Tampa's Bay News 9 has had wonderful coverage of the Sheehan vigil.

[madfloridian]

BayNews9 in Tampa has had the nicest articles about Cindy Sheehan. Today there is one about Casey. One day they showed her on the news, had some nice comments, and then showed one of the ugliest pictures of Bush I have seen...smirking. They put his low ratings right under it.

They look like from the AP story, but most of the local stations have not devoted this much coverage that I can see.

Son Killed in Iraq Known for Quiet Service
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/8/12/113083.html

He was an altar boy, an Eagle Scout, a church youth group leader. That is what people remember about Casey Sheehan, the 24-year-old soldier whose death in Iraq has become a flashpoint for debate about the war since his mother began staging a peace vigil outside the president's ranch in Texas.

Among family and friends _ not to mention TV pundits, Internet bloggers and newspaper columnists _ opinions vary about Cindy Sheehan's demand to meet with the president to talk about why the U.S. went to war. Like others, they struggle with whether her determination to bring the war home honors or diminishes his choice to join the Army.

But those who knew the young man she so publicly mourns agree that if anyone is an appropriate face for the war's more than 1,800 U.S. deaths, it is Casey. He had a gentle but firm commitment to family, church and country, re-enlisting after the war started and volunteering for the rescue mission in which he and six others were killed last year.

"Casey was quiet, but he loved to serve and it didn't matter whether it was working in the kitchen, backstage or up front," recalled Steve Tholcke, who directs a Catholic youth camp where Sheehan worked as a counselor and organized youth retreats. "If something needed to be done, Casey was there to do it."

Mom Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/8/7/112098.html

Mom of Slain GI Holds Vigil in Crawford
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/8/8/112297.html

Grieving Mother's War Protest Draws Notice http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/8/10/112718.html

[Cha]

1. Thanks for the links to this coverage, mf..

.." He had a gentle but firm commitment to family, church and country, re-enlisting after the war started and volunteering for the rescue mission in which he and six others were killed last year.

The way I saw that Cindy Sheenan related the story about Casey was that his recruiter told him he wouldn't be going to Iraq and then when he found out he was; he didn't want to back out because he thought it was his duty and his friends were going, even though his mom begged him not to go.


I don't think it "diminishes" Casey's service to have his mom asking the one who started all of this with LIES.."What did my son die for?"

Here's an example of a brainwashed individual who is talking without all the facts at his disposal..

"His commander in chief needed him to be there, as well as those fellow soldiers, to help those people, help that country to be able to stand on its own and to liberate those people," Boskovitch told ABC"

I guess he's talking about Commander Cucoobananas aka/Commander Bunnypants.

[Scout1071]

2. Way to go Tampa Bay News 9!

Great coverage.