescue mission he died on. Looks like the maturity skipped a generation on the maternal side before he had it.

[prairiebreeze]

If you haven't seen it, captainsquarters has a report from a conservative that went down to investigate Camp Casey. He talks about how nobody better stray from the official message or they are tuned out, avoided, shunned. Talk about repression of free thought and speech.

Camp Casey Diary From A CQ Reader

The NPR anchor went off message.

[Rummyfan]

If he was Airborne, wouldn't he have had to volunteer twice? Once just to join the Army, the second time to go Airborne? Puts the lie to her 'they duped him' statement.

[Feiny]

He missed a great follow up opportunity.
You say he was lied to by the recruiters? Then, why did he re-enlist?

[JLO]

NC: [dumbfounded] Cindy Sheehan. Leaving us there in Crawford, Texas. We apologize for that. We had arranged with people there to speak with Cindy Sheehan for the remainder of this segment and take some phone calls as well. Uh, evidently, plans changed at the last minute and we apologize for that.

LOL.

[WeaponOfMassInstruction]

I wish I had a link to get the exact wording of what she said but I saw a videotape (broaddcast on Fox) of Ms. Sheehan speaking before the People Of The Ditch down in Crawford. The quote was something like:

"When the history books are written about the anti-war movement, you can say that you came to Camp Casey and saw Casey's mom."

Not exactly the cries of a grieving mom, is it? That one quote goes further to show her true motivations- she craves recognition and the spotlight- far more than anything else I've seen or read.

[billnaz]

"If he was Airborne, wouldn't he have had to volunteer twice? Once just to join the Army, the second time to go Airborne? Puts the lie to her 'they duped him' statement."

Casey Sheehan probably did not go through jump training. The 101st Airborne Division, even though it keeps the "airborne" label, hasn't had any parachute units in years. It is now an airmobile division. In a textbook situation the maneuver units would go via helicopter to the battle. The division has an entire brigade of transport helicopters, UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks, for that purpose.

[imskylark]

"Why aren't they by her side? Are they really young? "

They are young adults. They are falling apart as a family but Cindy stated in an interview that they will have to take care of themselves because she can't. She needs to do this protest thing. It comes before family. Her son asked her to please come home but she said no.

[ken5050]

Wanna bet that not one key Dem meets with her in DC next month

[imskylark]

"I cannot believe that none of Casey's friends or relatives have come forward with copies of his letters or e-mails stating HIS feelings or opinions about the war in Iraq."

My understanding is that his father stated that he loved being a soldier and wanted to make it his career.

[Sometimes A River]

I get the sense that his mother is almost happy that he died...she seems to be revelling in the "limelight."

I feel sorry for her husband and other children.