Cindy Sheehan Selfishly Continues Anti-Bush Crusade Ignores Disaster

Sheehan brings protest here
She makes a symbolic visit to DeLay's office, attends anti-war rally at a church
By KRISTEN MACK
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Cindy Sheehan, now internationally known for her crusade to get President Bush to explain her son's death in Iraq, swung through the Houston area Thursday with a busload of anti-war protesters.

She went to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's office in Stafford and an evening anti-war rally at a local church.

At DeLay's office, she asked to meet with the Republican power broker and supporter of the Iraq war. But DeLay wasn't there to hear her plea.

"We didn't get an appointment. We were told by his staffer we could put in a request and perhaps we would get a meeting," Sheehan said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle.

She acknowledged that they didn't really expect a meeting and that the visit was largely symbolic.

Shannon Flaherty, DeLay's press secretary, said the group didn't request to meet with the congressman until Thursday.

"He already had a set schedule of packed events today," she said. "It's obvious they never wanted to meet with the congressman and were just looking for another publicity stunt."

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, was in town. He toured the Astrodome, which is sheltering Katrina evacuees, talked to Coast Guard officials at Ellington Field and participated in a conference call with Bush, Flaherty said.

Sheehan pulled up stakes Wednesday at Camp Casey, the site near Bush's ranch in Crawford named after her son, who was killed last year in Iraq.

It would appear that Cindy's preoccupied with her own selfish agenda. Where's the compassion Cindy? Couldn't the people in New Orleans use your bes to help in the evacuation? Her reaction is so typical of Liberal "compassion," "All Hat, No Cattle." Sound familiar Cindy? Why don't you contribute some of the money you've been receiving to help the refugees from the New Orleans disaster?

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