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Whoa, this lady is tearing apart the president on Donny Deutsch (CNBC)
Her only son died in a war, and she met with the president, and I guess he was a jerk to her.
Her: My only son died in a war I don't believe in. His favorite saying was "life is good."
Bush: How did you know his life would be good?
Her: wtf??
Donny: wtf???
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i voted for whats-his-face.....umm..... kerry... yeah!
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Here is some info on the Protesting Mom, more information can be found @ CNN.COM
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CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- Cindy Sheehan's eyes well with tears when she talks about her oldest son, Casey, an easygoing young man with a quiet wit.
Casey joined the Army in 2000, never imagining he would see combat. Five days after he arrived in Iraq last year, the 24-year-old was killed in Sadr City.
Sheehan knows nothing can bring back her son, but she wants to talk to President Bush. The Vacaville, California, mother has been camping out along a road near his ranch since Saturday, vowing to remain until his Texas vacation ends later this month.
"Before my son was killed, I used to think that one person could not make a difference," she said Wednesday under a tent where she has slept since arriving. "But one person that is surrounded and supported by millions of people can be heard."
Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and a deputy White House chief of staff talked to Sheehan on Saturday. She said the meeting, which she called "pointless," lasted 20 minutes. The White House said it lasted 45 minutes.
By Thursday, about 50 people had joined her cause, pitching tents in muddy, shallow ditches and hanging anti-war banners; two dozen others have sent flowers. Her name was among the most popular search topics Wednesday on Internet blogs.
The soft-spoken Sheehan, 48, is surprised and touched at the overwhelming response -- most of which is positive, she says.
But not everyone supports her. Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the Washington, D.C., chapter of FreeRepublic.com, said Sheehan's protest is misguided and is hurting troop morale.
"She has a political agenda that goes way beyond her son's death in combat," said Taylor, whose conservative group has held pro-troop rallies since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and counter-protests of anti-war demonstrations.
Sheehan, a Catholic youth minister for eight years, never wanted Casey to join the military. She said he did after being misled by his recruiter. Although he also opposed the war, he didn't try to back out.
"I begged him not to go," she said through tears. "I said, 'I'll take you to Canada' ... but he said, 'Mom, I have to go. It's my duty. My buddies are going."'
Sheehan has spent the past several days in rainy weather talking to scores of reporters, hugging fellow protesters and taking brief breaks to eat sandwiches and fruit brought by supporters.
She and her husband are separated, affected by the stress of losing their son. But her three other children, ages 19 to 24, may join her in Crawford, she said.
Sheehan did meet with Bush in June 2004: She was among grieving military families who met with the president at Fort Lewis, Wash. She has said her feelings have shifted from shock to anger since then, in part because of various reports that have disputed some of the Bush administration's justifications for the war.
Many supporters decided to go to Crawford because of rumors that Sheehan would be arrested.
But no protesters will be arrested unless they trespass on private property or block the road, said Capt. Kenneth Vanek of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office.
Trucker Craig Delaney, 53, was in Georgia on Monday when he heard numerous radio shows discussing Sheehan -- some criticizing her. He altered his route to California, heading for Texas, and got to Sheehan's site Wednesday morning.
"I felt compelled to come and tell her I support her," said Delaney, a self-described hippie from Sly Park, California. "The way they were bad-mouthing a mother whose son was killed in the war is un-American."
Nearly 40 Democratic members of Congress have asked Bush to talk to her. On Wednesday, a coalition of anti-war groups in Washington also called on Bush to speak with Sheehan, who they say has helped to unify the peace movement.
"Cindy Sheehan has become the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood, leader of the Hip Hop Caucus, an activist group. "She's tired, fed up and she's not going to take it anymore, and so now we stand with her."
Earlier this year Sheehan formed Gold Star Families for Peace and has spoken to groups across the nation and overseas.
Judith Young, national president of the The American Gold Star Mothers of America Inc., said she is concerned the public will mistake her 76-year-old Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization with Sheehan's group.
In Young's group, commonly known as Gold Star Moms, mothers whose children died in the line of duty volunteer in veterans' hospitals and programs. Members don't do advocacy work, Young said.
That lady, and her son, are retards. And so is anyone who thinks that they join the military and doesn't expect to see combat is ignorant. Did they not know that should something happen, they'd be soldiers in a war? That's the consequences, and that's the risk they take. Don't want to take it, don't enlist. If you enlist, don't come bitching about it when the time comes to go to war, whether you agree with it or not, that's what you signed up for. If she doesn't like it, she can take her ass to Canada, or Mexico, or where ever she wants, see how much she doesn't like freedom.
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That lady, and her son, are retards. And so is anyone who thinks that they join the military and doesn't expect to see combat is ignorant. Did they not know that should something happen, they'd be soldiers in a war? That's the consequences, and that's the risk they take. Don't want to take it, don't enlist. If you enlist, don't come bitching about it when the time comes to go to war, whether you agree with it or not, that's what you signed up for. If she doesn't like it, she can take her ass to Canada, or Mexico, or where ever she wants, see how much she doesn't like freedom.
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But not everyone supports her. Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the Washington, D.C., chapter of FreeRepublic.com, said Sheehan's protest is misguided and is hurting troop morale.
"She has a political agenda that goes way beyond her son's death in combat," said Taylor, whose conservative group has held pro-troop rallies since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and counter-protests of anti-war demonstrations.
Sheehan, a Catholic youth minister for eight years, never wanted Casey to join the military. She said he did after being misled by his recruiter. Although he also opposed the war, he didn't try to back out.
"I begged him not to go," she said through tears. "I said, 'I'll take you to Canada' ... but he said, 'Mom, I have to go. It's my duty. My buddies are going."'
You should not be so closed minded about the subject. Though I agree with you and the fact that one should not join the military and never expect see combat. It says here, that when it was time for her son to leave the country to join the war, "He did not try and back out" of his duty as an american soldier. Also, if you have never been in the military or been recruited by the military or anyone in that fact, you would not be aware of the amount of BS that goes back and forth to get you to sign your life away (because recruiters will tell you anything you want to hear, regardless of what it is). I show sympathy for her in the fact that her son died on a combat zone (though there are many of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters that have died in non-combact situtions since the start of the war), but my sympthies die there and I show her son the respect that is due to him by the fact that he died for both mine and Your freedom by not disgracing him after he is dead by calling him an retard or ignorant.
Please show some respect for your soldiers and thier families in this difficualt time. It is your effort and mutual respect of thier cause that helps keep this country free and without a mantadory draft system
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heres what she and her family originally said about the meeting and what happened b4 the same group that called soldiers families to tell them they had died when they were still alive got ahold of her. http://www.thereporter.com/republished o and theres rumors that she told her son to make his decision on iether joining the army or stop flunking out of j.c's. her son also re-enlisted just so he could go to iraq. its a tragedy he died but she is burning her sons legacy. o and her husband is divorcing her now and most of her family doesnt support her. why wont she meet with bush? because she swore she would drive a seak through his heart.
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heres what she and her family originally said about the meeting and what happened b4 the same group that called soldiers families to tell them they had died when they were still alive got ahold of her. http://www.thereporter.com/republished o and theres rumors that she told her son to make his decision on iether joining the army or stop flunking out of j.c's. her son also re-enlisted just so he could go to iraq. its a tragedy he died but she is burning her sons legacy. o and her husband is divorcing her now and most of her family doesnt support her. why wont she meet with bush? because she swore she would drive a seak through his heart.
I don't think shes alone regarding that last line. The dude should not be president, let alone the party.
i totally agree bush is a crappy leader who is dragging down the republican parties name among republicans. but my point is they are putting out the worst possible person to be sitting around for a month while the talk show hosts dig up dirt. I mean atleast find someone whos daughter died and was always against war who never said anything positive about bush but never said their whole goal in life was to destroy him.
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