I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Cindy Sheehan, PR Nightmare!

Cindy Sheehan has created a PR nightmare for the Bush administration. The problem for the administration is that a majority of the people not only sympathize with her but agree with her. To make things worse:
Military Families to Join Cindy Sheehan in Crawford; Gold Star and Military Families from Across Country on Their Way to Texas
CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More members of Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) and Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) are traveling to Texas to join the protest outside of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he is vacationing for the month of August.

Starting today, Gold Star families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arkansas and other states whose loved ones have died as a result of the war in Iraq will be joining one of their members, Cindy Sheehan, at the protest. Ms. Sheehan, whose son Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, has been in Crawford since August 5th, demanding a meeting with the President. These families will be joined by military families with loved ones currently serving in Iraq or about to deploy or redeploy to Iraq. All of these families are coming to Crawford, Texas to share their stories about the personal costs of the war in Iraq and add their voices to the call for a meeting with President Bush
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Because the Bush is in Crawford the area is full of TV crews from all over the world. Any attempt to arrest Cindy and her allies will be played all over the world, it might even get some coverage in the US. So how do they deal with her? It would appear that the Rovians realize a direct attack would be a political PR disaster. FOX News gave us a hint tonight. She is being used by "radicals". I don't think it's going to work. It might have a year ago but not today.

Also see Cindy Sheehan--A Perfect Storm
and
Cindy Sheehan: Blogger

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