Outsourcing Cindy Sheehan
The radicalism of Cindy Sheehan
By Rich Lowry
How long can it be until Cindy Sheehan gets her own show on the left-wing radio network Air America? The mother of a 24-year-old killed in Iraq, who has camped out in Crawford, Texas, demanding a meeting with President Bush, has made herself the mouthpiece not of those many Americans skeptical about a war that has proven far more difficult than advertised, but of howling-at-the-moon, bile-spewing Bush haters.
Cindy Sheehan Becomes National Security Advisor
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Debbie Daniel
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Whew! That’s good to hear, I thought it was George Bush’s job she wanted. I got an e-mail early Saturday morning about a “Support Our Troops” rally in Crawford, Texas, so I grabbed a friend, packed up my VW Beetle and headed to God’s country, I mean George Bush’s ranch.
No sooner had I arrived in the great little town of Crawford and folded out of my car that we were assaulted by protesters wanting to know if we were “for Cindy or Bush.” For some reason I didn’t like the way that was worded . . . for CINDY or for BUSH? What did that mean?
She Does Not Speak for Me
My son died in Iraq--and it was not in vain.
BY RONALD R. GRIFFIN
I lost a son in Iraq and Cindy Sheehan does not speak for me.
I grieve with Mrs. Sheehan, for all too well I know the full measure of the agony she is forever going to endure. I honor her son for his service and sacrifice. However, I abhor all that she represents and those who would cast her as the symbol for parents of our fallen soldiers.
The Sheehan Spectacle
By George Neumayr
A good illustration of the collusion between axe-grinding victims and the cynical media that exploit them appeared after one of last year's presidential debates: a placard was crassly put up in "spin alley" to direct reporters to "9-11 widows" who were eager to provide them with quotes disparaging George Bush for not making the right noises during the debate.
Cindy Sheehan and the media's manipulative use of her brings this episode back to mind. We're witnessing a replay of the media's cynical catering to the 9-11 widows, dubbed the "Jersey Girls," which began with great interest but then trailed off in proportion to the media's embarrassment about their wildly imprecise and boring charges. The media, thrilled to have something to work with during the dog days of August, will soon lose interest in Sheehan too.
Mom deserves sympathies, her agenda doesn't
by Linda Chavez
The loss of a child is the single most tragic event that can befall a family. When my younger sister died at age 6, my parents seemed to withdraw into their own private world. I was 12 at the time, too young to fully understand the depths of their despair but old enough to experience the terrible sadness that crept into our lives, turning even happy moments wistful. Maybe that's why I've been slow to blame Cindy Sheehan for her anti-war antics outside President Bush's Crawford ranch, but that doesn't let the media off the hook for turning her into an icon of resistance to the Iraq War.
By Rich Lowry
How long can it be until Cindy Sheehan gets her own show on the left-wing radio network Air America? The mother of a 24-year-old killed in Iraq, who has camped out in Crawford, Texas, demanding a meeting with President Bush, has made herself the mouthpiece not of those many Americans skeptical about a war that has proven far more difficult than advertised, but of howling-at-the-moon, bile-spewing Bush haters.
Cindy Sheehan Becomes National Security Advisor
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Debbie Daniel
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Whew! That’s good to hear, I thought it was George Bush’s job she wanted. I got an e-mail early Saturday morning about a “Support Our Troops” rally in Crawford, Texas, so I grabbed a friend, packed up my VW Beetle and headed to God’s country, I mean George Bush’s ranch.
No sooner had I arrived in the great little town of Crawford and folded out of my car that we were assaulted by protesters wanting to know if we were “for Cindy or Bush.” For some reason I didn’t like the way that was worded . . . for CINDY or for BUSH? What did that mean?
She Does Not Speak for Me
My son died in Iraq--and it was not in vain.
BY RONALD R. GRIFFIN
I lost a son in Iraq and Cindy Sheehan does not speak for me.
I grieve with Mrs. Sheehan, for all too well I know the full measure of the agony she is forever going to endure. I honor her son for his service and sacrifice. However, I abhor all that she represents and those who would cast her as the symbol for parents of our fallen soldiers.
The Sheehan Spectacle
By George Neumayr
A good illustration of the collusion between axe-grinding victims and the cynical media that exploit them appeared after one of last year's presidential debates: a placard was crassly put up in "spin alley" to direct reporters to "9-11 widows" who were eager to provide them with quotes disparaging George Bush for not making the right noises during the debate.
Cindy Sheehan and the media's manipulative use of her brings this episode back to mind. We're witnessing a replay of the media's cynical catering to the 9-11 widows, dubbed the "Jersey Girls," which began with great interest but then trailed off in proportion to the media's embarrassment about their wildly imprecise and boring charges. The media, thrilled to have something to work with during the dog days of August, will soon lose interest in Sheehan too.
Mom deserves sympathies, her agenda doesn't
by Linda Chavez
The loss of a child is the single most tragic event that can befall a family. When my younger sister died at age 6, my parents seemed to withdraw into their own private world. I was 12 at the time, too young to fully understand the depths of their despair but old enough to experience the terrible sadness that crept into our lives, turning even happy moments wistful. Maybe that's why I've been slow to blame Cindy Sheehan for her anti-war antics outside President Bush's Crawford ranch, but that doesn't let the media off the hook for turning her into an icon of resistance to the Iraq War.
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Mr. Ducky, the value play is watching Err America on cable. Alfranken and Janeane Garofalo are so full of theirselves and their pompous stupidity I find their puckered, soured visages most amusing. They take theirselves so seriously while Err America is spiraling down in flames. You would be better off watching Donald Duck cartoons, Duck.
Mr. Ducky, what you fail to understand is that here in the Great State of Texas the government is not all up in your business, like in Taxachusetts, and a man's home is his castle - inviolate. I wish the rancher would come out every morning at dawn and fire off a box, or two, of ammo. It's his land, his gun and he can do as he durn well please. As for the local who ran over the roadside demonstration objects no one in the Great State of Texas thinks he's a loon. If not him someone else would have done the deed. I can almost guarantee you that the powers that be are turning a blind eye towards where dingbat has placed her objects. It is probably unlawful, but removal would cause all of you tinfoil hat wearers to throw a hissy fit and scream conspiracy. Never let it be said that the Great State of Texas is inhospitable towards yankees, Californians and other assorted loons passing through.
Mr. Ducky, the Englanders are so in control that even most Germans have been anglicized. So, what's there to be surprised about someone in the media misspelling a German name. My three syllable German name, while uncommon should still be easier to spell than most, yet it is misspelled frequently.
Not sure what your point would be. When they start misspelling words like "duck" let me know.
Samwich, the clear, crisp air of Baja California really got my attention. We forget what it is like to live free of smog and light pollution.
Duck
Front Page magazine published Sheehans anti semitic diatribe. Do you think if she said a peep about Gays or Blacks the media would be silent . Does the term blood libel mean a thing to you. The Israel and the Joooooos caused the Iraq war is a commie blood libel and you should put your head in the toilet and flush.
You still don't get it, Duck. Guns ain't nothing to a country boy but a tool. When I was a kid we would walk from one side of town to the other to hunt carrying our guns. We would have rifle bolts open and shotguns broke in half. We know how to handle guns safely. We use them for hunting, critter control and targets. I reckon that now we know they are good for spooking yankees, Californians and other passing through loonies.
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