Cindy's leaving Camp Casey cause her mom's had a stroke

[GreenPartyVoter]

Editing to add link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050818/ap_on_re_us/peace_mom
(Thanks, Matcom)

[KyndCulture]

1. huh??? first I've heard. Anybody? nt

[shraby]

2. I haven't heard anything of the sort either.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Hope we can get an answer on this ASAP. If it's true

we need to support Cindy even more, and if it isn't it needs to be debunked.

[TomInTib]

6. On CNN now...

Cindy and her sister are leaving Camp Casey and headed to LA right away to look after Mom. She will assess the situation, and will return when and if she is able.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Oh, no!

[benburch]

3. I hope that is not true.

And if it is true that Cindy's Mom will recover.

[dweller]

4. Ed Schultz just brought it up

he's asked if the others are staying.


well wishes for her mom's health.

dp

[WiseButAngrySara]

7. Just heard on CNN...She's in her 70's, Cindy will leave to LA and

will try to return...Oh how sad for all.

[KyndCulture]

10. oh no... how awful... the others will surely stay.

I'm sure if it's not life threatening she will be back though. Watch for the media to start spinning that the movement is dead.

[Generic Other]

9. I heard it on Ed Schultz

Now he's gone to commercial.

[dweller]

12. hopefully he's gathering info

from Homie.

dp

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Sending Cindy's Mom and Cindy, her sister and her children healing

thoughts.

[brettdale]

all the best wishes

For Cindy and her mom. I hope the right will have some form of diginity and stop the attacks on her now. I dont think she will come back to Camp Casey, a stroke is serious, Im sure the other protestors will contuine the fight for her.

[fooj]

24. This woman has been through more than anyone should have to bear...

in such a short period of time. I send my thoughts and my love...

Peace.

[WiseButAngrySara]

13. Everytime CNN mentions numbers of people there, its 20- 30's! The only

time they mentioned 'in the 100's' was when they also reported B* support groups in the 100's? Isn't this a baldfaced lie?

Edited for typing too fast errors.

I dislike Wolf Blitzer SO MUCH! Hated hearing the news from him.

[wryter2000]

18. Welcome to DU

Randi reporting it now.

:grouphug: Cindy!

[WiseButAngrySara]

31. Thanks for your welcome wryter2000!...n/t

[wryter2000]

53. You're welcome

I wish it could be under happier circumstances.

[Dinger]

49. Welcome WiseButAngrySara, And I Agree With You

I noticed that when they include B* support groups, they lump them together, ex: Counter protesters and Sheehan supporters, hundredes of them . . blah, blah, blah. 900 Sheehan supporters and 2 B* supporters is more like it. What a lame technique to try and bolster the Chimp's so-called image. Juvenille really.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

52. 'The camp has grown to more than 100 people'

http://nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Peace-Mom.html

August 18, 2005
Protestor Leaves Crawford to Tend to Ill Mother
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 5:32 p.m. ET

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- The grieving mother who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch nearly two weeks ago said Thursday she was leaving because her mother had a stroke.

Cindy Sheehan told reporters she had just received the phone call and would rush to her 74-year-old mother's side. Her mother lives in the Los Angeles area.

''I'll be back as soon as possible if it's possible,'' Sheehan said. After hugging some of her supporters, she got in a van and left.

Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., said the makeshift campsite off the road leading to Bush's ranch would continue. The camp has grown to more than 100 people, including many relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq.

(snip)

[WiseButAngrySara]

60. Thanks so much for the clarification and the link to back it up...CNN has

been driving me insane! CNN has the most bias towards B* as a network in terms of bias towards B*!! and its not because of those they chose to poll, but the manner in which they manipulate the data. I read this on a Yahoo article which linked to the Polling Stats site. I think I bookmarked it, and wanted to post it because I'm not so great at polling statistics. But I learned so much here on DU during the election, and post-election about polling stats...Actually that's when my extreme distrust of the media began!

[WiseButAngrySara]

64. Here's the link I told you about...CNN favors B* more than all those

listed! Frankly I was shocked that they ranked ABOVE FAUX!!! I didn't include the numbers, but if you're interested check out the links.

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

Professor Pollkatz's pool of polls

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/files/bushindexprobushtable.htm

WHICH POLLSTERS LIKE BUSH THE BEST?(from most to worst)

CNNTIME
FOX
TIME
GALLUP
NBCWSJ
NYT
ARG
TIPP
NEWSWEEK
ABCPOST
PEW
CBS
QUINN
IBD
HARRIS
IPSOS-REID 0.000 na
ZOGBY

Nixon-Bush Approval Here's another fascinating graph which does not bode well for B* from what I can tell...Nixon did much better!!



edited to repair link on Nixon-Bush Approval

[Generic Other]

14. Cindy is leaving and going home to spend time with her mom

Breaking: she wiill go bedside with her mother however long it takes. To a man. everyone will hhold her place for her until she gets back.

[dweller]

15. Ed S/Homie reporting

the others will stay and hold her place for her while she is gone.

they are determined to stay, and think others will join while she is away.

no one else is thinking of leaving.

dp

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Barry Crimmins confirming this on Randi Rhodes...

:(

Best wishes to Cindy and her mother! :(

[orleans]

17. randi is talking about it with barry who's in crawford n/t

[Generic Other]

19. Tears, hugging and holding hands at the Camp

:tears:
:grouphugs:

[lonestarnot]

36. Ahh damn no!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :hug: :grouphug:

[brettdale]

20. Has any news webpage picked this story up yet?

Has any news webpage picked this story up yet?

[Joe the Revelator]

21. Drudge, if that counts nm

[ohio_liberal]

27. What a little prick he is

Bush-bashing anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan cites mother's stroke for plan to leave her vigil outside the president's Texas ranch... Developing...

Like she had to make up a reason to leave? Jesus, he needs a pimp slap.

[walldude]

42. What an asshole...

I try not to wish anything bad on people but this jackass needs a wakeup call...

[MoJoWorkin]

22. Gee, I guess Bushyboy can come outta' his 'fraidy hole now

She suffers some more-- while he gets a pass.
Oh, the inhumanity of it all.

[Just Me]

62. I DON'T THINK SO,...MOTHERS ARE ON THE MARCH!!!

Cindy got us started,...we're full-speed ahead!!! :bounce:

[Jeanette in FL]

23. Just heard on Randi, too

All my best to Cindy and we will all hold down the fort for her. How terrible for her and her family.

[matcom]

25. LINK IS HERE

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050818/ap_on_re_us/peace_mom

[DanCa]

26. I hope her mom is okay (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. CNN reported this

[OhioChick]

29. Hoping that her Mother is all right............n/t

[brettdale]

30. Over at Freeperville

Some are saying its Cindy's fault for all the stress that she caused her, and others are saying Cindy can be sued for not getting permission to use the names of dead marines on the crosses.

[Cooley Hurd]

33. Thank you, FreeRepublic netizens, for proving yet again that...

...you're fucking nuts!:crazy:

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Next they'll be accusing us of accusing the RW for somehow causing her

mom's stroke.

[me b zola]

47. They do own some of the responsibility, see post # 43

I physically feel every bit of pain & suffering that any of my "babies" go through.

[redacted]

32. Somewhere some idiot is going to claim this happened bc they prayed for it

. . .and that is so sick.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. There are other Gold Star mothers there to help carry on until she returns

Poor Cindy... She and her family have my thoughts.

[lonestarnot]

37. Yes.

[WiseButAngrySara]

35. Sen. Chuck Hagel just said B* should have immediately responded

to Cindy Sheehan, and that he thought that the parallels between this war and VietNam are growing every day, as protests like Cindy's are increasing!!!!!!!!!On CNN with Wolf Blitzkrieg.

[dweller]

38. did he mean

responded to her 2 weeks+ ago, or because she is leaving for her mom's health situation?

dp

[WiseButAngrySara]

55. He said that B* should have responded to her immediately, and IMHO

it sounds as if he agrees with her. This interview happened after Wolf reported that Cindy's mother had suffered a stroke, and she had to leave, so Hagel was aware of her mother's health. I'll try to find the link on CNN...don't know if its been transcribed yet.

I loved the sig line above, about B* stating the differences between ViteNam and Iraq..."I had an exit plan for Viet Nam"

:rofl:

[meow2u3]

40. Some Bushbot must have cast a spell on Sheehan's mom

in order to kick her off Camp Casey :evilfrown:

How evil is that? And they call themselves Christians?!

[brettdale]

41. What will happen to Camp Casey Now?

What will happen to Camp Casey Now?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

44. Cindy says it will continue

She will return if possible and that there are other Gold Star Mothers there to carry on in her absence.

[Lex]

45. There are other Gold Star Mothers there and Iraq Vets too.

I can't imagine that it halts anything.

[me b zola]

43. shrub bears responsibility for what has happened to Cindy's Mom

First the woman loses her grandson, her daughters oldest son.

Then she witnesses the press, the inlaws, & the rw smear her daughter.

I am a mother & a grandmother. When any of my "babies" are in pain, let alone being attacked, I physicaly feel their pain & struggle.


FUGWB!!!!!!!! :grr:

[moc]

59. My thoughts exactly

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Oh dear. I hope she'll be alright!

My thoughts are with you Cindy and sending positive vibes to your mom.:hug:

[unhappycamper]

48. One more proof that Cindy Sheehan has her priorities correct.

Family comes first. Period.

Will / should this rally in Crawford die? IMHO, we have more reason than ever to travel to Camp Casey and add our voices to this movement. Your DU family needs you.

[steve2470]

50. That's terrible news. I wish Cindy and her mother well nt

[Bumblebee]

51. Can we honor Cindy and her mother by not quoting what Drudge and

the other RW nuts have to say about her? I, for one, would like not seeing it on DU for a while so that we can all just focus on our positive, healing vibes :)

[The Witch]

54. This is a good thing

Wait wait don't flame me.

Just this morning she was saying keep the focus on the message, not the messenger.

All the moms at the camp can carry on in her absence.
Keep the focus on Camp Casey and their message.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

56. I'm not flaming you

But maybe you could reword that to something along the lines of, perhaps some good can come out of this?

Just a thought.

[Bumblebee]

58. While it's not a "good thing," it may have a silver lining -- given

her Mom fully recovers and is okay. It can give Cindy a break, which she really needs, and it can show that Cindy is far from the only angry, grieving parent who wants answers from Bush.

[bonito]

57. Cindy puts people first. She is a great example

[Just Me]

61. Cindy, you take care of your Mom. We'll carry your torch,...

,...until you get back. :hug:

[Pithy Cherub]

63. My heartfelt wishes to Cindy & family on their Mom's recovery.

Cindy, the cause for truthful answers will endure all over America. :patriot:

[neonplaque]

65. Smells of Karl Rove

What kind of poison did they use? Any Docs on DU?