Need help re: Cindy Sheehan

[Left Is Write]

I will admit I have not followed this story as closely as I should be, but I need some informational help here.

Did her family give out a public statement denouncing her and her motivations, and stating that the rest of the family supports the president?

[babylonsister]

1. Yes. I heard that earlier this week or last weekend; no

links, sorry, as I wasn't near a computer. Heard it on the news.

[Left Is Write]

3. Thank you.

That's what I needed to know.

[deadparrot]

2. AFAIK, her estranged husband and her children

support her efforts (though her surviving son does want her to come home).

The relatives that penned the letter apparently didn't see Casey more than once a year and never had a real relationship with the Sheehan family.

[Left Is Write]

4. Ahh...

That's interesting.

Does anyone have any documentation to that effect? That her husband and children are in support? That the letter was written by more distant relatives?

This is in aid of a debate taking place at another website, one I am loathe to enter unless I have all of my ducks in a row.

[crispini]

5. Check truthout.org

for their blog, you may have to page back a few days....

[GOPisEvil]

6. She addressed some of this on her blog at michaelmoore.com.

You might find what you're looking for there.

[deadparrot]

8. From Will Pitt's blog at Camp Casey:

t r u t h o u t | One Mother's Stand
By William Rivers Pitt

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.

Will look for more...I remember hearing Cindy say that she and her husband grieved in different ways...he disappeared inside of himself, and she acted outwardly in protest.

[johnnie]

12. Here ya go

This is from May of this year.

"Patrick Sheehan, Cindy Sheehan husband, supports his wife in her activism, he participates in some events and drives with Cindy when he is not working as a sales representative. He spoke about the toll this work is taking in the family. “If she is not away traveling or speaking, she is home with her laptop, watching news, or talking on the phone…This is important, we try to continue to support her.”"


http://sf.indymedia.org/print.php?id=1715083

[Lerkfish]

7. Does it matter?

I mean, seriously.

one way or another? I have relatives I'd rather see take a long walk off a short pier than ever talk to again. Does that mean my opposition to the Iraq war is invalid?

Don't fall for this RW attack garbage. Focus. Stay on message.

[Left Is Write]

9. I'm not falling for anything.

I'm looking for documentation so that I can enter a debate on another website and defend Cindy Sheehan. So yes, anything I can use to refute the other poster's attacks on her matters.

[Lerkfish]

10. sorry about that, I'd posted before I saw your subsequent

explanation.

mea culpa.


I'm just strung a little tight about all these attacks on Ms Sheehan.

[Lars39]

11. From truthout:

http://64.233.187.104/custom?q=cache:UlY8F8EMnaYJ:www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081405D.shtml+cindy+sheehan+family+statement&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

"I think it's accurate. I think my husband's family did write that. But I don't really give -- I don't care what they wrote. Because, No. 1, it's their opinion and they're entitled to it. But No. 2, they called him something like "our dear Casey." You know they're hypocrites. They didn't even know Casey. They didn't spend any time with him in his life, and now they're using his death for political reasons, I think.

Casey's my hero because of the way he lived, not because of the way he died. For these people who never ever went out of their way to spend any time with him to actually dare speak for him, I think it's hypocritical. Casey lived a great life and he was an honorable man and he died in a dishonorable war.

What about other members of your family -- are there people in your family who do agree with you?

My immediate family, Casey's dad and my three children and my sister, we're all on the same page. And I really think that some of my husband's siblings are with us, too."

And a statement about the Sheehan's divorce:
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:QzCRyzGaGtIJ:www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml+Cindy+Sheehan+divorce+statement&hl=en&client=firefox-a