Update [2005-8-12 21:18:29 by patrioticliberal]:They're gone, no violence. Thank goodness. A message to you right wing freaks: Cindy Sheehan and her group of peaceful protesters will not back down. You can try to attack the mother of a soldier who died in the war you love so much; you will not win. You are the cowards, and your "leader" is a coward for passing up two opportunities to meet with Cindy today. But don't worry. He'll have more opportunities to Meet With Cindy . Cindy Sheehan and her friends will keep their vigil there, and if the Coward in Chief does not meet with them in Crawford, they will follow him to D.C.
More and more, Democrats, Independents, Republicans, people of no political party whatsoever are going down to support Cindy. This story will not go away. Thank you Cindy and her fellow protesters for remaining peaceful. Cindy and her group will not stoop to the level of jackasses like Mike Gallagher or Darrell Ankarlo of KLIF (btw, complain to ClearChannel about that) .
Let's hope someone taped these right wing fascists. If you do, please send it to iconoclastic cat . Thank you!
And here's what happened earlier tonight:
This in from Annie Spell, at DefianceZone.com :
"We have counter protesters showing up a little at a time, carrying little American flags and attempting to agitate the peaceful protesters. We have 5 law enforcement vehicles including county, city, state & SS. The media is on site. People are still being shuttled back and forth to the CPH. Ward & Andrea are heading back to CPH because they are sick like Annie was yesterday.
At the top of the triangle where the counter protesters are getting out of the car, is the same location where the vets & military families are. It's almost as if they are deliberately picking that location to cause agitation."
From blogger Ella, at EllaGoes.Typepad.com:
Alex just called, and some counter-protestors showed up in a bus. Don't know with whom or what they're affiliated. They're not obeying the strict parking rules the police have been demanding of the Sheehan supporters.
After they arrived, the Sheehan supporters stood and sang "God Bless America."
The response?
A repeated chant of "We don't care. We don't care. We don't care..."
Just chew on that image for awhile.
Update [2005-8-12 20:56:51 by patrioticliberal]: From
DefianceZone.com:
Both sides are being peaceful and respectful. As well they should, this is about a mom who lost her son in a war with many false reasons, lest we all forget that.
This is a rough description of what happened I'll do my best here. Annie said:
The counter protestors put flags on some of the crosses that had been placed on site. This prompted some of the pro-Cindy demonstrators to move their crosses in hopes of actually having a one on one discussion with the other protestors, which is always more useful than 2 sides shouting at eachother.
Bill Mitchell sat down by one of the flags apparently hoping that someone from the other side would sit down as well.
As one of the Counter-Protestors said "We Love Our Troops." Several of the Veterans For Peace members said "We Love Our Troops Too"" .
From
UpbeatDefiance.com:
I just heard from both Annie and Buddy. The relationship with the local police continues to remain strong. However, they are allowing anti-protesters to show up and are allowing them to assemble on one flank of the triangle.
The police cars line the other flank.
All ProCindy/ ProPeace Protestors are asked to remain silent and simply hold your banners.
This is starting to get tense and we want to be sure not to do anything that could be seen as hostile.
The media of course has flocked to the anti-protestors.
When the 14 cop cars pulled up along side the ProCindy/ProPeace Demonstrators applauded.
Photos and updates will coming all night and posted at http://politicalswitchboard.com and http://upbeatdefiance.com/
The next test will be on Saturday when Darrell at KLIF (a Fox Radio affilliate) brings in his bus of idiots as well - he's constantly attacking her on the air.
Here's information about Darrell's upcoming protest, from the "Christian Wire Service":
CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug. 12 /Christian Wire Service/ -- In response to false information regarding the nation's attitude in regard to the war on terror, a vigil will be held at high-noon, Saturday, August 13, in Crawford, Texas.
The event will begin at 12 noon, and will be a quiet and peaceful showing of support for our troops, their families and our President.
"Support our Troops" Event Details---
When: Saturday, August 13, 12 noon
Where: The Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas
Who: TheConservativeVoice.com, Represented by Don Thompson
Why: "We are calling upon individuals to show our fighting forces we support them and their efforts. Now is the time to be supporting our troops and praying for them. Please take a minute to remember our men and women of the Armed Forces who fight for our freedoms."
"Our nation is under attack. I am thankful for the leadership we have in America. As a father of a small child my heart goes out to the grieving parents, spouses and children who have lost loved ones in war. Thank you. The sad reality of freedom is its cost. America won its freedom through war. To maintain freedom we must continue to suppress those who wish to destroy it. You don't chose to fight or go to war, however, you chose whether you win or lose. We have no choice but to win this war." -- Nathan Tabor, TheConservativeVoice.com
http://www.earnedmedia.org/ntabor0812.htm
What bullshit. They're there to protest Cindy Sheehan , and we know it. Who do these asshats think they're fooling?
Also, in good news, the late Andy Stephenson's mother (who called Bush a "peckerhead"!) is headed down to Crawford!
As White Rose Society webmaster Ben Burch said, "Andy Stephenson's spirit must be watching over Cindy Sheehan".