ok - what's the final word on Cindy's family?

[ourbluenation]

I got righties telling me the druge thing is accurate, but I've read here somewhere that the report is crap. Please tell me it was a hoax??? Thx. I'd like to tell my rightie friends to shove it.

[ahem]

1. They're from her husbands side of the family. Not directly related to her.

In-laws.

[Obamarama]

2. What are you talking about?

Could you shed a little more light? Thanks. :-)

[Nite Owl]

3. Heard Cindy on

Keith Olberman earlier and she said it was her inlaws. They voted for Bushco in '04 and she felt it was a betrayal to her son and they don't speak. Her husband backs her fully.

[Avalux]

4. Cindy says it's her husband's family

She admitted they are on different sides of the political fence and she hasn't talked to them since all of this started. She made it clear her immediate family - her husband, other children and sister - are 100% behind her.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. She has relatives who disagree with her

but she has not spoken to them since they voted for * in November, after she asked them not to.

I really don't get why this is such a big deal. Lots of us have misguided freeper relatives. Does that make our opinion and our activism any less valuable?

[Catherine Vincent]

6. It was her in-laws.

And they are major Bush buttkissers.

[hiley]

7. From TruthOut

snip--
I spoke to Cindy about the "so-called" family who attacked her today. This godmother, according to Cindy, did not know Casey at all. They saw each other maybe once a year. As for the other family members, they have always been at political loggerheads, so their response is no big shock.

Cindy treated it with a shrug. Her husband will send out a more detailed response soon. In the meantime, Cindy says the letter is to be treated as little more than bad, dumb noise.

snip---
http://www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml

[Maddy McCall]

8. The "godmother" is not even a close friend to Cindy now.

The "godmother" is related to Cindy's husband's relatives, from which BOTH Cindy and her husband are estranged. These estranged in-laws are blind Bushbots, according to Cindy.

Sounds like someone jealous that Cindy's getting attention, if you ask me.

[magellan]

9. No biggie

From Will Pitt, TruthOut:

Thursday 11 August 2005
8:05 PM

I spoke to Cindy about the "so-called" family who attacked her today. This godmother, according to Cindy, did not know Casey at all. They saw each other maybe once a year. As for the other family members, they have always been at political loggerheads, so their response is no big shock.

Cindy treated it with a shrug. Her husband will send out a more detailed response soon. In the meantime, Cindy says the letter is to be treated as little more than bad, dumb noise.

The vigil goes on.
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Somebody else added there were political divides as in any family, but the real bad blood came when some voted for Bush** last year despite Casey's death. Cindy has not spoken to them since. I don't blame her a bit.

[City Lights]

10. If Casey's "numerous cousins" support **'s war they should support it

by signing a recruitment form rather than some letter sent to Splat Sludge.

[LSK]

11. her In-laws were always Freepers

Watch the Keith replay tonite on MSRNC and she explains the situation. Her husbands family was always republican and she does not talk to them anymore.

[movonne]

12. Do we really care what drudge says....who cares what her extended

family has to say, this has nothing to do with her message...It seems to me that bush's extended didn't like him much..forget about it!!!

[ourbluenation]

13. I don't care what drudge says at all...

but some people I know on the right who are starting to see the light a bit, do. I like to point out the bs when I see it. Thaks to all for the responses - you guys are great!!!

[LSK]

15. half the country believes his crap

And if we are to convert people, we must know the facts and throw it in their face and debunk lies.

[AlCzervik]

14. Drudge reported Kerrys non-existent affair--remember? tell the freepers

to Cheney off.

[funkybutt]

16. why do you want it to be a hoax?

I don't. I never even wondered how Casey's god mother or aunt feels about this war or how this administration is handling it. I certainly don't speak for my whole distant family or even my close family, politically.

Reports say,that Cindy's husband will release a letter. I would like to read what he has to say, but it won't change the fact that I respect Cindy and what she's doing. I just don't see how this is really relavent. Seems like a stretch.