This will be a short entry as I heard it on Bree Walker's show on Air America.
Camp Casey, as you may know, was the 5 acre parcel that Cindy Sheehan purchased near George W. Bush's 'ranch' where he merrily cuts brush while Iraq burns. The anti-occupation activities that were based there including the roadside memorial are credited with finally bringing attention to the disastrous invasion and occupation.
When Cindy announced her intention to end her daily involvement with Camp Casey, it was initially thought she would sell her interest via a mechanism such as Ebay.
Enter the deceptively named organization called Move America Forward. Founded by conservative Republican operative Howard Kaloogian and chaired by the notorious right-wing radio host and Fox commentator Melanie Morgan, an advocate of violence against Times reporter Bill Keller and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, MAF in August 2005 led a counter demonstration against Cindy by caravaning to Camp Casey.
MAF had proposed purchasing the site 'at whatever it takes' but Cindy named a price in excess of $5 million at which time they backed off.
Enter Bree Walker, former Southern California news anchor and spouse of Jim Lampley. Prior to her show airing today, she announced that she would be purchasing Camp Casey for approximately $86,000. When she heard of the interest by MAF, she emailed and phoned Cindy to state that she would purchase the property at Cindy's price.
On the show, she had Cindy as a guest where they discussed the above details. Cindy stated that had MAF agreed to the $5 million, she would NOT have sold to them - for any price.
Both of these fine women deserve praise for their actions.