Cindy Sheehan, failed author?

19...20...21... Cindy Whatsername, your life is calling. ;~D

I think it is kind of sad, really. Yet another person with sincere gripe who is finding that:

A) The US public has the attention span of a ferrit with ADD, and

Those who use you for their political ends will discard you the moment they feel you're played out.

I think it would have been a better testament to her son if his name was tied to a more balanced, rational view of the world. In the end, valid war or not, he paid the ultimate price. It's a shame that he was hijacked by the American Left and ends here at an empty folding table instead of the place of honor he deserves.

I agree with Baker. I mean, she lost a son. Some people say "Get over it, he gave his life for something worthwhile." I don't have children (at least I hope not ), but I imagine your child's death to be pretty jarring. No, I don't think she should have taken it this far. But you must try to sympathize with her loss.

I sincerely feel for her loss, but she has competely and utterly ruined the memory of her son with her own antics, or at least she has pushed what should be a memory of him trying to be a hero completely away in favor of becoming a grandstanding bitch that has let herself become nothing more than a tool (and I mean tool in more ways than one).

If she had stopped with the theatrics weeks ago she could have been remembered for the martyr she seems to want to be. Instead, she's now remembered, saying it again, as a tool.

It's a damned shame, and again, I feel greatly for her loss and do not wish that any of our military families suffer the loss of a loved one, either in action, or not. But I have much more respect for the families that took the loss in much more respectful ways. For those families it is much easier to feel sympathies, since they obviously haven't tried to turn those losses into opportunities for personal gain (including personal fame, etc.)

I prefer to remember SPC Corey Sheehan as the hero who died as a result of volunteering for a mission during a war. I wish we could remember his mother as a courageous woman who only wanted answers. Unfortunately she chose to embrace the "Freedom Fighters" who killed her son, take every left wing buzzword to heart, and allowed herself to be used by the vultures in the press and left wing groups. Even more sad is that, because of Cindy Whatsername's choices, the memory of her son must be seperated from what she tried to do to that memory. She could have been the standard bearer of her son's memory.

It is pitiful to see her sitting there, all alone, wondering where all those who said they supported her went. In the end, she is the victim of her own rhetoric, and other people's false support.

What's the difference between an anti-war activist and a non-militant supporter of the other side?

I have to admire this thread for a single reason: we seem to be lamenting the loss of the son, not the loss of stature for the mother. She really did do nothing to honor her son's memory; instead she made his loss into sheer farce.
With blowhard leftwing rhetoric fed to her by eager fellow activists, she screamed her way into the living rooms of America. Now she has nothing. And it's exactly as Baker said,

Those who use you for their political ends will discard you the moment they feel you're played out.

Yeah, I don't see Michael Moore next to her, helping her through this, feeling her pain. I guess she is through. It's about time.

The person I feel really bad for is Casey.

What I find more revealing than the story is the Photo.  Instead of framing it to make her took good, the reporter screwed up and took an honest shot!  Unlike all the shots they took of her back in the summer. That indicates it is not the American Public who is tired of her now (I think they lost interest 5 minutes after she opened her mouth), but the Press that has lost interest.

Why do people hate this woman so much. Her motives are pretty obvious. I disagree with her, but WTF are you taking pleasure in her misfortune. I don't understand why you're so threatened by her.

I don't understand why you're so threatened by her.

Who says anyone is threatened?  But like politicians who make gaffs, the more they make, the more they are made fun of!  She opened mouth and inserted foot.  Pointing out her idiocy and racism is not fear.  It is fun.

I disagree with her, but WTF are you taking pleasure in her misfortune. I don't understand why you're so threatened by her.

I don't think anyone here feels threatened by her. Just the opposite. I think most people here feel nothing but pity for her. Cindy Sheehan turned herself, or let some others of very questionable cause and character, into nothing but a laughing stock and pitiful shadow of her former self.

Initially she was someone anyone could look at and feel sorry for. Her cause was just, her complaints deserved and justified, and she deserved the audience she was seeking.

Over time, she started buying into the crap that some losers and users around her were selling, and let herself become a tool for the likes of MoveOn.org.

I don't think anyone feels pleasure in her misfortune either. Again, I think it's pity and not much else.

I sincerely feel for her loss, but she has competely and utterly ruined the memory of her son with her own antics, or at least she has pushed what should be a memory of him trying to be a hero completely away in favor of becoming a grandstanding bitch that has let herself become nothing more than a tool (and I mean tool in more ways than one).

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I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just wanted to make sure that just because she is crazy we forget why she was driven, or why she drove herself, to the edge, and that is her son.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just wanted to make sure that just because she is crazy we forget why she was driven, or why she drove herself, to the edge, and that is her son.

The loss of any child, be it via death while serving in the military, or because of a traffic accident, a drug overdose, or any other reason is never a good thing and certainly would cause many parents a great deal of pain, anguish, and bring a great potential for mental instability.

I know that if something happened to my own children it would tear at me greatly, but I am also fairly confident that no matter what I'd maintain enough self control to be sure that the message of the loss I suffered wouldn't be lost because of actions I took. I would do everything possible to see that the loss was memoralized in some way that brought respect and honor to my children's memory, rather than bring scorn and pity on myself.

But that's just me, and what do I really know....

Have to love the news today where Sheehan is disputing the facts that are shown in the picture. She and her publisher are claiming that she signed plenty of books. Over 100. Enough to get writers cramp.

Unfortunately the crowds weren't crowds though. She signed books one-sy and two-sy as a few individuals walked up and got books signed. A few individuals spread throughout several hours.

A popular author that doesn't make Ms. Sheehan. It would seem to mean that Ms. Sheehan's 15 minutes are long up, and she was lucky enough to have a few individuals that either wanted to read the book (and get it signed) because they still support her, or because they feel sorry for her and wanted to support her and the charity she was giving money from the book to (Peace House).

Either way, "waiting for people to show up" isn't a good place for an author to be.


I still say she should have called in Abel Co., as in Clueless Old Liberal, and turned it into a two-fer.

This picture needs to be saved for anytime anyone else falls into the trap of believing the far left will stick by someone who is putting their butt on the line for their causes.

I guess her situation does serve a purpose, it shows us how successful something can be if the support for it is pulled before the mission is complete. ;~D

I live in a fairly small city, and when even mediocre authors come to town they have to sit for an hour or two, constantly signing. 100 would be a sad insult to an author, even around here. Now, granted, maybe no one wanted to drive out into the sticks to meet her, either.

but WTF are you taking pleasure in her misfortune.

"taking pleasure in her misfortune"? You mean I'm supposed to go BUY a book of her schlock outta sympathy?

Sorry, ain't happening! My money's better spent on the latest MAD magazine!