Reply #4: "and it should be really disturbing to America," by cindy on the cross [View All]

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mowing down. Seems to be important to us. Wonder if the RW will talk of it on there talky shows tonight?



"What happened last night is very disturbing to all of us, and it should be really disturbing to America," Ms. Sheehan said in a news conference at Camp Casey. "Because no matter what you think about the war, we should all honor the sacrifice of the ones who have fallen. And to me it's so ironic that I'm accused of dishonoring my son's memory, by doing what I'm doing, by the other side, and then somebody comes and does this."

Ms. Sheehan, who has vowed not to leave until Mr. Bush meets with her here, said that if local residents wanted her to leave, "they should talk to their neighbor, George Bush, and tell him to talk to us." Mr. Bush did meet with Ms. Sheehan once before, in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, Wash., but she has said that she considered the meeting unsatisfactory and the president disrespectful by his referring to her as "Mom."

Mr. Bush has since said he is sympathetic to Ms. Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Ca., whose son, Casey, an Army specialist, was killed at age 24 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004. A White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino, reiterated Mr. Bush's words today, and said that while the president disagreed with Ms. Sheehan's views, "he says he respects her right to peacefully protest."

Ms. Sheehan's supporters said they had planned nearly 1,000 anti-war vigils across the country on Wednesday night, which they said were in part sponsored by MoveOn.org Political Action, a prominent anti-Bush group.