Hat tip to LGF. Cindy loses her charm for everyone but the Loony Left in 5...4...3...
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, last night brought her campaign to end the war to New York, where she accused Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of not doing enough to challenge the Bush administration's Iraq policies.
Speaking in front of more than 500 supporters in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Ms. Sheehan, speaking of Senator Clinton, said, "She knows that the war is a lie but she is waiting for the right time to say it."
500 people out of a city of millions? She's losing her touch.
Then, as the crowd cheered, she issued a challenge to Senator Clinton, saying, "You say it or you are losing your job."
500 attendees....maybe half are registered voters....nope, don't see ol' Hill shaking in her boots.
The main focus of Ms. Sheehan's anger, however, continued to be the Bush administration. She camped outside President Bush's vacation home in Crawford, Tex., for many days last month, a move that earned her widespread attention.
To which she soon became addicted....sad, really sad.
Since leaving Texas, Ms. Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., has been traveling around the country, rallying people against the war. Her entourage includes other people who can't find gainful employment parents who lost their children in the war, families of soldiers overseas, and veterans who have returned from Iraq. The tour culminates with what organizers hope will be a huge protest in Washington Sept. 24 to 26.
There might be about 300 turning out! Wow!
Many in the crowd at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church last night were eager to get a peek at the woman whom they had seen on television. When they finally arrived, Ms. Sheehan, whose son Casey, 24, was killed last year, was treated like a rock star, as children and adults crowded around her, clamoring to shake her hand or get an autograph.
Gary Qualls, an Army veteran whose son also died in Iraq, spoke in Bryant Park in Manhattan as part of a gathering sponsored by Families United for Our Troops and Their Mission, which supports the Bush administration's goals. Elsewhere, the Times Square Choir gathered for a special service called "Salute to the Troops" on the deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid, which is permanently docked on the Hudson River.
Ms. Sheehan has more events scheduled in the city, including a news conference with the Rev. Al Sharpton and other New York leaders this morning and a rally later in Union Square. She is to end her trip to New York with another speech at Riverside Church.
She also faulted the media for not scrutinizing the White House. "It is not patriotism when you say, 'My country right or wrong,'" she said. "Because our country is very wrong now."
Nah, honey, just you. |