Enough is enough, say Bush supporters
of Crawford protests
By Thaddeus DeJesus, Tribune-Herald staff writer
CRAWFORD – The president's supporters are rallying behind a new slogan: Enough is enough.
Critics of the peace movement and war mom Cindy Sheehan arrived in Crawford by car and by motorcycle Saturday to show support for President Bush and the Iraq war. In one demonstration, about 350 bikers buzzed the camps arranged by Sheehan and other demonstrators calling on the president to be accountable for the war.
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“The silent majority has arrived and, hey, the cavalry's on the way,” said local businessman Bill Johnson, who sat atop a horse during a separate pro-Bush rally of about two dozen. “Believe me. Don't think it isn't. Because, you know, we can take it, and take it and take it ... and at some point in time, there needs to be a response from America.”
Johnson alluded to a forthcoming caravan scheduled to arrive in Crawford next Saturday after snaking through the southwest from San Francisco. The event, called “You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy,” is being led by a mother who has a Marine son
Again... very kewl. Wish I were there with fellow "scooter trash" to participate!
What will be very interesting to note is to see how much media exposure this counter demonstration gets.
But the anti-Sheehan-shenanigan groups aren't done yet. A Portsmouth, NH marine mom staged her own protest with others in the New England rain.
"No matter your politics," Shannon Healy said. "Love Bush or hate him. You have to support the men and women. ... I think Mrs. Sheehan is disrespecting the memory of her child. It's disrespectful. Her son made the choice (to be in the military)."
In interviews, some of those who spoke at the rally said that Sheehan's demonstration is aiding the enemy, by providing propaganda for the other side. Mixed with this was some anger that the media is focusing too much on the negative aspects of the war, like body counts or bombings, instead of on the good the soldiers are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Keep 'em coming, America. Expressing opinions is what we do best, and Sheehan does not speak for us all.
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