DC Chief Code Pinko, Gael Murphy
Posted on 08/26/2005 5:57:53 PM PDT by andyk
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch has become a symbol for the anti-war movement, said on Friday she plans to focus on Congress, starting with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Bush ally and fellow Texan.
Sheehan has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss the U.S. presence in Iraq, where her son was killed in 2004.
She plans to begin a bus tour next Thursday from Bush's ranch to the White House to campaign for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
One of DeLay's Texas district offices would likely be the first stop, she said. That is about a 5.5 hour drive from Bush's ranch in Crawford, where he is on a month-long vacation.
"I think our first stop might be Tom DeLay's office," she said, surrounded by supporters. "I just wanted to let him know so he'll be in his office when we get there."
"The president is not going to meet with us, probably," Sheehan said. "We the people need to influence our congressional representatives and I hear he's pretty close by," referring to DeLay.
A spokeswoman for DeLay said his schedule was already set and did not plan to change it to meet with Sheehan.
"Mr. DeLay disagrees with those who believe we should give the terrorists the timeline they want and simply cut and run from the war in Iraq," said DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty.
Sheehan met once with Bush after her son, Casey, was killed but has sought a second meeting to ask Bush to explain why he believes the 24-year-old Army specialist died for a "noble cause."
Almost 1,900 U.S. troops have been killed in the conflict.
Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan as well as the families of all the soldiers who have died. But he has staunchly defended his actions in Iraq and has said leaving now would lead to greater dangers for the United States and Iraq.
A Gallup poll released on Friday showed Bush's job approval rating among Americans had slipped to the lowest point of his administration, with 40 percent of the poll's 1,007 adult respondents, supporting his performance and 56 percent disapproving.
Bush's previous low point was 44 percent, one month ago.
The latest survey, conducted this week, noted a drop in support among independents and confirmed the findings of other recent polls, which showed Bush's approval rating even lower.
Compared to other post-World War II presidents at this point in their second term, only Richard Nixon had a lower job approval rating and he was in the midst of the Watergate scandal, Gallup said. The others were all above 50 percent.
There are anti-stalking laws, and it is time to enforce them.
She is gonna bolt and run.
That is fine with me, the BBQ will taste that much better...
This is like having a 15 month Wellstone memorial before the next election!!!!
Run the drug sniffing dogs through 'Camp Cindy' and I bet you'll thin the crowd out considerably.
Notice how the media is already saying 1900 now instead of the actual count.
I'm still waiting for that rattler to bite her in the ass when she cops a squat in the ditch...oh thats right , they have porta-potties now , oh yeah, and caterers, and a medical tent. Poor lonely grieving mother.
With all that Hippie stench? Why ruin a good dogs nose?
Let's all just schedule our little weekend camping trips outside of the homes of Durbin, Kerry, and all. It could be a lot of fun, and may be more convenient than national parks.
If her focus is going to be on congress, I hope she pays attention to all of the democrats who voted for the war....
Who wants to place a bet she wont?
will she stop at the offices of all the rats who stood on the floor of the Capitol and yelled "war!" in Nov/02 but are now crying the hypocritical rat oath?
Hey, we may get a second run with her!
PING!
It's official...Cindy Sheehan is nothing more that an attention whore who works for the DNC
PING!
It's official...Cindy Sheehan is nothing more that an attention whore who works for the DNC
DC Chief Code Pinko, Gael Murphy
I say keep this mad dog unmuzzled! Thus far she's called Bush a terrorist, made anti-Semitic remarks in her Middle East comments, and said we've used nuclear weapons in Iraq. Conservatives and supporters of our policy in Iraq couldn't pay someone moronic enough to discredit herself in such a blatant way! It's just a MSM circus that shows the public that the Michael Moore and MoveOn hate-America factions are the REAL Democratic base. What they don't yet get is that the whole charade is a PARODY of the anti-war Democrats. If I were a conspiracy theorist I'd say Carl Rove put her up to it -- it's his kind of campaign stroke of genius!!
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