Cindy Sheehan arrested???

[elizm]

CNN Reporting!!!!!!!What the hell???

[Talismom]

1. What the...! n/t

[Vadem]

3. CNN reports she unfolded an antiwar banner, against House rules.

and the Capitol police arrested her.

[orleans]

2. that's what i just heard too

me mum said she just saw it on the screen on olbermans show

im in the next room on the computer, missed it

[BayouBengal07]

4. Supposedly

She unfolded a banner, which is illegal in the House Chamber.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

5. Whatever man.

[elizm]

9. AND do we know for a fact that she unfolded a banner????

[tridim]

6. CNN: She unfolded a banner and was arrested

Fucking awesome! This is the best thing that could have happened short of her yelling "FUCK OFF BUSH!".

[xiamiam]

12. i agree...before it even starts she exposed him.....nt

[Just Me]

7. Oh. That figures.

We simply can NOT have dissidence at the emperor's propaganda program.

[orleans]

8. CNN talking about it now

she brought in a banner? and BUSTED!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

10. The truth is a dangerous thing.

[bonito]

11. Any one know what was written on it?

Might want to spread it around.

[bpilgrim]

13. shut the fuck up... chimpy is bout 2 'speak'

peace

[PatrioticLeftie]

14. And now we see the best that unfolds...

A cruel tyrant still very alive in the hearts of the wicked, thy name is fascism...

[sandnsea]

15. Flame away but

she knew it would happen when she did it and she just didn't care. Some things you just don't fuck with and this is one of them. She'd have been much more affective just having her face there. This is why the left never gains any credibility. If you don't respect the institutions of government, why should they respect you.

[hippiechick]

16. I agree ... she just made an ass of herself.

Sigh.

[deflated]

40. I agree

Just being there makes her point. She didn't have to do something for camera or media attention. Its not "stop the war", it's Cindy now. It's the SOTU speech.

[enough already]

41. She's a hero

She tried to actually DO something last night while the rest of Alito's Angels just sat on their hands. God bless her.

[elizm]

17. Spoken like a true...

...neocon

[Adelante]

19. Oh, for Christ's sake

Can the name calling stop, please. She's no neocon.

[sandnsea]

22. No, I'm an "agente provacateur"

:rofl: (I've been called that too)

The stupid stupid part is that my personal beliefs are as left as anybody here. It's just that I know nobody will listen to you unless your arguments are backed up with facts and practical solutions.

[No Exit]

27. The poster did not call her a neocon. The poster said she SPOKE

like a true neocon.

I think she (Cindy's detractor) spoke like a true asshole.
I am not calling her an asshole. I do not dislike the person, but I dislike the comment. I dislike the criticism for a woman who has lost more than most of us have lost, due to this mis-administration.

[Adelante]

39. Feh! nt

[neverevergivein]

18. Cindy is a saint

Do not speak ill of Cindy. Someone had to speak some truth in that building tonight.

[IndianaGreen]

20. Bush doesn't respect the Constitution

Why should we accord any respect to him, the first American dictator?

[sandnsea]

23. It's the institution

Not the man.

[No Exit]

30. When the institution is being used by the man to wipe his behind,

it's time to get someone REAL in there to cut through the hoity-toity, stuffed-shirt, crap.

Good for Ms. Sheehan. If she "looked like an ass", it's because she is not as duplicitous, suave, and calculating as are those criminals in our government. If she came out on the losing end of this little unfurling of a banner, it's because a regular person doesn't have a chance against these polished criminals. And, oddly, other regular people side with the criminals. And the criminals KNOW the other regular people, who are unsophisticated compared to the criminals, will be fooled into turning on one of their own.

Congrats on not disappointing the Establishment criminals.

[bigjohn16]

32. F*** the institution he's a civil servant not a king. nt

[Radical Activist]

21. Government institutions DON'T respect us

so why should we respect them? Cindy knew she would get arrested but took a rare opportunity to make the people's voice heard to a President who is insulated from all but his most loyal cult following. She made a sacrifice, fully aware of the costs. I respect that more than a government that has lied to me repeatedly.

[sandnsea]

24. Huh?

The people's voice is heard? Funny, I don't hear her anywhere but here.

[No Exit]

26. Why the f*** should anyone respect the institutions of THIS government???

Government is made up of people. The people who currently make up our government are not worthy of our respect.

Bravo, Ms. Sheehan! Did you unfurl it too quick? Did you "make an ass" of yourself? That just shows me that you are NOT a politician. NO finesse, Ms. Sheehan (wagging finger at her)!

No, you're not a politician. You're just a PERSON, just like me.

BRAVO!!!

[elizm]

28. THANKYOU!!

[No Exit]

33. UR welcome! I'd wager that's the first time a real person's been

in that great hall since Dian French of New Orleans showed up to tell Chris Shays and other stuffed shirts just what she went through (with zero help from the federal government) during the hurricane and flood. And Dian French was accused of being a liar. That's how they treat regular people up in those great, fancy, halls: they arrest them, or call them liars.

[mzmolly]

25. Good for Cindy, keeping the focus where it belongs! I don't always agree

with her, but she knew what she was doing - and she did the right thing.

[SlipperySlope]

29. Wasted opportunity

What good is getting arrested like that?

A message 100x more powerful would to have yelled "what about my son" during one of bush's silent pauses.

A message 1000x more powerful would have to been shown on the television with tears streaming down her face.

[baldguy]

31. Her mere presence in the same room Our Glorious Leader is a crime.

[No Exit]

34. Hey, are you quoting Chris Matthews?

:)

[baldguy]

36. Why? Does it sound like him?

I just think everyone should be on notice that it is now illegal to wear clothing that Emperor George I may not like.

Yeah, this is still a free country. :sarcasm:

[No Exit]

37. Yup! And... looky there, you're doing it again!

I can very easily imagine Chris Matthews saying we shouldn't wear clothes that the Emperor doesn't like.

(Of course, that's because the Emperor's got clothes-envy. He himself HAS no clothes, you see...)

[elizm]

35. DID SHE UNFOLD A BANNER?????

Does anyone know that for a fact or is everyone just drinking the koolaid and spreading the lies?

[No Exit]

38. Latest I heard (read) was that she wore a forbidden T-shirt

or something.

I think we should take up a collection to buy Cindy a T-shirt that says
"I got arrested at the State of the Union speech!"

Just another magic moment in the anals of our very own dictatorship!