Bush's Dallas Home Becomes Site Of War Protest

DALLAS — Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is protesting again _ this time near former President George W. Bush's Dallas home.

Sheehan led a brief protest of around 50 people Monday afternoon near the house. The former president and his wife moved into the four-bedroom home in a wealthy Dallas neighborhood in February.

Protesters met at an intersection and then walked about a mile to an elementary school across from the house. Sheehan carried a sign that read, "For what noble cause."

Sheehan's 21-year-old son, Casey, was killed in the war in Iraq. She staged a prolonged demonstration outside Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas, in 2005. She said her issues with Bush didn't end with his presidency.

The event brought out about a dozen people protesting the protest. Bush supporters carried signs that said "Pro Bush" and "Go Home Cindy."

Comments

[bayside]

I agree , with cindy, If we are to never have this happen to us and the world again we have to know the whole truth..He doesnt get a pass on this..

[petridish]

I was against the illegal invasion of Iraq. I am against staying there as well. I am against having a military empire with bases in over 150 countries.

Mr. Obama, where the hell is the change. Out of Iraq now, out of Afghanistan now.

Mr. Obama you lied.

By the way Mr. Obama, how about you quit giving billions of dollars to the same bankers who caused this financial crisis as well.

Bush/Obama....EPIC FAIL

[ElkoJohn]

and his ''Health Care Reform'' will transfer billions
to the Insurance Industry

[AERO]

She should protest at Cheney's house--he was the real President during Bush's 2 terms.

[morris111]

Cindy, please go home, and take your circus act with you. Your's is a lost cause. You're not ever going to get satisfaction or closure this way. Sorry, that's the truth. Please go quietly and fade into oblivion.

[bosha]

Cindy should protest as long as she likes. Her son was killed in a war that was a mistake made by Bush and his Torture Adminastration. I wish all the families who's family members were killed would protest in front of Bush's and Cheney's house.

CINDY KEEP PROTESTING YOU HAVE EVERY GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO DO SO.

[lovenews]

This woman has every right to protest for justice for as long as it takes.

Kinda reminds me of the persistent pursuit of an accused former football player accused of ki lli ing his wife ..O. J ? A story that remained a hot topic of the news media for years.

Thousands of lives later..yes..Cindy should continue to protest.

[hotwire]

Cindy's intentions were good, but as time went on she started enjoying the cameras and publicity. She has become irrelevant since she's not the darling of the Liberal Press and the Hollywood leftists. This is just her way of reliving those days of glory that she'd grown so fond of. Fame is a fleeting thing, and when it's gone some will do anything to get it back.

[CryptoSolipsist]

Cynical much?

[petridish]

Hey Cindy.......

Obama and the Dems are in charge now. They are spending billions and expanding the war in Afghanistan. They also want to maintain a "presence" in Iraq.

Why don't you go march on Washington DC?

It is great being apolitical, the absurdities and hypocrisy of both political parties and their cheerleaders is amazing to watch.

[Peacedog]

Bush and Cheney lied to this nation to go along with their war of choice in Iraq. What is wrong with asking either of them the purpose?

[hotwire]

What's wrong with asking Obama the "purpose" of staying there? How many Mothers have lost sons, since Obama was sworn in, because he won't get us out of there. Fine, protest Bush, but Cindy should ask Obama the same questions.

[sviolette]

She knows who's in charge and she also knows who is responsible for over 4000 soldier's deaths. She is protesting the right issue.

[Rjchinook]

GO Cindy, you have the right man!

[kbkgza]

I love how petridish can point out the problems on both sides of the aisle without offering a single answer of his own. How convenient for him.

"presence"? Who started the war petrideush? Cant blame either one on Obama. You conservative retards started it and now you have the gaul to criticize the way in which our President cleans up the mess?

Why dont you and your friends and relatives go take a long march on a short bridge? Your the only cheerleader here with your pathetic tongue-in-cheek criticism without the burden of offering a single solution. Oh, I forgot, lower taxes and less government! That worked really well didn't it.

Criticizing the President during a time of war is unpatriotic, right petrideush?

[hotwire]

Me thinks she protests the wrong Dude.

[Peacedog]

Then you're an i d i o t.

[hotwire]

My, my, doesn't take much to set you Bolsheviks off, it's so much fun. You guys are just too easy. I love it.

[lazercat2008]

What you leave office and we are all supposed to forget the atrocities, murder, lies and corruption of the last eight years?

[lazercat2008]

Hey everybody, he's in the back yard clearing brush.

[Rjchinook]

And picking up dog poop!

[hotwire]

Naw, that's just the stimulus money that Biden said he lost, and can't find.

[grf67]

It could not happen to a nicer neighborhood or bunch of criminals.

[Ergon]

I'm such a fan of Cindy, but really, he's no longer in charge.

[Peacedog]

But the truth matters.

[underthegun1]

Yet Obama does not want to expose the truth that America tortures (and that he allowed a loophole that says he can still issue a command to have someone tortured).

Release the Torture pictures!

[badfluffy]

i hope he is picking up shoes thrown in his yard for the rest of his days.

[Texas4Obama]

I feel sorry for people in the neighborhood.
George and Laura should have moved to their ranch in Crawford and left the good people of Dallas alone.

[Vernondelray]

I doubt very many of the "good people" of Dallas live in that neighborhood.

[wijg]

They don't.

[johnfoirdfw]

Should have gone to Guantanamo to prove how righteous his cause is.

[whocan]

Cindy is such a tragic person.. she loses her beloved son , which no mother should have to ... Then she dishonors Casey who joined and like the vast majority of soldiers was proud of his service.. and even Cindy's family got fed up with her and left her

[mollymac]

don't think so. She has every right to feel as she does.

[jlgcox]

You do not know how this woman feels. She lost her son due to an invasion by Bush and his administration on false pretenses. How do you know if she is dishonoring her son? She is no longer married, but the death of the son before she started protesting may have been the final straw that caused the marriage to end.

People that do not have family in the service and those you have not lost anyone do not know how she feels. She is in a lot of pain!!! At least she is not killing someone to make a point like the murderer of George Tiller!!

[sviolette]

Only the Bush administration dishonered her son by sending him into a war that was unnecessary and unwarrented.

She has every right to do what she is doing. Remember it's Bush that's the criminal not Cindy. He should be in a federal prison not in Dallas or Crawford.

[wijg]

She is honoring her son by questioning why he had to died.

[Peacedog]

Bush is the one who dishonored... this nation.

[Mavsreader]

A big assist by Congress. But don't look at them either.

[liberalOrgonian]

Human life seemed so unimportant to the bush/cheney adm.
The way they sent young Americans to die, and to think Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.
Leaves me wondering, why were we in the sovereign country of Iraq anyway?
Killing innocent bystanders in the bush cheney war.
Blood for oil!
Glad Bushes don't live in my neighborhood.
Dallas, expect more of the same.
Go Cindy!
Now thankfully, American is free again, and fear is not a underlying factor of our lives.

[winstonian22]

WOW. Big crowd Cindy. you are obviously a charismatic leader that draws people to your cause by the..err.. dozens.

And FYI Cindy, you should probably be protesting at the White House. You know..the place where the president of the united states lives.

[badfluffy]

ugh.

[mollymac]

You need to be on a different blog. This is a liberal blog.

[CryptoSolipsist]

Let him say what he has to say. Just because his ideas and opinions may be different from yours (or mine, or 96% of the other people who post here) doesn't mean it's cool to shut him down. Dissenting opinion is good - it stimulates conversation and keeps the blood warm.

[Peacedog]

The man most responsible for this illegal war in Iraq is George W. Bush. Some of us will never forget.

[underthegun1]

We need to stop pointing the finger at Bush. Yes, he is a problem, but we need to keep on the message that it was the REPUBLICAN WAR MACHINE that got us into the Iraq mess.

When we blame everything on Bush the rest of those fascists are absolved.