The Pundit Blogger

• She says she has always been a Democrat. No Surprise there.
• She always questioned the war, but never got involved, with all of her caring about others, until after her own son died.
• In June 2004, she actually had the meeting with Bush that she says she wants now. She said about the President afterwards that he was "sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis...I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith." She also added that he had given her back the "gift of happiness."
• Just over 1 year later she described the same initial meeting as "one of the most disgusting experiences I ever had and it took me almost a year to even talk about it." Even though that was contradictory 180 degrees of her opinion that she DID state a year earlier. She also said about the same meeting that President Bush was "detached from humanity" and said that "his mouth kept moving, but there was nothing in his eyes or anything else about him that showed me he really cared or had any real compassion at all." So apparently she either lied at first or afterwards.
• She donated her son Casey's boots to travel with Eyes Wide Open. So instead of keeping them for her to remember him by, she used them for her agenda. Charming.
• She pledged to break our nation's law and not pay her 2004 taxes on August 5, 2005.
  
• At the end of her vigil in Crawford she said she was "very, very, very grateful" that a meeting was not granted with Bush, otherwise that may have ended her cause. So, she didn't really want closure and a meeting. She wanted notariety.
• On September 24, 2005 she wrote in her blog complaining that the media coverage had moved away from her cause, in order to cover Hurricane Rita, which caused 120 deaths and was the fourth most-intense storm in history. She wrote and I quote "I am watching CNN and it is 100 percent (Hurricane) Rita...even though it is a little wind and a little rain...it is bad, but there are other things going on in this country today". Now ladies and gentlemen, I am from Florida. There is no such thing in a hurricane and a little wind and rain. She knows nothing about it, some degrades it. People and pets die. She prefers to talk about her agenda instead of the media giving out emergency shelter info and phone numbers to call. This statement, by the way, drew criticism from people in her own camp.
• In March 2005 James Morris sent an email from Sheehan to Nightline. In it she wrote her son was "was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel" and that he had "joined the Army to protect America, not Israel." Now, of course Sheehan denies the claim and says she believes in Israel's cause. She says Morris edited the email. Two other individuals also received the email, not from Morris but Sheehan. These individuals said that Morris's account was actually true. Not Sheehans.
• The Buffalo News reports that Sheehan normally receives $2,500 in speaking fees, even at not-for-profit speeches.
  
• Cindy Sheehan was invited by a Congressman to the 2006 State of the Union Address. Once seated she revealed an anti-war t-shirt. She was removed from the gallery along with a Florida Congressman's wife, per US law. Though the officers were completely withing the law and there was nothing stopping the city from filing charges, they dropped all the charges and issued an apology, apparently to be nice or give her a second chance. Despite their goodwill and her good luck, Sheehan decided to file a lawsuit. She doesn't realize apparently that she actually broke the law and got off the hook.
• On March 7, 2006 Sheehan was arrested in New York "after blocking the door to the U.S. Mission to the UN offices" during a protest with Iraqi women against the war in Iraq.
• On July 4th, 2006 Sheehan announced a fast saying "My fast will begin on 7/04 and end on the last day of Camp Casey: 09/02." A few days after the beginning of her fast, she was caught eating.
• On July 5, Sheehan appeared on MSNBC's HARDBALL to discuss the war and her upcoming hunger strike. She affirmed her view of George W Bush, calling him "the biggest terrorist in the world" and "worse than Osama Bin Laden," and conceded that she would rather live under Hugo Chavez, a man who after polls was found to be hated by his own people, than President Bush.
• And of course, as all of these things go, there will be a book. In September of 2006 she will release a book, Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism with Atria Books.
• Sheehan's mom had a stroke during her famous protest. She left and spent only a week with her mom, then went back to her protest.
• In July of 2006 she purchased a piece of land, 5 acres, in Texas saying ""We decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George's resignation or impeachment, which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world," Sheehan said in a newsletter set to be sent to supporters Thursday. "I can't think of a better way to use Casey's insurance money." Umm, a headstone before 2 years have passed maybe?
  

Posted by thepunditblogger on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 2:58 PM | Permalink