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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: paret who wrote (40621)	8/17/2005 11:54:40 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Socialist Worker features hate-America lefty hag Cindy socialistworker.org

To: paret who wrote (40621)	8/18/2005 12:09:38 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 93284

Turning Out to Support a Mother's Protest By ELISABETH BUMILLER nytimes.com CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 17 - Supporters of Cindy Sheehan organized more than 1,500 candlelight vigils across the country on Wednesday night in solidarity with this mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, who has set up a protest encampment down the road from President Bush's ranch here. The vigils, coordinated by the advocacy group MoveOn.org, were held in locations from Lafayette Park across from the White House to Rockefeller Center to Clover Park in Santa Monica, Calif. MoveOn.org organizers said that they had received 50,000 R.S.V.P.'s via e-mail by midday Wednesday, and that they expected the turnout to be double that. Organizers said the response showed how Ms. Sheehan had become a catalyst for an antiwar movement that had been relatively unfocused since the 2004 presidential campaign. "She's like a herald, waking everybody up," said Tom Matzzie, the Washington director for MoveOn.org. At a vigil in Union Square Park in New York, about 300 supporters of Ms. Sheehan gathered, holding placards critical of Mr. Bush and the Iraq war, and one protester dressed like a hooded prisoner in the infamous photos from the Abu Ghraib prison. Debbie Larkin, 60, a retired New York City teacher, said she understood Ms. Sheehan's mission. "I think she wanted President Bush to understand how the war affects one individual," Mrs. Larkin said. In Lafayette Park, a crowd gathered in front of the White House with lighted candles and signs that read "Tell Cindy the Truth!" and "Get Off the Lazy W Ranch." Viola Lucero, a 56-year-old human resources executive visiting from Oakland, Calif., said she decided to participate because she had followed Ms. Sheehan's protest since it began. "It's probably the most respectful thing she could do in honor of her son - trying to get answers," Ms. Lucero said. At a news conference here on Wednesday Ms. Sheehan announced the number of the vigils and said that while she was amazed by the response to her protest, she was not surprised. "I was just the spark that the universe chose for some reason," she said. Mr. Matzzie said Ms. Sheehan called him last week and asked for help. He said he had initially been reluctant for fear that MoveOn.org would undercut Ms. Sheehan's story, but he said he had been urged by the group's members to get involved. At her news conference, Ms. Sheehan said that she would move her encampment closer to the president, to an acre of pastureland adjacent to a Secret Service checkpoint about a mile from the Bush ranch. That pasture, with 212 additional acres for parking, was offered to her by a local landowner, Fred Mattlage. Janon Fisher contributed reporting from New York for this article, and Lakiesha R. Carr from Washington. * Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company

To: paret who wrote (40621)	8/18/2005 12:37:58 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 93284

You know when a person turns against the will of her son, and then attempts to use his death to further a cause he would vehemently object to that she has to ethical compunction. Her family has turned against her. Her husband is divorcing her. The real divorce is her mind from reality.