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  •  Photo of incident (4.00 / 10)

    Cindy Sheehan being taken out of the gallery by the officer (hand on arm) after removing her jacket:

    by Fiat Lux on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 01:26:00 AM PDT

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    •  Uh, no (none / 1)

      Unless her tshirt was a black long sleeved t-shirt, that appears to be a black jacket.

      by Kimberly Stone on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 06:34:00 AM PDT

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    •  thanks for the photo (none / 1)

      great evidence.  not sure why anyone'd take offense.

      It's ONE thing for them to prevent peaceful disagreementss at Bush/Cheney speeches.  

      BUT IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, HOW DARE YOU DENY SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS???  & to someone who GAVE HER SON to this country??

      What a bunch of hacks.  Bush gives a speech about the "promise of America" but when an American doesn't have the First Amendment right to SIT QUIETLY & RESPECTFULLY in front of him, THEN IT'S ALL A LIE.

      But then we know everything he said was a lie anyway.

      thank you, Cindy, for being there & i offer you my sinceriest apologies for considering that the CNN "unfurling the banner" story was even potentially true.

      never again.

      Texas Kaos Take Back Texas

      Bush, What Price Did You Pay?

      by krazypuppy on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 07:54:17 AM PDT

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      •  Where did that shit of a story (none / 1)

        get started and how did it get spread? Anybody know?

        Today's Special: Chickenhawk, slow-baked in its mother's basement.

        by Earl on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:07:52 AM PDT

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        •  CNN "reporter" Ed Henry (none / 1)

          quoting (or channeling) a WH spokesperson, as I recall

          by pitbullEmily on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:10:34 AM PDT

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        •  News websites still on the "banner" (none / 1)

          The story Bush accents America's duty abroad was written by PETER BAKER and MICHAEL A. FLETCHER, of The Washington Post

          The paragraph:

          The emotional opposition to the war also played out in the chamber yesterday night just minutes before Bush arrived, when antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, invited by a Democratic House member, unfurled a banner in the gallery and was arrested by Capitol Police for disrupting decorum.

          is still running on numerous papers websites without correction.

          the Concorde Monitor

          Inside Bay Area (with many other papers linking to them)

          the Missourian

          And many more.

          And (won't link properly) the Philadeplphia Inquirer's blog (http://blogs.philly.com/...) now reads:

          ... Here is a little multiple choice quiz (grades don't count.) "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan got herself arrested when she revealed her ant-war T-shirt in the House gallery. The family of another soldier killed in Iraq was honored with applause and appreciation for the son's duty

          But Google shows it, in its preview, reading this:

          ... Here is a little multiple choice quiz (grades don't count.) Anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan got herself arrested when she tried to unfurl a banner in the audience...
          .

          There is no mention of the change in the blog. Hmm.

          Today's Special: Chickenhawk, slow-baked in its mother's basement.

          by Earl on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:58:29 AM PDT

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      •  email CNN (none / 1)

        It appears CNN has purged its website of references to the banner unfurling, and not issued a public retration.

        Can this be confirmed? I just did a rudimentary web search, and I only just heard about the incident, never saw the original article.

        by Whale Kissing Dukakis Hugger on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:28:09 AM PDT

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        •  i saw the story (none / 1)

          i should've screen-shot it but CNN had it & has to either lie that it never happened or deny the 1000s who saw it.

          call them on it & ask them where they got that story from?

          & why they say she "refused to cover the shirt" when she is saying the exact opposite.

          WHY THE HELL WON'T THEY QUOTE HER?

          when people get shot in the streets, the news grabs any random person connected to story to give a "statement".

          WHY WON'T CNN TAKE A STATEMENT FROM CINDY???

          Texas Kaos Take Back Texas

          Bush, What Price Did You Pay?

          by krazypuppy on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:33:41 AM PDT

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      •  As of this morning... (none / 1)

        CNN has changed their story. It still differs significantly from Cindy's version but it does at least say it was the T-shirt and not a banner.

        http://www.cnn.com/...

        conscietious objector in the battle of the sexes

        by plymouth on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 08:29:43 AM PDT

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