Is there any Dem Congressperson coming to Cindy's aid?

[cantstandbush]

They should at least speak out about the double standard of these creeps.

[GemMom]

1. FYI - a GOP congressman's wife was ejected as well

http://www.local6.com/news/6647094/detail.html

Florida Rep.'s Wife Says She Was Ejected From State Of Union

POSTED: 7:07 am EST February 1, 2006

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The wife of Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, told a newspaper that she was ejected during the State of the Union address for wearing a T-shirt that says, "Support the Troops Defending Our Freedom."

Beverly Young told the St. Petersburg Times that she was sitting in the front row of the House gallery Tuesday night when she was approached by someone who told her she needed to leave.

She said she reluctantly agreed, but argued with several officers in an outside hallway.

In a telephone interview with the newspaper, Young said she told them her shirt wasn't a protest but a message of support.

Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said Young wasn't ejected from the gallery and she left on her own. She couldn't provide additional details.

Young's husband found out about the incident after Bush's speech and called it unacceptable.

[Lerkfish]

7. huge difference in the way each was treated. no equality, and to boot,

I'm extremely suspicious that the Young incident was parlockian in nature

[gkhouston]

10. I'm still waiting for a picture of the Mrs. Young on her way

in or out wearing (or not wearing) said T-shirt. Why would a Rep's wife be so casually dressed for the SOTU??

[BOSSHOG]

2. The fascist republican whose wife got kicked out

for wearing a t-shirt said that it (his wives ejection) was a shame. Has the dumbass commented on Sheehan's ejection? It is incumbent upon this elected official to address both cases, his wife being ejected, Sheehan being arrested. SHAME ON HIM if he does not.

[JackBeck]

3. Here ya' go.

"I'm still trying to find out why the president's Gestapo had to arrest Cindy Sheehan in the gallery. ... It shows he still has a thin skin."
- Rep. Pete Stark, D-CA


"It stunned me because I didn't know in America you could be arrested for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan on it. That's especially so in the Capitol and in the House of Representatives, which is the people's House."
- Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-CA

[Canuckistanian]

4. You kidding?

They're like a bunch of cockroaches and someone turned the light on.

[madfloridian]

5. Some have spoken and met with her, tried to talk with her.

And some got burned for it. I think maybe some are not sure if they will respond perfectly enough. I think maybe that is the problem.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Please read this:

Woolsey Statement Regarding Cindy Sheehan

February 1, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) today issued the following statement regarding Cindy Sheehan’s arrest in the gallery of the House of Representatives before the State of the Union address. Mrs. Sheehan was Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s guest to the President’s State of the Union address.

“Since when is free speech conditional on whether you agree with the President? Cindy Sheehan, who gave her own flesh and blood for this disastrous war, did not violate any rules of the House of Representatives. She merely wore a shirt that highlighted the human cost of the Iraq war and expressed a view different than that of the President. Free speech and the First Amendment exist to protect dissenting statements like Ms. Sheehan’s last night.

“Stifling the truth will not blind Americans to the immorality of sending young Americans to die in an unnecessary war, against a nation that posed no threat to our security. The President's speech last night was yet another attempt to distort history, as he suggested -- once again -- that the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq. Everyone knows this is not true. We must not be afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes. It's time to bring our troops home.”

http://woolsey.house.gov/latestnews.asp?ARTICLE5110=57121

[PATRICK]

8. Any other shirts?

Two sounds like convenient "balance". They wanted Sheehan OUT. Strategically, she should not have been wearing any logo, just sit there and make the great one sweat it out. I iamgine this was indeed a last minute unplanned ticket in. But the Bustapo was prepared. Maybe the GOP t-shirt too.

[MindPilot]

9. The obvious solution to this problem is to

elect Cindy to the Senate.

Then she can go in there wearing whatever the hell she wants.