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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (704489)	9/28/2005 1:05:32 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Barf.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (704489)	9/28/2005 1:05:56 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Sheehan calls McCain 'warmonger' after meeting Associated Press ^ \| 9/29/05 \| Charles Dharapak WASHINGTON (AP) — Peace mom Cindy Sheehan didn't change her opposition to the war in Iraq after meeting Tuesday with one of its supporters, Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran whom she called "a warmonger." Sheehan likened McCain to Bush after their meeting. Later, she left a rally early; "she's exhausted," a spokeswoman said. Sheehan thanked McCain for meeting with her, but she came away disappointed. "He tried to tell us what George Bush would have said," Sheehan, who protested at the president's Texas home over the summer, told reporters. "I don't believe he believes what he was telling me." AP Sen. John McCain, Tuesday. McCain, R-Ariz., also seemed disappointed in the meeting, which he said had been misrepresented as including some of his constituents. Only one person in her small delegation has ties to the state, and that person no longer lives there. The two exchanged views about the war, and McCain described the conversation as "a rehash" of opinions already well known. He said he might not have met with Sheehan had he known none of his constituents was in the group. Although McCain has criticized the handling of the Iraq war, he has supported President Bush's call to stop terrorism abroad before it reaches the U.S. Sheehan, whose son, Casey, died in Iraq last year, has energized the anti-war movement with her call for troops to be brought home. "He is a warmonger, and I'm not," Sheehan said after meeting with McCain. "I believe this war is not keeping America safer." "She's entitled to her opinion," McCain said. "We just have fundamental disagreements." Sheehan's conference with McCain was one of several scheduled this week as part of her campaign to persuade members of Congress to explain the reasons for the war. She spoke before a massive anti-war rally Saturday on the National Mall and was arrested Monday demonstrating in front of the White House. (Related: Police take in Sheehan \| Video) Sheehan and McCain had met once before, shortly after the funeral of her son. Sheehan said Tuesday that McCain told her then that her son's death was "like his buddies in Vietnam" and that he feared their deaths were "for nothing." McCain, however, denied he made such a statement. Later, Sheehan cut short her appearance at the University of Maryland, leaving a rally after about 10 minutes. Karen Pomer, a spokeswoman for Sheehan, said, "She's exhausted and she's not feeling well, but she intends to meet her obligations."