Cindy Sheehan

[rjung]

I think it’s fair to say that I wish your neighbor had never voted for Bush either.

[John_Mace]

@contradancer

This is not going to go away. It is no longer about Cindy Sheehan. She was a catalyst for the majority of Americans who oppose the war, like my neighboor (everyman) who wishes she had never voted for him.

Depends on how you define “this”. If “this” = Cindy Sheean herself, I beg to differ. Ms. Sheehan becomse less credible the more she speaks. Her more outrageous comments will get her dropped from the limelight sooner or later. If “this” = “the anti war movement”, then of course it isn’t going away. It’s been here all along.

[pace]

@John Mace

If “this” = “the anti war movement”, then of course it isn’t going away. It’s been here all along.

Wouldn’t you agree, though, that Sheehan’s initiative has sorta kinda jump-started the anti-war activism?

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@pace

Wouldn’t you agree, though, that Sheehan’s initiative has sorta kinda jump-started the anti-war activism?

I would agree that having an emotionally charged story with a recognizable “anywoman” element kinda jump-started more media coverage of anti-war activism.

[flickster]

Wonder how many are still hanging out at Camp Cindy now that they have lost their media attention?

[Blalron]

@flickster

Wonder how many are still hanging out at Camp Cindy now that they have lost their media attention?

Didn’t she only pledge to stay there until Bush ended his vacation?

The Hurricane thing has kinda grabbed our attention. Even I, who has long been a die hard critic of Bush, have been surprised by his (non)response to this catastrophe. I know he’s a real space case, but not in my wildest dreams would I thought that he’d do a 3 day version of his My Pet Goat “deer in the headlights” impression when another disaster befell america.

[Kimstu]

@flickster

Wonder how many are still hanging out at Camp Cindy now that they have lost their media attention?

You’re behind the times. The Camp Casey vigil was mostly dismantled by August 31 to launch the Bring Them Home Now Tour sponsored by Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace:

On August 31st, the last day of the encampment, the Bring Them Home Now Tour will launch three buses from Crawford, Texas, each carrying military and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of previous wars. These buses will travel different routes across the country, converging in Washington, DC on September 21, for the United for Peace and Justice Mobilization September 24th-26th.

The tour will amplify the voice of Gold Star families, who show the devastating human cost of this war; the voice of military families, for whom each and every day that this war continues brings the potential for the most devastating of consequences; and the voice of veterans, who can share the ground truth about war and the impact on those who were sent off to fight it.

Over the course of the tour, members of the sponsoring organizations will reach out to military families, veterans, and concerned citizens in cities and towns in the heartland, the north, and the south. The Tour will spread the truth about the war in Iraq, mobilize people to Washington DC for September 24-26th and ask Congressional decision-makers the hard questions Cindy has asked President Bush and to learn what our elected representatives are doing to bring this war to an end.

You can read current news coverage of the Tour at the “Press Room” link of the above-linked website. Sheehan herself was scheduled to ride with the South Bus Tour.

Personally, I think that the biggest impact Sheehan and her protest will have will be in lifting the taboo against military families and veterans publicly criticizing a war they disagree with. The degree to which such protests have succeeded in separating the concept of “supporting the war” from “supporting the troops” would have been unimaginable a couple of years ago.