White House officials meet anti-war protesters

[orleans]

"National Security Adviser Steven Hadley and Deputy White House chief of staff Joe Hagin listened to the concerns of Cindy Sheehan and five or six other mothers in a meeting that lasted about 45 minutes, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. Duffy said Sheehan told the two officials she appreciated the meeting."

snip

"The group of protesters, including U.S. veterans from the Iraq and Vietnam wars, were loud yet peaceful and McLennan County sheriff's deputies, trying to avoid arrests, stopped them on a road about 5 miles from Bush's ranch on a hot August day."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/06/white_house_officials_meet_anti_war_protesters/

[NightOwwl]

1. White House Officials Meet Anti-War Protesters (Cindy Sheehan)

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - About 70 anti-war protesters shouted "bring the troops home" from Iraq near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, prompting two White House officials to come out to meet with mothers who lost children in combat in Iraq.

National Security Adviser Steven Hadley and Deputy White House chief of staff Joe Hagin listened to the concerns of Cindy Sheehan and five or six other mothers in a meeting that lasted about 45 minutes, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. Duffy said Sheehan told the two officials she appreciated the meeting.

"I want to ask the president, why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?" Sheehan, 48, Vacaville, California, told reporters before meeting with Hadley and Hagin. Sheehan blames Bush for the death of her son, Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, 24, killed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad. The protest coincided with release of a Newsweek poll that said 61 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq. The poll came after more than two dozen Americans were killed in the past week in Iraq.

Newsweek said it was Bush's lowest rating on Iraq and the first time it had dropped below 40 percent in its poll. Pentagon officials have said maintaining public support for the war is key to the troops' morale.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050806/pl_nm/bush_dc_11

It's on Yahoo, so don't forget to vote it up!

edited to fix link

[Libby2]

2. There sure is a hell of a lot of votes

for being released 20 minutes ago.

[ninkasi]

25. I can read the story just fine...

Above the space where it tells you to rate the story, though, is blank. This is something that has happened lately, I have no idea why, but I can no longer vote.

[truthisfreedom]

32. yahoo preloads their votes at exactly 2.5 stars all the time. they cheat

because they don't want stories to be pushed up or down by political activists.

[Gelliebeans]

3. Five stars and a kick for Cindy n/t

[The Doctor.]

4. Info on how to help Cindy is here;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4275154

Check in!

[NightOwwl]

5. Thank you so much for the info.

I read on another thread that ABC news had a segment tonight. I'm on the West Coast so I'll be taping the news at 6:30pm.

[The Doctor.]

7. I would love to see it.

And Thank You!

[Fridays Child]

6. Kicked and voted

:kick:

[longship]

8. Kick

:kick:

[damntexdem]

9. Actually, there were more like 100 of us there.

A bank thermometer in Waco registered 104. We walked about a half-mile through the heat from where they had us park our cars.

Despite what the news report said, the police actually thanked us for NOT walking on the road. Of course, the only traffic the police were letting on the road were police cars and secret service vehicles. The 'peace rally in Dallas'was the convention of the veterans against the war, which had gone one several days. "Some protestors left" because of the heat. Well, so much for Yahoo News -- at least it HAD a news report about the demo.

[Libby2]

10. Thank you for being there

and for updating us.

[ailsagirl]

14. Thanks for setting the record straight and for participating

:patriot:

[orleans]

33. only 749 votes and still at 2.5 stars n/t

[pecwae]

11. How dare they

send second string out to that woman?!? WTF can't that idiot from Crawford, for just once, do something responsible by himself? This is beyond the pale even for him.

[ailsagirl]

16. HE'S beyond the pale. Period.

Welcome to DU, pecwae!!

:hi:

[cliss]

29. This is the kind of thing -

that makes their blood run cold. They don't dare face these people. They know what they're going to hear, and they will avoid it at all costs.

Steven Hadley by the way, is part of the Dark Side. He was part of the Joe Wilson Niger incident, but he never gets any press over it. (I have a long memory; like an elephant I never forget).

He's a real whimp, but he's part of the Evil Empire. He probably listened quietly and politely, and then after giving them the "allotted 5 minutes", he turned on his heel, marched back to the ranch

and had a stiff double martini. End of story.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Mom of Slain Soldier Stages Bush Protest

Mom of Slain Soldier Stages Bush Protest

Mother of Slain U.S. Soldier Stages Protest Near Bush's Ranch, Demands to Speak With President

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press Writer

CRAWFORD, Texas Aug 6, 2005 — The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, demanding an accounting from the president of how he has conducted the war in Iraq.

Supported by more than 50 shouting demonstrators, Cindy Sheehan, 48, told reporters, "I want to ask George Bush: Why did my son die?"

Sheehan arrived in Crawford aboard a bus painted red, white and blue and emblazoned with the words, "Impeachment Tour."
(snip/...)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1015198&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

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Wonderful, amazing photos taken of the protest today by someone who was there: TexasLady:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4275288

[Rose Siding]

22. And here's CNN's link -I've written them. There's already press there, and

and with the new poll numbers on Iraq, this would be a logical element of the story to cover

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/06/bush.peace.mom.ap/index.html

This comment page:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?18

is what appears when selecting:

Other stories:
• News in general (What are we reporting that YOU want to talk about?)

[orleans]

34. cnn video clip keeps playing their freaking car commerical

and won't play the video of cindy sheehan.

what a bunch of losers--thanks for nothing cnn!

[0007]

43. ...give 'em the pitch and save yourself from aggravation.

[cureautismnow]

30. "Impeachment Tour" Lol...

What a marvelous idea. Impeachment Tour 2005 sounds like a bandwagon to hop on all across the country. Calling Mr. Kesey! :woohoo:

Ms. Sheehan rocks. She has my deepest sympathies for the loss of her beloved son due to that cowardly vermin occupying the WH -- or Crawford in this case.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Kicked for Cindy and a big "In you face" to her own hometown

Cindy has come a long way in a short period of time. She lives in the next town over from me, and I was able to follow her story in the Vacaville Reporter. She was repeatedly and viciously attacked through a LTTE campaign for being, well, you already know the words they use. Cindy Sheehan, despite what your hometown may have thought and said of you, you are a true patriot in my book! You rock!

[lovuian]

15. the beginning of the Protests have begun from the Military!!!

It will get louder and louder!!!

[WestHoustonDem]

17. And a local Houston TV station has decide this isn't news

http://www.houstondemocrats.com/archives/2005/08/help_give_cluel.html

[KyndCulture]

18. awww they didn't answer my call. I got a voice mail. nt

[countmyvote4real]

23. They should be reported to the FCC for violating their license

This station is not serving their community and openly admits that they are censoring or not covering news events that concern their viewers. They should lose their license to our public airwaves.

[wli]

19. probably making death threats against protesters

[KyndCulture]

20. Well those sheeple at that TV station need to be schooled...

and I'll keep trying... I've talked to a few media outlets today, one should not put the lowest man on the totem pole on phone duty... they get confused too easily.

[bluestateguy]

21. Didn't Nixon meet with protestors on the Lincoln Memorial?

I think it was after the Cambodia bombing in 1970.

[SaveAmerica]

24. This is showing up on the front page of Yahoo, freepers creepy

voting was in vain.

[txindy]

28. That's right, because there's a way to get around their nonsense

This is my mantra for the day: ( ;) and please forgive me if you've read this the other two places I've typed it, but it's important!)

Don't just rate up the story, email it to all your friends or anyone you feel will appreciate reading it. Yahoo tracks the number of emailed stories sent via the Email This Story link on every article's page and will subsequently place an actively-emailed story on either the Most Emailed or Most Popular lists - or both! Number ratings aren't the only means of indicating interest, worthiness, or popularity.

Email it for Cindy and all the wonderful marchers and supporters!

[fishnfla]

26. Wow, her son died 4/4/04 at age 24

I'm not a numerologist or anything, but everytime she hears that number, it must be hard on her.

Then again, I haven't lost a son in Iraq. Everyday must be hard for her.

She's got some moxie though. Give 'em hell, ma'am!

[Erika]

27. She had the guts to call this unjust war what it is

and she had the guts to label W and Cheney for what they are; world corporatist traitors.

[Doremus]

31. "Bush spoke at the end of the first week of his 33-day working vacation."

WORKING vacation?

The guy does bupkus at work, but he's taking a working vacation?

:rofl:

[orleans]

35. "And I said if he does care, why doesn't he come out and talk to me."

"They (the advisers) said we are in Iraq because they believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, that the world's a better place with Saddam gone and that we're making the world a safer place with what we're doing over there," Sheehan said in a telephone interview after the meeting.

"They were very respectful. They were nice men. I told them Iraq was not a threat to the United States and that now people are dead for nothing. I told them I wouldn't leave until I talked to George Bush."

She said Hagin told her, "I want to assure you that he (Bush) really does care."

"And I said if he does care, why doesn't he come out and talk to me."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/06/bush.peace.mom.ap/

[Not_Giving_Up]

36. From the Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3299271

snip

"I don't want him to use my son's name or my family name to justify any more killing," she said.

Sheehan said Bush administration officials "don't have a mission and they don't even ever plan on completing it." She said she fears that the United States plans to keep a U.S. military presence in Iraq indefinitely.

The White House responded to the protest, saying the president wants to bring the troops home.

"Many of the hundreds of families the president has met with know their loved one died for a noble cause and that the best way to honor their sacrifice is to complete the mission," White House spokesman Trent Duffy said today. "It is a message the president has heard time and again from those he has met with and comforted. Like all Americans, he wants the troops home as soon as soon as possible."

[oxbow]

37. whoops, duplicate post

[hlthe2b]

38. old news... actually

[Carolab]

39. What's that crap "upbeat on economy" at the end of this?

It has NOTHING to do with the story.

I'm writing Reuters.

[Dogmudgeon]

40. That's a surprise

Not that they actually did anything, but I'm used to the Bush regime being arrogant, scornful, and mocking. They actually showed a little respect.

--p!

[flamin lib]

41. I can't remember the event, it was either the Vietnam Moratorium

or the Mayday Protest, but Nixon actually left the White House, went to the Lincoln Memorial and spoke to some of the dissenters. Huge surprise to everybody. Had the Secret Service tied up in knots. I was there at the time. I was the one wearing OD green.

This dip shit can't face them.

[SwimmerFilms]

42. kick

peace

[Barkley]

44. Cindy Sheehan: A real motha for ya

This proves that one person's voice and actions can make a difference.

I am so proud of this true American hero.

I hope she runs for public office; we need politicians with integrity.