[Mb-civic] The Peaceful Occupation of Camp Crawford (Day 4)

[Jef Bek]

The Peaceful Occupation of Camp Crawford (Day 4)
Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

-- a message from Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, TX

Today started at 4am when I had to get up and get ready to be on Good
Morning America. It was pouring down rain at Camp Casey. The wind was
blowing and there was thunder and lightening. It was pretty exciting. The
interview went very well. I haven¹t seen it or read a transcript. Since it
was taped, I am just wondering if they showed it when I said Bush doesn't
want to see me because he likes to surround himself with "sycophants." I
also interviewed with Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz, Greta Van Susteren, and many
others, and closed out the day with my pal, Mike Malloy.

The "first meeting" controversy died down a little today when my town's
newspaper printed an op-ed that contradicted Matt Drudge¹s cherry-picked
account of my first meeting with George.

But since they don't have that controversy, they apparently have been lying
about other things. Bill O'Reilly said that I am doing this because I have
been bought out by, "The Arab Anti-Discrimination League." He was telling
his viewers that I am a tool for the liberals and that I am a tool for the
anti-war movement. Right now, what we are doing right here in Crawford is
the anti-war movement. We have such a strong coalition of groups. GSFP, Code
Pink, Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out and the Crawford Peace
House. 

I talked with John Conyers today and he wrote a letter to George signed by
about 18 other Congress members to request that he meet with me. I also
talked to Maxine Waters tonight and she is probably going to be here
tomorrow. I am so overwhelmed by the support.

I did non-stop interviews today. 100 people came through today to visit with
us. About 25 people are staying the night. More food, water, flowers, and
money came through today. One father brought his 2 and 4 year old sons out
to meet me and thank me for trying to save his boys from the same fate Casey
suffered. 

Celeste and Dante Zappala from Philadelphia and Bill Mitchell from
Atascadero, Ca., all members of GSFP, came out today to support me and help
me do interviews and greet all of the people who are arriving.

There is a huge action tomorrow in Aurora, Il. George Bush is leaving the
ranch tomorrow to go to Aurora, Il to sign a part of the energy bill at the
Caterpillar factory. True Majority has raised money to dog George Bush when
he leaves the ranch. Every time he leaves, there will be a GSFP member, MFSO
members, VFP members, and Code Pink members who will protest him and say
"Meet with Cindy." We will not let him have a 5 week nice vacation when
there are millions of people in harm's way in Iraq due to his careless
policies. The people of Iraq and our soldiers are suffering. Why should
George have a nice vacation?

Thank you for all your support and interest.

We are making a difference.

Keep up the good work.