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08-17-2005, 10:36 AM
Cindy Sheehan Complains About Right-Wingers 'Spewing Filth'
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
August 17, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- On a day when liberal activists plan to hold coast-to-coast candlelight vigils for Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist is moving closer to President Bush's ranch -- and complaining about "right-wingers."
In her latest posting on Michael Moore's website, Sheehan complains, "The right wingers are really having a field day with me. It hurts me really badly, but I am willing to put up with the crap, if it ends the war a minute sooner than it would have."
Sheehan raises "specific concerns," including news of her impending divorce, which was in the works before she came to Crawford, she says.
She also rebuts "the lie" about her saying that her son "died for Israel." "I never said that, I never wrote that," Sheehan says.
"The right wingers are emailing me and spewing filth about me on the radio and on the television saying that I am dishonoring my son's memory," Crawford wrote in her latest Internet post.
She also complains about the Crawford man arrested Monday night after running over hundreds of small wooden crosses inscribed with the names of soldiers who have died in Iraq. The crosses and small American flags are part of "Camp Casey," the protest site named after Sheehan's son, who died in Iraq last year.
"This man who ran over the crosses thinks he is a better American than we are. He thinks he is more patriotic than we are. Does he really believe that he is honoring the memories of the fallen and his country by running down 500 crosses and about 60 American flags?" Sheehan asked.
Sheehan says she is protesting on behalf of the people of Iraq -- and U.S. soldiers who remain in harm's way.
She's attracted a huge following in the two weeks since her roadside vigil began, and one of her supporters lives down the road from Bush's ranch.
Crawford resident Fred Mattlage -- described as an Army veteran who sympathizes with the demonstrators -- this week invited Sheehan and her supporters to set up their anti-war, anti-Bush shop on his property, located about a mile from Bush's ranch.
"I just think people should have a right to protest without being harassed," Mattlage told The Associated Press Tuesday night. "And I'm against the war. I don't think it's a war we need to be in."
(Wire reports say Fred is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, the man who fired a shotgun into the air on Sunday to express his frustration with the protesters.)
Candles, prayers and protests
Since Sheehan's vigil began on August 6, Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have rallied around her cause, blasting President Bush for refusing to meet a second time with Sheehan (he met with her and other military families last year at a military base near Seattle) and reminding Americans about a war they consider unjust.
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By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
August 17, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- On a day when liberal activists plan to hold coast-to-coast candlelight vigils for Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist is moving closer to President Bush's ranch -- and complaining about "right-wingers."
In her latest posting on Michael Moore's website, Sheehan complains, "The right wingers are really having a field day with me. It hurts me really badly, but I am willing to put up with the crap, if it ends the war a minute sooner than it would have."
Sheehan raises "specific concerns," including news of her impending divorce, which was in the works before she came to Crawford, she says.
She also rebuts "the lie" about her saying that her son "died for Israel." "I never said that, I never wrote that," Sheehan says.
"The right wingers are emailing me and spewing filth about me on the radio and on the television saying that I am dishonoring my son's memory," Crawford wrote in her latest Internet post.
She also complains about the Crawford man arrested Monday night after running over hundreds of small wooden crosses inscribed with the names of soldiers who have died in Iraq. The crosses and small American flags are part of "Camp Casey," the protest site named after Sheehan's son, who died in Iraq last year.
"This man who ran over the crosses thinks he is a better American than we are. He thinks he is more patriotic than we are. Does he really believe that he is honoring the memories of the fallen and his country by running down 500 crosses and about 60 American flags?" Sheehan asked.
Sheehan says she is protesting on behalf of the people of Iraq -- and U.S. soldiers who remain in harm's way.
She's attracted a huge following in the two weeks since her roadside vigil began, and one of her supporters lives down the road from Bush's ranch.
Crawford resident Fred Mattlage -- described as an Army veteran who sympathizes with the demonstrators -- this week invited Sheehan and her supporters to set up their anti-war, anti-Bush shop on his property, located about a mile from Bush's ranch.
"I just think people should have a right to protest without being harassed," Mattlage told The Associated Press Tuesday night. "And I'm against the war. I don't think it's a war we need to be in."
(Wire reports say Fred is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, the man who fired a shotgun into the air on Sunday to express his frustration with the protesters.)
Candles, prayers and protests
Since Sheehan's vigil began on August 6, Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have rallied around her cause, blasting President Bush for refusing to meet a second time with Sheehan (he met with her and other military families last year at a military base near Seattle) and reminding Americans about a war they consider unjust.
>> Continued -- Page 1 2 (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2005/august/0817_sheehan_rightwingers2.shtml)
The rest (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2005/august/0817_sheehan_rightwingers1.shtml)