Cindy Sheehan - Normal?

[bsnyder]

Those were her posts, on Daily Kos:

Now about Hurricane Rita: I woke up on Saturday morning filled with excitement. I knew that the rally and march were going to be amazing events and I was thrilled to be a part of them. I switched on the TV and turned on CNN and for 2 hours, I watched one of their reporters in front of the same downed tree and it wasn't even raining. I knew that there was a hurricane and it was damaging. At the point of the news cycle though, I thought CNN could be covering other news. 40 soldiers have been killed this month so far in Iraq and countless Iraqis have been killed. The war is still going on and the news has been dominated by hurricanes and the terrible aftermaths. I actually think the mainstream media has been doing a good job of pointing out the dropped balls in the Gulf States. However, CNN and other mainstream news outlets ALWAYS report other news besides the illegal occupation of Iraq.

When we had hundreds of thousands of people turn out for protests all over the nation on March 19th, the 2 nd anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Terry Schiavo fiasco was occurring. The Schiavo tragedy was bad for one family and I was in agony for them, but I found it hypocritical that Congress would rush into a special session to save one person's lives when so many were being needlessly killed in Iraq partly because Congress abrogated their Constitutional responsibilities to declare war. I was also disappointed that that tragedy superseded the protest coverage. Wolf Blitzer called our protests: Insignificant.

Saturday was the most important event in peace history in decades. The numbers were underreported and the wonderful energy was unreported by the mainstream media. With the MSM there will always be something more important than covering the atrocity of Iraq: Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, Terry Schiavo, The Runaway Bride, etc. It is time we hold our media accountable, too. Balanced coverage of all issues and some investigative reporting would be extremely refreshing.

I am sorry for what seemed to be an insensitive remark about the people who were affected by Rita, but that was not my intention. I am very aware that the failed policies of the Bush administration have all put us in the same boat, so to speak, and we need to take responsibility for righting the wrongs here in our country and in Iraq.

In her deluded mind, it should be "All Cindy, All the Time"

 

[bsnyder]

And notice this sentence, from Cindy:

Saturday was the most important event in peace history in decades.

Just another example of why her "grieving mother" act rings hollow. We haven't been in Iraq for decades. She's anti-military to her very core and always has been.

 

[SplashLover93]

Those were her posts, on Daily Kos:



In her deluded mind, it should be "All Cindy, All the Time"

ain't that the truth

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Those were her posts, on Daily Kos:



In her deluded mind, it should be "All Cindy, All the Time"

Thanks Bet for the clarification. I sit corrected. Apparently, she did post those innane remarks about Rita. You hit the nail on the head with "All Cindy, All the Time."

 

[chobie]

Actually, I said "just plain nuts", but I don't mean that. I think what she really is, is an attention starved woman, who is now doing her dead son a tremendous disservice. It is FINE to be ok with being against the war. But why does she always have to look like a grinning idiot whenever the camera is on her?

I wonder.... would her son want this? I would bet he would not. After all, every single miltary person knows that miitary action can take place at any time, and they agree to participate in that action the moment they VOLUNTARILY sign on the dotted line to enlist.

You can speculate all you want on what HER son would have wanted, but I think her speculation trumps yours. She was his mother afterall. None of us have any idea what went on in his mind as he lay dying, he may have well have thought he made a mistake and it wasn't worth with it and he would not want others to die like he did. We'll never know, but I think his mother would have a better idea of what he would have thought than someone who just does not like her politics.

 

[toto2]

And notice this sentence, from Cindy:



Just another example of why her "grieving mother" act rings hollow. We haven't been in Iraq for decades. She's anti-military to her very core and always has been.

She does not say they the USA has been in Irak for decades, just that this giant protest is the biggest peace event in decades. The peace movement is concentrating on Irak , but , Joan Baez as been signing about peace for 40 years , John Lennon's " Give peace a chance" was written at the beguinning of the the 70's , and the Dalaï Lama is the "I dont know hom many reincarnation" of the Lama , preching peace. Gandhi has been dead for a while too. So , while the USA has not been in Irak for decades , the peace movement has been there forever . Even a guy name Jesus was a big part of it , and they wrotte 4 books about it 2000 years ago.

 

[Nancy]

I end up having to say this in every Cindy Sheehan thread, but nobody ever reads it, I don't know why I bother, but here goes:

I do not think that Cindy Sheehan is crazy for opposing the war.

Let me repeat.

I do not think that Cindy Sheehan (or anyone else for that matter) is crazy for opposing the war.

I do think that her increasing rhetoric, blaming 9/11 on the US policy in Israel, complaining that coverage of the hurricanes overshadowed her protest, that in the year and half since her son died, she has been fired from her job and ended her marriage - I think she is going off the deep end.

Her son has been dead for over a year, but instead of having her grief eased over time, she seems to be getting more angry, more distraught.

Maybe I am projecting - I have a friend whose older sister was sexually assaulted and killed, when friend and I were teens and the sister was in her early 20's. It wasn't a serial killer or anything that was particularly newsworthy - one of many crimes that occur each year, a young girl assaulted and killed by a random person.

Well, my friend's mother became consumed with grief - and would repeatedly talk about her life being over, meaningless, empty. Every holiday revolved around reflecting on the loss of the older daughter, and nothing my friend ever did could even begin to compensate for the loss of her sister. Even a decade later, when my friend got married - her mom could be heard at the reception lamenting that she would never see her older daughter be married or have children. And my friend had grief of her own, which was never acknowledged because her mother's despair overshadowed everything.

Anyway, my point is - my friend has suffered deeply all her life, because her mother was never able to put aside her grief for the child she lost and enjoy the living child she still had. I can't help but wonder how Ms. Sheehan's other children feel about losing their mother as well as their brother.

I am reading what you said! And I said almost the same thing on another thread. My younger brother died suddenly at 18. My parents and my 2 sisters all had to deal with the grief. We could have blamed someone and let it consume and take over our lifes, but we did not. I do know it changed me as a person, it made me grow up really fast. I am 100% sure that my Mom grieves to this day over her dead child. I know that I, 100% to this day (over 25 years later) still think about him at least once a day.

I also said that I feel sorry for her living family that she has abandoned to take on her "crusade". She has forgotten them and their grief. It is a shame that she can not see how they might be hurting and be there so they can help comfort each other.