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Cindy Gets It Wrong
No sooner had the dust settled on Cindy Sheehan's ouster from her front row perch at the State of the Union Speech when out comes Ms. Sheehan's rebuttal to the events of that night.
As it would turn out, I have a rebuttal to Cindy's rebuttal.
I had just sat down and I was warm from climbing 3 flights of stairs back up from the bathroom so I unzipped my jacket. I turned to the right to take my left arm out, when the same officer saw my shirt and yelled, "Protester." He then ran over to me, hauled me out of my seat, and roughly (with my hands behind my back) shoved me up the stairs. I said something like "I'm going, do you have to be so rough?" By the way, his name is Mike Weight.The officer ran with me to the elevators, yelling at everyone to move out of the way. When we got to the elevators, he cuffed me and took me outside to await a squad car. On the way out, someone behind me said, "That's Cindy Sheehan." At which point the officer who arrested me said, "Take these steps slowly." I said, "You didn't care about being careful when you were dragging me up the other steps." He said, "That's because you were protesting." Wow, I got hauled out of
the People's House because I was "Protesting."
Yes Cindy, you did get dragged out of the People's House because you were protesting. Which is not to insinuate, as you have so smarmily done, that protesting is not allowed in the United States of America. There are plenty of public streets and public parks and public sidewalks. Folks protest upon them all the time. As I recall you once parked your dictator-loving behind under a tent right on the road leading to the private home of the President of the United States.
But no, you can't protest in places where the people's work is being done. You can't protest at a presidential inauguration. You can't protest at the State of the Union address as called for in this country's constitution. You can't protest during congressional legislative sessions.
For why wouldn't everyone with a grudge, from the spotted owl to defamatory pictures of Mohammed, protest at these high profile functions? Sure, they'd love to. It can't be fun having to set up shop along a hot Texas highway but one choice is not where the people's business is being conducted.
Article comments
1 - Bo Raxo
Except that Cindy Sheehan wasn't protesting. The chief of the Capital Police force has said so, and apologized for her removal and arrest. Try reading the follow-up stories so you get the facts right. Mrs. Sheehan did not commit a crime, in fact, the only crime that was committed was her first amendment rights being violated. She might have embarrassed the President, but this is the United States and that is not a crime. Remembering the soldiers and Marines is not a crime, which is all Mrs. Sheehan was doing. In fact, I would say it is patriotic to remember our fallen heroes and the sacrifice they have made, especially so in the center of the democracy they died to preserve and protect.
2 - Pat Fish
Well my eyes are seeing things!
Is this THE Bo Raxo?
Although I disagree with your sentiment above, I'll die defending your right to say so.
Feel free to check out my True Crime column, posted every Tuesday, from which your own fine self is often a source.
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