# Cindy Sheehan has lost her ever-loving mind **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 17, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071 "2005-09-17T00:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Updike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/1 "2005-09-17T00:53:27Z")
Now she’s calling for President Bush to > [@](#): > > **pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans.** Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? In the aftermath of Katrina, the hue and cry went up that the Feds (read: President Bush) weren’t doing enough to help the victims, from Mayor Nagin’s semi-hysterical (understandably so, though) S.O.S down to certain democrats and the media laying blame everywhere. While they may not have gotten to the worst hit areas as fast as anyone would have liked, the military is now providing security, search and rescue, (well, mostly recovery at this point ☹ ), and massive logistical services so that food, medicine, and other aid can actually reach the people who need it. But now, only 10 days after the levees broke and all hell broke loose, this nimrod wants Bush to pull the troops out? What does she, and not incidentally her supporters, WANT for heaven’s sake? > **[A Bright Spot in Bush World Amid the Miserable Failures on the Same Planet](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-bright-spot-in-bush-wor_b_7433)** > > I saw in the paper that George Bush said the recovery in the Gulf States would be "hard work." That man has never known a day of hard work in his life. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/2 "2005-09-17T00:58:10Z")
And this surprizes someone because…? ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/3 "2005-09-17T00:58:14Z")
To be back in the headlines and back on TV ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/4 "2005-09-17T01:07:03Z")
Can anyone just post the quote? My eyes glazed over while skimming for the “get out of LA” part. PS, gotta love the Lord Of War ads for some irony. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/5 "2005-09-17T01:14:29Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Can anyone just post the quote? My eyes glazed over while skimming for the “get out of LA” part. > > PS, gotta love the Lord Of War ads for some irony. Here ya go. > [@](#): > > George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from power. This lady sounds like a lot of fun. Actually, from what I read in the article she sounds a lot like a person who has started to believe the hype about herself and has lost touch with what she was trying to accomplish in the first place. Let’s hope she pulls back before we have a liberal Ann Coulter on our hands. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/6 "2005-09-17T01:50:51Z")
She’s giving Tom Cruise some serious competition for ‘Funniest Brainwashed Loon of the Year’ award. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/7 "2005-09-17T01:56:50Z")
Her 15 minutes of fame are soooooo over. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/8 "2005-09-17T01:58:09Z")
This is why The Onion isn’t what it once was. The lines are too blurry now. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/9 "2005-09-17T02:00:10Z")
Even as a dedicated lefty, I must say that this makes no sense whatsoever. “Occupied” New Orleans??? > [@](#): > > Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/10 "2005-09-17T02:09:47Z")
Wouldn’t the troops be better off in NOLA than in Baghdad? Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/11 "2005-09-17T02:21:24Z")
It appears that this loon has started believing her own press releases. I felt sorry for her at first, because she lost her son in a war\* she doesn’t believe in. She now seems to believe she has some special insight into all the nations problems. I think she needs a long rest, to get rid of the jokers who are enabling her to make a fool of herself, and maybe some meds. \*since Congress never declared war, what exactly **are** we involved in? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/12 "2005-09-17T02:42:38Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > \*since Congress never declared war, what exactly **are** we involved in? Good question. Is it a “Police Action?” It’s surely more than an “Incident.” ---
**Author:** ![Updike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/13 "2005-09-17T03:12:31Z")
I know her beloved son is dead, and her husband is out of the picture. Does anyone know if she has other children, or siblings, or parents, that can get her the help she so desparately needs? As far as the people that are using her to advance a political advantage, I have no words for them. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/14 "2005-09-17T03:16:01Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Wouldn’t the troops be better off in NOLA than in Baghdad? Just sayin’. At least the folks in NOLA aren’t actively trying to kill the troops. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/15 "2005-09-17T03:24:58Z")
> [@Updike](#): > > I know her beloved son is dead, and her husband is out of the picture. Does anyone know if she has other children, or siblings, or parents, that can get her the help she so desparately needs? There has already been some rift in the family over her views. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/16 "2005-09-17T03:43:39Z")
She’s not the first person I’ve heard say this. According to a certain kind of thinking, sending troops into New Orleans was an affront, or even an attack, against the victims of the hurricane. The people looting down there were only looking for food and it’s part of an effort to blame the poor for what happened. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/17 "2005-09-17T03:51:15Z")
I was not aware that we had declared war on New Orleans and invaded. Why didn’t I get the memo? hmmmm. Loony loony loony. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/18 "2005-09-17T03:52:10Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > \*since Congress never declared war, what exactly **are** we involved in? A war. There were wars before there was a Congress and will be after Congress is gone. Congress might not admit something is a war, but it is. Two wars, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/19 "2005-09-17T03:54:42Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > \*since Congress never declared war, what exactly **are** we involved in? I don’t think there’s any precedent for Congress declaring a “clusterfuck,” which may be why they haven’t done it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071/20 "2005-09-17T03:57:56Z")
A few weeks back I wondered how many mothers would be willing to sacrifice their child in order to secure New Orleans. I thought I was kidding… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071.md?page=2)