Do you find Cindy Sheehan.....

[HOGFAN]

annoying, wish she would go away.

 

[Mono~rail]

Snopes article about false email sent around that Cindy Sheehan did not raise Casey

 

[Planogirl]

I feel sad for her. She suffered a loss that I can't even begin to comprehend and I won't judge her.

 

[lulugirl]

Neither, really.
Mostly I just feel sad for her. I think she would benefit greatly from some psychological counseling.

 

[LakeAriel]

I wouldn't say annoying- I don't know what I'd say. Is the above statement true? I know some emails went around, but I thought they were false.

Yes it is false. She raised her son with her husband. These false Emails going around are at the heart of the matter of what is wrong with this demonizing of people who are against the war. God knows she has more reason then most of us.

 

[lindalinda]

I have a 15 yr old son. I have no idea what losing him would do to me. I am actually tearing up just thinking about it. I will not judge.

She is not front page media anymore anyway, just look away if it annoys you.

 

[Beca]

I have to say I am VERY shocked at the results of this poll. Unless they cause great harm to others, I think that people who have tragically lost children should not have their actions judged by those who have not.

I dare say, many people would find me very "annoying" if my dd died tragically. I certainly would not go away and suffer quietly. People would know my dd's story.

In a society where people so often take their children and families for granted, where divorced parents sometimes check out of their childrens' lives (don't start flaming me for this one. I "met" my dad when I was 20 (I had not seen him since I was a toddler)....I wouldn't have known him if we knocked each other down on the street), I admire someone who is refusing (in the best way she knows) to allow her son's death to be for nothing (what she said...not me).

God knows that if I lost my dd, I would probably look "mentally ill" to others. In fact, losing my dd would probably make me mentally ill.

 

[TDC Nala]

Neither one. She needs help, not exploitation for political purposes.

 

[TDC Nala]

Agreed. Chilling, pot stirring poll. We should all go and spend time with our children. That's where I'm going right now. He just got up and is standing here with a cute smile on his face and blanket wrapped around him. PD, your kids out of bed?

Chilling? Pot stirring, sure, but chilling? People are just talking here. Do you really find this kind of discussion frightening?

I don't have any children.

 

[RadioNate]

Well you have no option for grieving mother of a fallen Marine, so I'll refrain from voting at this point.

I agree...I don't find her admirable or annoying. Just really really sad.

This woman lost her child under tragic circumstances and for better or worse can't get past that.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

And Chavez? The House of Saud has certainly done us no favors except keep us dependent on them for gas. Their petro dollars support madrasses around the world that promote "Death to America" views. Their petro dollars fund suicide bombers. That doesn't seem to have lessened our support of them.

Sheehan can do what she wants. Whether she is annoying or not is irrelevant. Maybe she's not consulting with pollsters to figure out the best way to get the most sanitized message across, but her public grieving has been about the death toll in Iraq. With 3,000 US soldiers dead, and 3,000 Iraqis a month dying, I think she has a point.

 

[barkley]

Those of us who live near Crawford, find her VERY annoying.

and those of us who live in or near vacaville california where the family lived when casey was killed are thankful she's no longer here.

honestly, what saddens me the most about this is the way casey's death/ memory is now being associated with his mom's (in my opinion) political agenda. we live in an area with a large military population (air force base down the road) and casey from personal accounts from family and friends was very supportive and enthusiastic about being a member. cindy enjoyed the support of the military families and the community during casey's life-and activly solicited them and city officials to do a LARGE public military funeral celebrating not only casey's life but also the military he was so proud to be a part of. it seems that when her son's military participation posed no personal threat to him (before deployment) she was publicly supportive-but when her son was tragicly killed, and the media was no longer running the newspaper articles she activly solicited portraying her as the proud parent of a fallen military 'hero'-she chose to go on a different track and use casey to represent all the things wrong with the military and the war. it left allot of people who knew him and cared for him very saddend that he would be 'held up' in this manner.

 

[crazyme5kids]

Well I voted admirable. She is standing up for a cause that she truely believes in.I may not always agree with her tactics, but I do admire her for standing up and speaking out against the war.

 

[CarolA]

Where is

In need of mental help?

Let's see her son VOLUNTEERED to join the military, so I am not sure he would be THRILLED with this behavior.

Her mother has severe medical issues, but she's too busy protesting to bother much with her.

She has OTHER children, guess they don't get much attention either!

I think she does this because she doesn't want to face the truth, her son is dead. No amount of "talking to the President" will bring him back. I feel for the rest of her family who she basically deserted.

I voted annoying, but I actually think she has gone over the deep end and needs PROFESSIONAL HELP!

 

[aprilgail2]

Where is

In need of mental help?

Let's see her son VOLUNTEERED to join the military, so I am not sure he would be THRILLED with this behavior.


I voted annoying, but I actually think she has gone over the deep end and needs PROFESSIONAL HELP!

I agree...her son died doing something he believed in and volunteered to do. I am sure he would NOT be happy with her making such a spectacle out of herself and going against what he believed in.

 

[Papa Deuce]

You can't put a time limit on grief and everybody is different, so how can you say this is no longer about her grieving? Grief is a strange monster. It can break some people. I can't judge someone who is going through this as I have nothing in my history to even compare, thank God. So I do not know, nor can I comprehend, what she feels she "needs" to do, but, really, neither can you. Thank your lucky stars, you know?

I said, "IMO". And that is all I have. I do believe she started because of her grief. I am also allowed to believe that this is no longer the case.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I'd like to say that it is possible, at least for me, to feel sorry for someone and still find them annoying. The poll didn't ask, "Do you feel sorry for people who have to bury their child?"

And I agree that she is mentally "off." Don't know if that is a result of her grief or if she was that way before.

Feel sorry for her? Yes. Find her annoying? Yes.

 

[Papa Deuce]

I have a 15 yr old son. I have no idea what losing him would do to me. I am actually tearing up just thinking about it. I will not judge.

She is not front page media anymore anyway, just look away if it annoys you.

Ah, not true. The reason I asked is that she was on the front page of Fox and CNN websites earlier today.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

and those of us who live in or near vacaville california where the family lived when casey was killed are thankful she's no longer here.

honestly, what saddens me the most about this is the way casey's death/ memory is now being associated with his mom's (in my opinion) political agenda. we live in an area with a large military population (air force base down the road) and casey from personal accounts from family and friends was very supportive and enthusiastic about being a member. cindy enjoyed the support of the military families and the community during casey's life-and activly solicited them and city officials to do a LARGE public military funeral celebrating not only casey's life but also the military he was so proud to be a part of. it seems that when her son's military participation posed no personal threat to him (before deployment) she was publicly supportive-but when her son was tragicly killed, and the media was no longer running the newspaper articles she activly solicited portraying her as the proud parent of a fallen military 'hero'-she chose to go on a different track and use casey to represent all the things wrong with the military and the war. it left allot of people who knew him and cared for him very saddend that he would be 'held up' in this manner.

Thank you so much for this explanation. I wondered all along if this was indeed the case. I am a very proud Air Force mom and I find Ms. Sheehan annoying and shame on her for using her son like this.

 

[yeartolate]

I am sad for her. I wish the Democrats did not latch onto her as a spokes person. I feel her pain and anguish, but she does not speak for all Democrats. She probably doesn't even accuratly reflect what her son felt - but we will never know.


She needs psychiatric help.

It makes me think of the Schiavo issue.....Terri's parents needed help and needed accurate information. The media frenzy and the politicizing of her plight allowed a pleathora of innacurate information to flood the airwaves. Some of the crap that Terri's parents were told about potential recovery was criminal in my book.

POster children for causes is a risky situation.