Sunday, November 27, 2005

'Grieving' Cindy Sheehan, has returned to Crawford, Texas.  Her and about 99 others.  Below is the update and picture, worth the usual thousand words.  Says Power Line; It's Over. Cindy Sheehan's moment of fame, that is. The Washington Post delivers a surprisingly honest assessment of Sheehan's latest effort in Crawford, Texas: Unlike [last August], when hundreds came from all over the country for major events at the two campsites named after Sheehan's son, who was killed in Iraq, Sheehan found herself addressing a crowd of only about 100 Saturday afternoon. The large tent where supporters had erected a stage hung with the banner "Speak Truth to Power" was only partially full. In the morning Sheehan signed copies of her new book, being published this week, for an even smaller crowd. "Even smaller crowd," indeed: The AP caption reads: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan waits for people to show up at her book signing near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in Crawford, Texas. If any showed up, it isn't apparent from the photos taken by AP and Reuters. HT: Sweetness & Light, via PoliPundit. [Power Line] 7:49:16 PM    comment [] trackback []

Credits to Amy Ridenour for this one, The Peace Movement's Moderate Face As Cindy Sheehan is once again protesting in Crawford, Texas, I thought it a good time to share some pictures that show -- as the mainstream media often does not -- the message of the anti-war protesters. These photos, of another anti-war rally in which Cindy Sheehan participated, were taken by Joe Roche. Said Joe about the day he took these pictures: I wiped myself out by walking in the opposite direction all day through the marches taking pictures of lots of stuff. The reason I did this was because of an exchange I had with some soldiers after the Sept 11th Freedom Walk earlier this month. There was a counter-protest for that that shocked most of the soldiers. They held up signs that were extremely militant and provacative. The soldiers asked me afterwards if those were Americans. They were shocked, incredulous, when I said yes. Amy & David, there are many people in America who have no idea how radical and militant the Left really is. I think it would shock people to see how bad they really are at events like this weekend's. Of course, we know this. The same thing happened in 1983 against Reagan, many times against Contra Aid, against the 1991 Gulf War, etc. The thing that infuriates me is how the press/media protect these protests by NOT showing the real militant and radical sides of it. NOTHING like that exists in our pro-US/pro-military rallies, but it ALWAYS is there for the anti-military stuff. ...Every time they hold these protests, the media only shows the sides of things that look normal and nice for America. It is as if they go out of their way to protect the message from the radicals to only show the most mellow side, so that the whole thing comes off acceptable to the "moderates." Notice this photo gallery of Cindy Sheehan's protests this week (Hat tip: League of Extraordinary Conservative Gentlemen). All flags, hugs and crosses. Yet the photos below show another face of the "peace"movement -- one that is not "moderate' at all. - Amy Ridenour [Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog] 10:11:47 AM    comment [] trackback []

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