The Cindy Sheehan Interview(s)

Cindy Sheehan has become so media-savvy that she's now doing multiple interviews simultaneously.

I'm Sam Seder for The Majority Report. Joining me now here on Air America is Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in George Bush's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Welcome, Mother Sheehan.

 

 

 

Thank you, Sam.

 

 

 

Mother Sheehan, what is it you want want to say to George Bush, provided he ever agrees to take a few minutes out of his precious vacation time to meet with you?

 

 

 

I'll tell him right to his face that his ignorance, his arrogance, and his murderous foreign policies are responsible for the death of my son, thousands of other military men and women, and hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.

 

 

 

Mrs. Sheehan, welcome to Hardball. What is it that you want to say to President Bush?

 

 

 

Chris, I simply want to discuss concerns that I have about the war, but I also want to invite him to join us in a worldwide moment of silent prayer on Friday. We‘ve invited our neighbors to join us, and George Bush is one of our neighbors.

 

 

 

Mother Sheehan, why in you opinion are we in Iraq right now? Is it just about oil and imperialism, or is there more to the story?

 

 

 

Oh, there's a lot more, Sam. "George," as I call him, betrayed the citizens of this country. He deliberately lied to trick us into a war designed to fulfill the PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. I guess that's the "hard work" he was talking about before the last stolen election - doing Israel's bidding so they can slaughter more innocent Palestinians while George lines the pockets of his corporate cronies.

 

 

 

What's the end game here?

 

 

 

I just want the President to be accountable for things he's said in the past, and to tell me why we went to war in Iraq.

 

 

 

What do you want to accomplish, Mother Sheehan?

 

 

 

We want our country back if we have to impeach everyone from George Bush down to the person who picks up the dog sh-t in Washington! Let George send his two little party animals to die in Iraq!

 

 

 

If the President were here, what would you ask him?

 

 

 

I'd ask him what we're trying to accomplish in Iraq.

 

 

 

What would you ask "Dear Leader" if he ever had the nerve to face you?

 

 

 

How many more innocent Iraqis are your policies going to kill before you convince them that you are better than Saddam?

 

 

 

We're here to speak out on behalf of world peace.

 

 

 

Instead of some Congress leaders showing ink-stained fingers at the SOTU address they should have held up blood soaked hands!

 

 

 

...to spread a message of love and compassion...

 

 

 

Nuclear holocaust!

 

 

 

I just want to build bridges...

 

 

 

Joooooooos!

 

 

 

Mrs. Sheehan, the Constitution says...

 

 

 

We have no Constitution! We’re the only country with no checks and balances...

 

 

 

Uh, this is Chris Matthews, Mrs. Sheehan.

 

 

 

Oh, I thought it was the Air America guy.

 

 

 

Don't worry, we can edit that out.

 

 

 

Mother Sheehan, why do you think the Bush Crime Family...

 

 

 

Sam, I'm going to have to cut this interview short, there's some nut trying to pull up one of the crosses we've planted.

 

 

 

Another redneck in his pickup truck?

 

 

 

No, this is some guy whose son was killed in Iraq, and he's upset because we wrote his son's name is on one of the crosses.

 

 

 

What's his problem?

 

 

 

He says he supports the war, his son believed in what he was doing, yada yada yada.

 

 

 

Wing-nut alert!

 

 

 

Pathetic, isn't it?

 

More from the wing-nut gallery: Conservative Cat, Urban Grind, Patterico, Texas Tattler (H/T: Nickie Goomba), Flopping Aces, College Pundit.

UPDATE: OUCH!

Comments

[bird of paridise]

I wonder if they used the univerial translator to translate her clucking into english?

[CollegePundit]

I just feel enormously sorry for her - she's a puppet and their current "cause celebre". Once they've gotten their mileage out of her, they're done and she's back to square one all over again.

[Jeff H]

Shouldn't she be wearing a neck-brace for that whiplash? That always garners more sympathy, too.

[Jeff H]

Oh, and CP, I don't feel one iota of sorriness for her. She brought the media circus upon herself. She could've stopped it at anytime with a simple order to do so, or by withdrawing herself from the middle of it. If she were truly grieving her son's death, I have every reason to believe that she would've done just that: said "Get the hell out of here, I'm grieving my son's death." Instead, she chose to wrap herself in the madness and use it to push her pre-existing moonbat agenda. She deserves our respect only in that her son served honorably and sacrificed for the cause of bringing freedom to the Iraqi people, and she deserves our pity only in that her son died. Otherwise, she deserves nothing but our scorn for her shameless whoring of her own son's death for the cause of bring shame on our entire military, our president and our country.

[j. blair]

I noticed this line in a recent Sheehan post at HuffnPuff titled "Hypocrites and Liars".

"I have been writing, speaking, testifying in front of Congressional committees, lobbying Congress, and doing interviews for over a year now."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-sheehan/hypocrites-and-liars_b_5965.html

Maybe someone can identify exactly which Congressional Committees Ms. Sheehan testified before and the exact dates so we can review her testimony from the Congressional Record.

I certainly hope she does not consider an unofficial meeting held by Rep. Conyers in the basement of the Capitol building as "testifying before Congressional committees" as that would be a lie and she would be a hypocrite....

[CollegePundit]

In one of the rare times where I'll ever sound like a liberal, I will say this : grief makes us say and do exceptionally unwise things. By that I mean wrapping oneself in the company of people you may not normally associate oneself with, as well as saying things when you are not of sound mind.

To get down to brass tacks, I think Cindy believes that these lunatic moonbats that are swarming to her "defense" - that they're not there to promote their ridiculous agenda (which is doubtful). That, because of their company, she may want to say things that will keep them on "her side". Whether or not they care she remains with them remains to be seen (I highly doubt they do) - she's excellent camera fodder for their 15 minutes of fame.

Do I approve of what she's saying? Not in the slightest - it's exceptionally distasteful. But I think it's a by-product of her associations, not what is going on in her head. If the Crawford Peace House did not exist, and the media didn't have a 24/7 SheehanWatch, I doubt this would have gotten more attention than a few columns in a newspaper. It's just not news in a classically-defined sense.

[Mad Dog Vinnie]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Cindy Sheehan is as much a grieving mother as Andrea Yates.

[John from WuzzaDem]

Vinnie, you old softy.

[CollegePundit]

Well, I think the latest article on Wizbang pretty much sealed the deal for me - this woman is just out of control. God help her. That's all I can say.

[kbiel]

Uh, is this supposed to be parody? 'Cause I can't tell the difference between it and a real interview with Cindy.

[Beth]

The difference between this and a real interview is that in a real interview she wouldn't say "responsible for the death of my son," she would say "Bush killed (or murdered) my son."

Andrea Yates? Well, she didn't call herself a "freedom fighter." Just sayin'.