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Cindy Sheehan Antiwar Activism Continues Despite Being Used by the Democrats
Here's a few paragraph's, it's a long article.
A page with some vids of her speeking.Stephen L. Carter Stephen L. Carter – Tue May 17, 12:02 am ET
NEW YORK – Cindy Sheehan Antiwar Activism Continues Despite Being Used by the DemocratsThe Democrats used her for partisan gain against George Bush, but the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq continues her antiwar activism against Obama—and we should respect her for it, says Stephen Carter.
Six years ago, we were in the midst of what might be referred to as the summer of Cindy Sheehan. You remember. Sheehan tragically lost a son in Iraq, and shortly thereafter denounced President George W. Bush as a war criminal. She led demonstrations. She camped out near Bush’s Texas ranch. The media adored her. When Sheehan was criticized, Maureen Dowd famously defended her in The New York Times with the assertion that because she had buried a son lost in the Iraq War, her “moral authority” was “absolute.”
We don’t read much about Cindy Sheehan’s antiwar activism these days, perhaps because her political utility has faded. Sheehan has railed against President Barack Obama as she did against Bush. The press, for the most part, has shrugged. She camped out at the Washington Monument and drew little coverage. At an antiwar demonstration last year, she called Obama “that war criminal in the White House.” A handful of media outlets dutifully reported her words, buried deep inside their coverage; whereas under Bush her activism would have been the lead.
I consider Sheehan’s attacks on Obama
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