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CNN said:The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents.
CNN said:Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. His lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
ShamMol said:She isn't embarrassing me. Senator Frist came to speak where I was vacationing and I went to go hear him talk and asked him two very, um, pointed questions as my way of welcoming him to the island. There is no shame in what she is doing right now and I would probably want to join her if I got word that Vance had been killed over in Iraq. It is a personal struggle and people can choose to deal with that in any way they want, either through prayer, reflection, mourning, hatred, protest, etc. She chose the last path and I admire her for it.
The president could just make the whole mess go away by meeting with her for 5 minutes, but his advisors are too afraid. It is all rather humerous. Frankly, I wouldn't meet her either if I were president, but it is fun to say he should, isn't it?
ShamMol said:She isn't embarrassing me. Senator Frist came to speak where I was vacationing and I went to go hear him talk and asked him two very, um, pointed questions as my way of welcoming him to the island. There is no shame in what she is doing right now and I would probably want to join her if I got word that Vance had been killed over in Iraq. It is a personal struggle and people can choose to deal with that in any way they want, either through prayer, reflection, mourning, hatred, protest, etc. She chose the last path and I admire her for it.
The president could just make the whole mess go away by meeting with her for 5 minutes, but his advisors are too afraid. It is all rather humerous. Frankly, I wouldn't meet her either if I were president, but it is fun to say he should, isn't it?
galenrox said:Something tells me there's probably more than meets the eye in this particular situation, and that he's not divorcing her solely due to the protest. I'd have to assume that there was something else going on, and that their marriage wasn't completely politically based.
I think she deserves a talk with Bush, and I can't see how anyone could possibly justify him not talking to her. He's her ****ing employee, and her son died in the war that HE started, so at the very least he owes her an explanation.
ShamMol said:She isn't embarrassing me. Senator Frist came to speak where I was vacationing and I went to go hear him talk and asked him two very, um, pointed questions as my way of welcoming him to the island. There is no shame in what she is doing right now and I would probably want to join her if I got word that Vance had been killed over in Iraq. It is a personal struggle and people can choose to deal with that in any way they want, either through prayer, reflection, mourning, hatred, protest, etc. She chose the last path and I admire her for it.
The president could just make the whole mess go away by meeting with her for 5 minutes, but his advisors are too afraid. It is all rather humerous. Frankly, I wouldn't meet her either if I were president, but it is fun to say he should, isn't it?
Yes It wouldn't be so bad if the media didn't jump all over it, in the more recent clips.. she sounds like she has totally lost it.
vandree said:Funny you should say that, since you apparently jumped at the opportunity to post about her getting divorced.
She is getting divorced, so what?
Tetracide said:I heard that the devorce was in the process before she went on her protest/hippie rally.
ShamMol said:Giving comfort to the enemy Navy Pride? Alright, if that is how you want to portray it, that is your right, but honestly, we have been over that before and I at least know it not to be true.
I consider it to be patriotic to dissent, but hey, for another opinion, we go to navy pride with his extreme patriotism.
Deegan said:I was completely shocked at the way Chris Matthews handled two interviews with the mothers of soldiers who had died in Iraq. He handled Mrs Sheenan, or shall I say miss, with kid gloves, it was more like softball. Then when the mother who was defending the war answered his pointed questions, he became quick with her, and cut her off more then once. I was just so angry with that obvious bias, but I really don't know why I was so shocked, as it happens so often on his show.
As for this divorce, wow, when I heard this, I was truly shocked. I had heard that persons in her family did not agree with her, but her own husband filing for divorce.:shock:
I would tell her to go home, but it sounds like she has no home to go home to.
Calm2Chaos said:Always found it curious when people say it's patriotic to dissent.
NO... IT'S NOT
It is your right to dissent
It is your right to free speech
It is your right to question the government
But to call complaining patriotic just doesn't work. If what you do is patriotic what do you call the service a soldier performs? Sorry I see nothing patriotic about protesting. I know it is your right and I know for a fact that at times it is a nessecity. But I can't ever see it as patriotic.
ShamMol said:Giving comfort to the enemy Navy Pride? Alright, if that is how you want to portray it, that is your right, but honestly, we have been over that before and I at least know it not to be true.
I consider it to be patriotic to dissent, but hey, for another opinion, we go to navy pride with his extreme patriotism.
And have you seen my posts that say that I don't want an immediate withdrawl? No? You instead choose to ignore them? Oh, then by all means sir, please do. End sarcasm. LBJ said he did not run his office on polls either, but aren't his numbers almost identical to this president's right now...both in support and support for the war, guess he is lucky he isn't running for reelection otherwise he would be listening to the polls for sure, but I am sure you disagree.Navy Pride said:You have no clue..........The terrorists in Iraq see these protests.......They no people like you have no stomach to fight terrorism and if they just hold out public opinion will turn and we will cut and run just like we did in Nam.......
Well you on the left are wrong this time because unlike Clinton this prsident does not run his office base on polls..........So no matter how much you whine and complain we will be ther until we finish the job...........
Navy Pride said:You have no clue..........The terrorists in Iraq see these protests.......They no people like you have no stomach to fight terrorism and if they just hold out public opinion will turn and we will cut and run just like we did in Nam.......
Well you on the left are wrong this time because unlike Clinton this prsident does not run his office base on polls..........So no matter how much you whine and complain we will be ther until we finish the job...........
ShamMol said:And have you seen my posts that say that I don't want an immediate withdrawl? No? You instead choose to ignore them? Oh, then by all means sir, please do. End sarcasm. LBJ said he did not run his office on polls either, but aren't his numbers almost identical to this president's right now...both in support and support for the war, guess he is lucky he isn't running for reelection otherwise he would be listening to the polls for sure, but I am sure you disagree.
You may find this shocking, but we support the troops, but not the war. Omg, its true, its true, its damn true to quote a well-known wrestler. We will not cut and run. We will take the two to three years necessary to train those troops and then we are out, period. Got it?
Calm2Chaos said:Although I am sorry for her lost. I think she's making a mokery of her sons death. She seems to be puppeting a little bit also. I am sorry if I don't feel the president needs to meet with every family member of every soldier that is killed or injured in Iraq. I belive I heard has met with some 250 families so far. She's making demands on the President of the United States, and I for one see no reason for it.
alex said:He lead the war using lies, he owes every mother of every person killed in Iraq an explanation. He needs to come out publicly and admit that he and his crooked administration were wrong. Cindy Sheenan has every right to expect this. Being president does not place Bush above anyone.
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