Last week she was kissing a commie, this week she’s getting arrested in the House galley before the State Of The Union address. Remember last summer when Sheehan was still the darling of lefty bloggers, how they railed against the description of Sheehan as a “media whore?” Their faux outrage looks comical in hindsight…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush’s State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
“I’m proud that Cindy’s my guest tonight,” Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. “She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq.”What’s next for Mama Moonbat, streaking through a presidential press conference?
Rep. Woolsley is the one responsible for this fiasco. You can express your displeasure via e-mail if you’re a constituent, otherwise you’ll have to do so by phone – (202) 225-5161. You might inquire about the cost to taxpayers of the Capitol Police who had to deal with Mama Moonbat, and if the Congresswoman is proud of that…
I can’t wait for the Sheehan vs Feinstein race…
Thanks for the heads-up and email Keven. Rep. Woolsley’s email must be swamped (as I can’t git it to load at the moment) but I will ask her why she didn’t invite OBL or Chevez. She will hear about this for some time. This Cal Repub will see to that.
What a shameful discrace
Cindy Sheehan has done more for america than you or your king bush. God bless america!
She’s wearing a hoodie to the SOTU address too. That’s disrespectful in and of itself. That’s what I wear when I want to mop my floor.
Granted Mrs. Sheehan is a barking moonbat imbecile, and loathsome publicity hound trading on her heroic son’s death.
However, I find it hard to understand why wearing a T-shirt with a critical, albeit stupid, message in a (definitively) public setting is a crime.
Hey gary, that’s a “glittering generality”! Got any statistics to back it up? BTW, it’s President Bush you moron. Remember history class?
Brett,
I agree – it sounds like a big deal over nothing but apparently those are the rules in that building – at least for SOTU. I don’t know if it’s that way permanently. Question I might ask is “Did she know?”
What is Cindy Sheehan doing in our country anyway? I’m sure her son is looking down on her, just so proud that his mom just got back from kissing the ass of an enemy of this country. If she could, I bet she’d love to keep Saddam Huesein company in his cell, and talk about how the United States is the terrorist country, and how sorry she is for what the United States is doing to Iraq.
Sheehan is so high on the attention she is getting from Hollywood and Libs, that she’s probably glad what happened to her son. She is just using her son death now. I salute her son Casey A. Sheehan, a man with honor he is, a woman without, she defines.
So much for Free Speech. It’s sadly ironic that Bush was spouting all about ‘freedom.’ So much for America leading the way. The founding fathers of America are turning over in their graves. America used to be about freedom…now it’s about following the party line. Sad.
Cindy had the T Shirt of Mass Destruction, I’m scared of her and 80 yr old brute Helen Thomas.
You Libs say you want Bush to use the NSA, but you want to make sure the law is followed, which is is, otherwise President Bush wouldn’t be doing it. When it comes to you, the law doesn’t pertain, does it? Cindy Sheehan was breaking the law when she wore that shirt. Has nothing to do with freedom of speech, grow a brain.
Why’d they have to go and arrest her?? Wouldn’t have been news if they hadn’t… wait that’s a double negative… Anyway, I’m sure she wanted to be arrested and so she got her wish. BFD.
The word is: civility. Sheehan failed in her ability to display any by wearing her jogging skit into the headquarters of our government.
She didn’t break any laws, no. The security forces basically told her that if she’s just going to be a dick about it, and do her utmost to embarrass the entire country, she may as well be escorted out.
Good riddance, bad rubbish, and all that.
Can’t really blame Sheehan for being the obnoxious gutter-snipe that she is. You know what to expect from her every time she wags her alligator tears in front of any availible camera and/or shoves her ugly mug kissie-like into the puss of a man who certainly isn’t a dude-pal of the ol’ US. No, no. The blame is for Congresswoman Woolsey.
Kevin had it pegged.
Sheehan’s just a miniscule little blackhead on the darkside of the President’s ass. No big deal.
Woolsey is an out-right disgrace to the country.
For those with an exceedingly strong stomach, Michelle Malkin has posted a rhetorical suggestion about Cindy Sheehan and pink lingerie (http://michellemalkin.com).
Now if that isn’t enough to make you consider abstinence as a serious lifestyle choice…
Hmmm.
This is the SOTU.
We’re watching this damn stupid thing to get to the important bits in the SOTU. If every jackass with a cause were allowed to pull their own special protest whatever-the-f**k, we’d never actually get to the SOTU and wouldn’t ever get to finish the damn thing.
Got it?
If you want to protest, do it on your own time and with your own dime.
Amen, ed.
Do libtards even understand what “freedom of speech” means? It is NOT the right to disrupt a State of the Union address so a silly moonbat can get her mug on camera one more time.
Dems are desperate, and my sin is that I take great pleasure in their impotent, seething hatred.
SOTG
Question – in the middle picture, it looks like Saint Cindy of the Ditch is talking to a Navy commander whilst being whisked away by the Sooper Seekrit Nazi Jackbooted Thugs.
Anyone have any idea who (if anyone) Commander Chromedome is?
Addendum – the picture isn’t clear, but it appears his “command” endorsement on his sleeve rank may be that of the JAG corps, not of field command.
Is someone in the Navy trying to play Harmon Rabb for Saint Cindy?
I have to agree with the commenter who suggested that Cindy Sheehan has done a lot for our country. She has kept more Democrats out of power than Karl Rover ever dreamed of.
The moonbats just don’t get that every time they parade Sheehan on stage, they lose the middle. Every time Ted Kennedy pulls one of his red-faced rants in the well of the Senate, they lose the middle.
Every time John Kerry phones in a protest from a ski slope in Switzerland, they lose the middle.
The Democrats have horrid leaders, which is why they can’t win anything.
Unless and until they dump the Sheehans, the botox San Francisco treats, the ex-Klanners, the Code Pinkos, the felon billionairs … do I have to go on … they’ll never regain power.
And so, in that way, Sheehan is serving her country.
God Bless her. If she didn’t exist, Republicans would have to invent her.
Feisty – you beat me to it. (I’m always a little suspicious of women who don’t use any excuse to dress up nicely! And visiting the Capitol for the SOTU address seems like a good excuse.)
Sheehan’s 1st Amendments rights were violated. This will be a real “slam dunk” for her lawyers.
Do libtards even understand what “freedom of speech” means? It is NOT the right to disrupt a State of the Union address
Only in BushWorld is wearing a t-shirt disruptive.
Sorry to disappoint you, Stevie, but no rights were violated and a (sane) lawyer wouldn’t touch it, or her, with a ten foot pole.
Let me taste your tears, Steve J, oh yes, oh yes, so yummy.
The libtardtainment never ends.
This woman is an American disgrace. She can’t handle not being the center of attention for 60 minutes. The worst America has to offer.
If Casey Sheehan could come back to life for just one minute, he’d rip off his mother’s head and shit down her neck
Sorry SteveJ it’s not only in “Bushworld”. Wearing a T-shirt in that venue is akin to wearing shorts and sandals to a lefty Hollywood awards show, it’s not just inappropriate and disrespectful it is a violation of the house rules. She was made aware of this ahead of time.
This isn’t a matter of etiquette, it is a matter of law. It is a misdemeanor to protest in Congress. Obviously, her shirt was an attempt at protest. She was given the choice of putting her jacket back on and staying or leaving it off and being arrested. She chose arrest.
If you don’t like it, try to change the law, but don’t complain when an actual law is properly enforced.
‘What’s next for Mama Moonbat, streaking through a presidential press conference?’
Ew. I just puked in my mouth a bit…
To add to TomB’s point, Bush had absolutely no say in whether or not Momma Moonbat got in. Thanks to the Constitution’s separation of powers, Congress reigns supreme in their own Houses. They have their own police force, pass their own laws that are not subject to Presidential veto, and are the final voice on who can enter and what sorts of things can be tolerated.
In fact, by law and tradition, the President cannot set foot on the floor of either House without an inviatation. I think the State of the Union address — which is mandated by the Constitution — is the sole exception, but I’m no Constitutional scholar.
J.
Someone needs to be seriously concerned that Cindy might show up with explosives wrapped around her waste. She seems to fit the profile.
Did anyone expect anything different out of these “Cupid STunts”? Both of them are best friends with the wymyn’s branch of the Democratic party aka Code Pinko.
I am sorry, but San Francisco Bay area deserves what it has coming to it.
Wow…removed because of a t-shirt. This ranks up there with freedom fries…
I will tell you Mama Moonbat’s next act. She will fly to Iraq and Kiss Saddam and apologize for her son’s participation in Iraq.
BTW, I believe the law she violated can be found here:
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/40C51.txt
It’s quite specific in forbidding displays and behavior that might disrupt the business of government.
What Really Happened.
…a message from Cindy Sheehan
Dear Friends,
As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union Address tonight.
I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost in our country.
There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press. (Shocker) So this is what really happened:
This afternoon at the People’s State of the Union Address in DC where I was joined by Congresspersons Lynn Woolsey and John Conyers, Ann Wright, Malik Rahim and John Cavanagh. Lynn brought me a ticket to the State of the Union Address. At that time, I was wearing the shirt that said: 2,245 Dead. How many more?
After the PSOTU press conference, I was having second thoughts about going to the SOTU at the Capitol. I didn’t feel comfortable going. I knew George Bush would say things that would hurt me and anger me and I knew that I couldn’t disrupt the address because Lynn had given me the ticket and I didn’t want to be disruptive out of respect for her. I, in fact, had given the ticket to John Bruhns who is in Iraq Veterans Against the War. However, Lynn’s office had already called the media and everyone knew I was going to be there so I sucked it up and went.
I got the ticket back from John, and I met one of Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s staffers in the Longworth Congressional Office building and we went to the Capitol via the underground tunnel. I went through security once, then had to use the rest room and went through security again.
My ticket was in the 5th gallery, front row, fourth seat in. The person who in a few minutes was to arrest me, helped me to my seat.
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 get hauled out of the People’s House because I was, “Protesting.”
I was never told that I couldn’t wear that shirt into the Congress. I was never asked to take it off or zip my jacket back up. If I had been asked to do any of those things…I would have, and written about the suppression of my freedom of speech later. I was immediately, and roughly (I have the bruises and muscle spasms to prove it) hauled off and arrested for “unlawful conduct.”
After I had my personal items inventoried and my fingers printed, a nice Sgt. came in and looked at my shirt and said, “2,245, huh? I just got back from there.”
I told him that my son died there. That’s when the enormity of my loss hit me. I have lost my son. I have lost my First Amendment rights. I have lost the country that I love. Where did America go? I started crying in pain.
What did Casey die for? What did the 2,244 other brave young Americans die for? What are tens of thousands of them over there in harm’s way for still? For this? I can’t even wear a shirt that has the number of troops on it that George Bush and his arrogant and ignorant policies are responsible for killing.
I wore the shirt to make a statement. The press knew I was going to be there and I thought every once in awhile they would show me and I would have the shirt on. I did not wear it to be disruptive, or I would have unzipped my jacket during George’s speech. If I had any idea what happens to people who wear shirts that make the neocons uncomfortable…that I would be arrested…maybe I would have, but I didn’t.
There have already been many wild stories out there.
I have some lawyers looking into filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the government for what happened tonight. I will file it. It is time to take our freedoms and our country back.
I don’t want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the government. That’s why I am going to take my freedoms and liberties back. That’s why I am not going to let Bushco take anything else away from me…or you.
I am so appreciative of the couple of hundred protesters who came to the jail while I was locked up to show their support….we have so much potential for good…there is so much good in so many people.
Four hours and 2 jails after I was arrested, I was let out. Again, I am so upset and sore it is hard to think straight.
Keep up the struggle…I promise you I will too.
Love and peace soon,
Cindy
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=594
Not that I care, but someone should have told Cindy that she needed to stay put because we all know the cameras who have found her and shown her 10 times during the Iraq portion of the speech(I mean they showed Hillary at least five times) She would have gotten more publicity by being a presence in the room and the media would have used her as a counterpoint to Bush. Of course her desire to make a complete fool of herself must have overwhelmed her.
http://tarheelcon.blogspot.com
From the lips of Mother Sheehan herself:
“I wore the shirt to make a statement. The press knew I was going to be there and I thought every once in awhile they would show me and I would have the shirt on.”
It wasn’t “just a t-shirt”. She meant it as a protest and was in violation of Congressional law. Therefore she was justifiably arrested.
The rest of her screed is window dressing
“I don’t want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the government.”
I would recommend moving to Amsterdam, prostitution is legal there and the Jihad needs front line fighters.
Bush described how “freedom is on the march” around the world. I guess by that, he means that our most fundamental rights of freedom are on the march…..to jail! This episode is a true disgrace to the Congress.
Sorry, moonbats.
The Capitol police were right to remove Sheehan, just as they were right to do the same to that idiot Delp during Clinton’s impeachment trial.
(Sorry, but the only link I have that is still live is at the freep.)
Hey Infinite – The Left has a hard time growing a brain, that’s why they’re resorting to printable brain cells.
This woman lost her son Iraq! Big Deal!! She has no right to criticize the president!! Not her, nor any of the 2242 families!! Fuck ’em!!
USA!
USA!
USA!
“Lynn’s office had already called the media,so I sucked it up and went”. Anybody who doesn’t yet believe that this poor fool is being manipulated by the far-left must be completely retarded. If she was a serious protester she would FOLLOW HER INSTINCTS and then tell those “advising” her to S.T.F.U.! Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to nominate Mike Weight for CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
Hmmm…how do you think her buddy Hugo Chavez would’ve handled such a protest during one of his speeches? Arrest and release? Or prison, torture, maybe a bullet to the head?
I find it laughable when lefties start crying “my rights, my rights,” while they cheerfully play kissy-face with enemies of our country who have no concept, let alone respect, for individual rights. Jane Fonda, John Kerry, Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan…just what do they think happens under the Vietcong/Castro/Chavez/Hussein/etc. regimes?
Doesn’t she know that the House of Representatives is not the place to disagree with the president?
I feel sorry for Cindy. She clearly is quite insane. The people who manipulate her like a marionette are beneath contempt. I hope she gets some competent psychological help soon.
Addendum – the picture isn’t clear, but it appears his “command” endorsement on his sleeve rank may be that of the JAG corps, not of field command.
Is someone in the Navy trying to play Harmon Rabb for Saint Cindy?”
The uniform is that of a Federal Marshall.
Hmmm…how do you think her buddy Hugo Chavez would’ve handled such a protest during one of his speeches? Arrest and release? Or prison, torture, maybe a bullet to the head?
ginabina,
Find one documented instance of such an occurance in Venezuela under Chavez.
Ever pay much attention to who’s considered an ally?
Why didn’t they arrest the REPUBLICAN T-shirt wearing protestor?
“Why didn’t they arrest the REPUBLICAN T-shirt wearing protestor?”
-they did arrrest her.
On another note, did Ahmed Chalabi get an SOTU invitation this year like he did in 2004?
Anyone?
You can use the online Congressional email form for by simply substituting a Zip Code that correctly reflects that preson’s area of representation. The following link provides a map and once you select the state, a list of the Senators and Congressmen/women is listed, choose the individual and on the page that appears you’ll usually find a contact address which includes the zip code.
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/