Cindy Sheehan's statements re: her divorce & letter from "family"

[Lars39]

From Truthout:

Tuesday 16 August 2005
10:23 PM


A statement about the Sheehan's divorce:

"The first one is about my divorce. I addressed this on my blog the other night. My divorce was in the works way before I came out to Crawford. My husband filed the papers before this all started. It just recorded last Friday. My husband didn't know that it would become public record, and public knowledge. He had told his lawyer not to serve me with the paperwork or even bother me while I was at Camp Casey. He was trying to do the right thing. He didn't want me to find out. Enough about that."


From: Smearing Cindy Sheehan,By Farhad Manjoo, Salon.com

Saturday 13 August 2005

Cindy's statement about the letter from her "family":
"I think it's accurate. I think my husband's family did write that. But I don't really give -- I don't care what they wrote. Because, No. 1, it's their opinion and they're entitled to it. But No. 2, they called him something like "our dear Casey." You know they're hypocrites. They didn't even know Casey. They didn't spend any time with him in his life, and now they're using his death for political reasons, I think.

Casey's my hero because of the way he lived, not because of the way he died. For these people who never ever went out of their way to spend any time with him to actually dare speak for him, I think it's hypocritical. Casey lived a great life and he was an honorable man and he died in a dishonorable war.

What about other members of your family -- are there people in your family who do agree with you?

My immediate family, Casey's dad and my three children and my sister, we're all on the same page. And I really think that some of my husband's siblings are with us, too."

[karlrschneider]

1. This part is a little confusing:

"He was trying to do the right thing. He didn't want me to find out."

Find out about what?
<scratching head>

[movonne]

2. I would think she didn't know that he was filing for a divorce...

[HeeBGBz]

3. My take on it

Was he didn't want her to find out the papers had been recorded (while she was at Camp Casey) Sounds like he was just trying to keep it quiet and not to cause a stir.

That's just my impression/opinion.

[Lars39]

4. That's how I took it, too.

[Ian David]

5. Newt Gingrich divorced his wife while she was in the hospital with cancer

Sick and dying family puts stress on a marriage.

War is anti-family.

[Lars39]

6. No comparison.Cindy has stated that she has husband's support.

Newt is just a POS.

[MsLeopard]

8. Excellent point

Another glaring example of the hypocrisy that just won't quit. Newt was also getting BJ's from his present wife, while still married to second wifey, during the Repub-orchestrated "impeachment" of Clinton.

How do they continuously get away it?

[frictionlessO]

7. We have to get this message out there and keep it out there. recommend!

Please keep this kicked so it continues to be out there.

[frictionlessO]

9. Kick! Read this you divorce whores of the rw media!!

You guys SUCK!

[frictionlessO]

10. Ok one last kick for the shills and thrills amongst us!

Please repeat the OP in full context.

[Lars39]

11. .

:kick: