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Title: Bush Drives By as Slain Soldier's Mother Waits
Source:
The New York Daily News
URL Source: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081305Z.shtml
Published: Aug 13, 2005
Author: Helen Kennedy
Post Date: 2005-08-13 10:32:52 by christine
Keywords: Soldiers, Drives, Mother
Views: 119
Comments: 9
President Bush got his first look yesterday at the anti-war protest growing outside his Texas ranch when, on his way to a fund-raiser, he drove by the vigil staged by a slain soldier's mother. As Bush went to party with fat cats who gave $2 million to the GOP, his motorcade didn't slow as it went by Cindy Sheehan and her sign: "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?" "I'm glad that we were there because he rarely gets to see the faces of people who don't agree with him 100%," Sheehan said. The President's black Chevrolet SUV has tinted windows, so it was not clear if he looked at her, or the growing ranks of demonstrators, or the hundreds of plain white crosses, painted with the names of the dead, they have planted. But it's a sight that may become familiar to the President: demonstrators energized by the unexpected success of Sheehan's protest now plan to follow him back to Washington at the end of the month. Sheehan began her dramatic vigil last Saturday. She says she wants to meet Bush face to face so she can tell him to bring home the troops from Iraq and ask him what the death of her 24-year-old son Casey accomplished. Various factors - including the shocking deaths of 14 Marines, a press corps bored in Crawford while Bush takes a five-week vacation and the simple symbolism of a grieving mother challenging the President - have turned Sheehan into a phenomenon. "This is the moment. This may be the time when we finally get the attention of the American people," said Linda Waste of Georgia, who stood with Sheehan and about 50 others yesterday as Bush went by. Waste has three sons, a grandson and a granddaughter either in Iraq or just back. Last week she joined Military Families Speak Out, a group that wants the troops brought home. Other parents who have lost children are converging on Crawford to join Sheehan today, and supporters of the war in Iraq are staging a counterdemonstration. "I hope the mainstream media will give as much attention to those of us who think we should stay the course as those who want to create another Vietnam," said Dallas talk show host Darrell Ankarlo. Bush said Thursday that he feels for mourning parents. "I've thought about their cry and their sincere desire to reduce the loss of life by pulling our troops out. I just strongly disagree," he said.
Poster Comment: We aren't getting out of that quagmire for a long, long time. Btw, Alex Jones will be going up to Crawford with a film crew either today or tomorrow.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
He doesn't want to waste his "beautiful mind" on the little people when there is money afoot.
But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable, And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table...
Adolf Hitler was notorious for never visiting parts of German cities that were bombed. When, in the final months of the war, he was obliged to travel in a car through bombed-out Berlin, the windows were darkened so that he would not have to look out and see the damage.
Why is that a reason for refusing to meet with those parents?
It's because he's too much of a coward to answer her questions about Iraq. Hell, it's onward to Iran now!
August 17th is when a "nuclear terror drill" is going to happen in Charleston, South Carolina. When that "goes live" (as I'm willing to bet money it will, just like 9/11 and 7/7) we'll be at war with Iran within a month.
#2. To: christine (#0)
The President's black Chevrolet SUV has tinted windows
#3. To: christine (#0)
Bush said Thursday that he feels for mourning parents. "I've thought about their cry and their sincere desire to reduce the loss of life by pulling our troops out. I just strongly disagree," he said.
#4. To: aristeides (#3)
#5. To: christine (#4)
Hell, it's onward to Iran now!
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#6. To: Elliott Jackalope (#5)
really? this is the first i've heard of this.
August 17th is when a "nuclear terror drill" is going to happen in Charleston, South Carolina.
#7. To: christine, aristeides, Jethro Tull (#4)
The coward threatens when he is safe. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I saw this quote on AntiWar last night. Very chickenhawk-like; explains so many FReepy posters. (Jethro used "FReepy" yesterday, I like it).
It's because he's too much of a coward to answer her questions about Iraq. Hell, it's onward to Iran now!
One if by land, two if by sea...how many if they are already here?
#8. To: robin (#7)
"Freepy" hahahaha. perfect.
#9. To: christine (#6)
Check out this link: Nuclear Terror Drill to Go Live? Let's hope not. There's a whole lot of stuff going on, a four-star general (Kevin P. Byrnes) got dismissed for a minor reason (seeing a woman who's not his wife, even though he's been separated for a year now). I'm willing to bet there's a whole lot more to the story than that. Oh yes, lots of interesting things percolating in the backchatter rooms of the internet. War with Iran, "terrorist" nuclear attacks on US cities, possible coup d'etat in DC, oh yes, interesting times indeed. And how is your summer going?
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