So whatever happened to the "lost email?"

[KansDem]

Yesterday, as I was leaving work I thought I read a thread about some "reporter" asking Cindy Sheehan questions at Camp Casey. One question was about the now-debunked accusation that Cindy said something to the effect that her son died for Israel. She was asked about this and she adamantly denied she ever said this. It sounded like a right-wing smear job, but the "reporter" said something to the effect that such a comment "appeared in an email" that "got lost." (???) I believe ABC was mentioned at some time during this "interview." I had to leave right away and wasn't able to follow the thread. Does this all sound familiar? And is there an update?

[KansDem]

1. Never mind...I found it!

I remembered the name after I posted the thread...

Cindy Sheehan denies Israel remarks

On Anderson Cooper 8/16:

COOPER: You were also quoted as saying, "My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. If you get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine, and you'll stop the terrorism." How responsible do you believe Israel is for the amount of terrorism in the world?

SHEEHAN: I didn't say that.

COOPER: You didn't say that? OK.

SHEEHAN: I didn't say that my son died for Israel. I've never said that. I saw somebody wrote that, and it wasn't my words. Those aren't even words that I would say.

I do believe that the Palestinian issue is a hot issue that needs to be solved, and it needs to be more fair and equitable, but I never said my son died for Israel.

COOPER: OK, I'm glad I asked you that. Because, as you know, there's tons of stuff floating around on the Internet on sites of all political persuasions, so I'm glad we had the opportunity to clear that up.

SHEEHAN: And thank you, because those are not my words. It doesn't even sound like me saying that.

COOPER: Well, today, we've received numerous e-mails from viewers who saw that, and said, "Well, she lied. We read online that ABC News confirmed she sent them a letter saying exactly that."

So we contacted ABC News today about it. They said they had received a letter on behalf of Cindy back in March. They said took it seriously enough that they responded to it, but so far they cannot find the actual e-mail, they say. They say they're trying to find it, they're investigating.

Bottom line, ABC News right now does not seem to be confirming this is what Cindy Sheehan wrote to them, so stay tuned. We'll continue to follow.

Cindy also just posted on the Huffington Post about this issue and several others regarding the right wing attacks on her. Camp Casey, Day 11

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

HAHAHA...what a pack of, well, "crooks and liars!"

[China_cat]

2. It wasn't in an email

I saw a video clip in which she said just that about getting Israel out of Palestine to stop terrorism. I didn't hear the part about her son dying for Israel, though.

[KansDem]

3. See Post No. 1...

This should get interesting. I want ABC to "find" this email they claim is "now lost."

[China_cat]

4. Well maybe they should be asked to find

the news from yesterday or day before because it was in a video segment aired on Good Morning America.

I was a bit taken aback when I heard it because, although I agree with her completely, it just doesn't seem like the right time to be expanding what Camp Casey stands for.

And no, I'm not saying she's lying about saying it, but I do believe that she was expressing her opinions and maybe just doesn't remember saying it.