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08-08-05, 03:55 AM | #1 | ||||
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Cindy Sheehan
the Prez is back on a five week vacation at the ranch in Crawford Texas for his 50th vacation of his presidency, making him the most leisurely, well-rested president in history. while he attracts many protesters along his travels, he's got one outside the gates of the ranch that just won't go away:
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but he may not be able to do so for long, as her story snowballs. and as it does, watch the GOP smear machine begin to target her, questioning her patriotism, her motherhood, her son's service etc. right out of the Rove playbook. but you might think that our bring-em-on, smoke-em-out, tough-talking commander-In-Chief could handle a one-on-one with a 48 year-old California housewife and answer a very basic question: Quote:
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08-08-05, 04:12 AM | #2 |
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throw her in a jail until the pres finishes his vacation...
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08-08-05, 06:58 PM | #3 | |
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"Why did you kill my son?" is a loaded, politically charged question to begin with, which is why the president doesn't want to answer it. And by all accounts, the president isn't a suspect in her son's death, he wasn't in Iraq at the time it occured and the perpetrator was most likely an arab. We all know she just wants to talk to the president so she can argue with him in front of a bunch of reporters, so can you blame him for sending out his aides with whom she has no personal grudge?
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The media is going to take this woman's grief and turn it into a crusade against the president, which will do nothing but prolong Ms. Sheehan's mourning period. The media's obsession with turning tragedy into entertainment sickens me to no end. |
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08-08-05, 07:23 PM | #4 |
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I think you've got that backwards somewhat Mazer. She's using the media for her own purpose just like Terri Schiavo's parents did recently. Without media attention and support she'd be just another lying loonie whose slander would get her sued if it was directed against a private citizen. You can bet she's contacted them with information as to when and where she'll be performing.
Of course the media is quite happy hyping her performance into a national sideshow. |
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the entire affair of war is loaded and politically charged and bush has spared no effort putting his loaded and politically charged points across at every opportunity. either in person or by proxy, with the full acquiescence of the media. how did americans gather basic information, or misinformation about iraq? how was it that you heard about wmds and 45 minute nuclear windows? about uranium purchases and missions accomplished? unless bush came to your home and told you personally - and he didn’t tell me - you heard his spin from the press. he told them and they passed it along, relatively verbatim with little in the way of modifiers. “here’s what the president said today.” it’s part of their job. did that sicken you too, or are you sickened only when distraught moms get attention grieving unbearable losses that this president – who ordered this war - will never experience, let alone comprehend? if so such rigid one-sidedness borders on the pathological. - js. |
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Cindy Sheehan in 2004
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You left out the best part dd.
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09-08-05, 01:35 AM | #8 |
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I cant begin to imagine losing a son, much less having one. I suppose shes a bit crazy because of it. Cut her some slack, shes probably an emotional wreck.
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09-08-05, 01:52 AM | #9 |
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Poor women,grief is awful thing.
I don't know about using the press. The press love this sort of thing anyway. Her lad was a volunteer wasn't he. You don't join up without knowing the risk. Why doesn't George have her in for tea and Sympathy They could have pretzels and he can explain how he nearly died once. That could evoke the mother in Cindy and everything would be fine again.
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09-08-05, 09:15 AM | #11 |
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it's not that complicated, fellas...and it doesn't even need to be that political.
the Prez could take all the wind out of this story today by stopping by her little encampment outside the ranch on his way to wherever, simply sitting down with this woman privately, and letting her vent for 10 minutes. end of story. but i don't think he has the heart...this is the same president who is never ever allowed to be in any kind of unscripted situation, with members of the public, where all the questions and answers aren't carefully orchestrated. this president is only capable of discussing his actions in front of carefully screened audiences, each of whom has signed a loyalty oath, who are guaranteed not to ask any uncomfortable questions. citizens with the wrong t-shirts or or bumper stickers are dragged away from his events by force, even arrested. this president loathes accountability, neither he or his handlers will ever put him in a situation where he might have to personally account for his decisions to someone who didn't drink the kool-aid. he just doesn't have the balls. it's not about what kind of president Bush is - it's about what kind of man he is. |
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Boy you really have a thing about male genitalia lately.
Hope that back operation didn't have any adverse effects. If Bush gives into this little scam there'd soon be scores of lying liberals squatting outside his ranch with their media lackeys. |
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Maybe the best thing would be for him to invite her into his ranch for a private meeting. She gets what she want's and the media gets squat.
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10-08-05, 04:52 AM | #14 | |
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Duh.
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Gimme a break.
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11-08-05, 04:16 PM | #16 |
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like every other Bush critic who has come forward, cindy sheehan gets slammed, slimed, and trashed by the GOP sleaze machine. but none of this obscures the truth: she's right - her son died for a lie, like every other iraq casualty. so, regardless of whatever you think her motives are, make no mistake: she has the moral high ground.
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anatomy of the Sheehan sleaze attack, courtesy of Media Matters For America. the chronology is fascinating, documenting the synchronization of the right-wing websites (Drudge et al), rightie media wingnuts (O'Reilly, Malkin, Limbaugh), and conservative media (Fox). the GOP sleaze machine, in action:
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Can't you think for yourself knife? Instead of bloated quotes of what other people are saying just compare the statements in the full articles daddydirt posted. No crap about it being out of context then and it's pretty obvious.
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