Cindy Sheehan--Stop crying!

[Sukie1941]

Stop the tears, dear! It embarrasses me! I am emotional, too. Had I cried through every staff meeting during my working years, well.....

Who was the presidential candidate who lost her socks when she started crying?????

[Perky]

1. Pat Schroeder?

[OzarkDem]

49. Wow

I've never met a Democratic man who didn't like Pat Schroeder. She's admired and respected as a brilliant and amusing person. Interesting.

So where did you pick up your hatred of Pat Schroeder?

[Perky]

57. Wow is right

DId I misunderstand the OP or fis you misundertand me?

I thought the question was which femal presidential candidate cried.. ANd the only one I remember although it was a very brief campaign was Pat Shroeder back in 84(?) NO ill will toward SHroeder at all.

[iamthebandfanman]

60. gee whiz

further proof of people just trolling the forum WAITING to be angry at ANYBODY over ANYTHING.

people are so quick to jump to a conlusion around here. i cant figure out why.

[OzarkDem]

62. Read the OP

Sorry, but we long time Dem women happen to like Pat Schroeder and are proud of her accomplishments. She's a strong intelligent woman who wasn't afraid to stand up to the GOP.

Anti-Pat Schroeder comments about crying are a big red flag for strange behavior. :shrug:

[OzarkDem]

61. Ok

Then its the OP who has a serious problem.

[quinnox]

2. lol, she was crying during her announcement speech

WTF

[Tom Joad]

3. Pelosi & Reid, stop making us cry.... Refuse to fund this war.

[LSK]

4. oh boy...

:hide:

[David__77]

5. She's fighting so other mothers in Iraq and in the US won't cry any more.

Today, some other mothers are crying because their children were killed in this criminal, immoral, and unjust war of aggression.

[bluedog]

9. and many will say their children believed in

what they were doing......in these mothers eyes.these were men and women who made the choice to join the military..and some re-upped..........so there are different views on this issue.

[David__77]

16. Different views, but only one truth. There's no room for "moral relativism."

There are all kinds of views in the world. But there is a real, existing truth. And any sense of "morality" that would uphold this war as a great cause is truly debased. I could make all sorts of historical analogies, but suffice it to say that all kinds of people were "proud" for their service or their children's service to immoral causes. That does nothing to detract from the truth of its immorality.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

34. Sure.

But that doesn't mean this country has to squander their lives and sense of altruism.

Good judgement and not squandering lives is kinda something I look for in governments. I don't think I am alone in that.

And people facing grief will hang their hat on any hook that helps them make sense of mind-roasting tragedy. Which is another reason why government should not squander lives. Because if they do, thos people who are hanging their hats on those hooks often have a very nasty cognitive event, later on. It's not attractive to watch.

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. Well funny me, I thought most of us here at DU agreed this war is wrong

and the deaths of our troops are NOT because they chose to enlist. :eyes:

[mmonk]

48. DU has encountered some

conservative talking points surges lately.

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. And not from new DUers either

[xultar]

6. Oh come the fuck on here. What is this shit gonna start? Haven't we had enough?

If you are using :sarcasm: then o.k. make sure to use the :sarcasm: smiley.

[Poll_Blind]

7. What is left of DU that smacks of civility anymore? (nt)

PB

[buff2]

14. I have to wonder who in here is really on the left?

Too many posts are bile you would read over at FReeptardland. It's sickening beyond words. :puke:

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. I agree

and it doesn't surprise me that so many are leaving this place. This is just vile and crap like this is posted all too often lately.

[OzarkDem]

52. I've noticed the same

Freep talking points.

[babylonsister]

8. Hard to believe you're equating a staff meeting to what

this woman has gone through. I have no words for your 'compassion'.

[G_j]

15. I had the same thought

this thread certainly deserves to be locked

[glowing]

10. I think the problem with Mrs. Sheehan is that she is still holding onto

the death of her son like it was yesterday. I don't think she has truly allowed herself to greive properly.... Its hard to watch her. Its taking its toll... she really needed a break. I wished she gave herself a proper one instead of propelling forward... but who knows, some of the greatest achievments, inspirations and inventions have come from hardship... never know where one person's pain will lead them or take them.

[David__77]

17. She's put society ahead of her personal needs.

While I would understand if she withdrew from her public role, I'm glad she's able to perform this great service by filling an important place on the stage of public opinion.

[Karenina]

22. Thank you David for your measured response.

You saved me having a post deleted. :hug:

[glowing]

28. I completely agree... I'm glad she's around, but its sad to see her suffer

and live with pain so up front everyday.

[Karenina]

39. YOU will be "living with pain"

soon enough.

[glowing]

70. What do you mean by that? Are you trying to jinx me? Why would

you say something so aweful to someone? I wouldn't wish the pain that Cindy is going through on my worst enemy, let alone myself.

[Karenina]

71. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I so love TRANSPARENCY!!! :rofl:

[David__77]

30. Being "measured" isn't easy these days.

It's certainly a skill that requires triple self-censorship!

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. What Karenina said

Thank you.

[buff2]

11. wtf is wrong with THAT?

Geesus H. Krist....Can't you people get enough of the Sheehan-Democrat bashing?I'm embarrassed too....that people here are so quick to cut down people who are fighting for US!I think I am going to be sick... :puke:

[Cameron27]

12. What made her cry?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. How many sons have you lost to unjust wars?

:shrug:

[partylessinOhio]

18. Get real! This woman is admirable. I wouldn't be able to stand in front of

a camera let alone stand and cry if my son had been killed by Bush/Cheney/Lies. I would be a basket case on the horizontal.

At least she is out there doing something. If she unseats Pelosi she will be doing the entire country a huge favor. I can't vote for her but I will try to send her a contribution next month. (Money already gone this month or I would do it now.)

Viva Cindy!

:patriot:

[H2O Man]

19. Slim Whitman's rollerskates. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. What does that mean?

[countingbluecars]

64. I want to know too.

I googled it different ways-no luck.

[H2O Man]

66. I thought the

OP was nonsense, and assumed a nonsense response was appropriate.

[countingbluecars]

68. Duh

I guess I'm a little slow today! Thanks.

[Caretha]

67. I get it

H20Man....btw, I got a new keyboard today...happy day :)

[Desertrose]

20. You are *embarrassed* by her TEARS?

Good grief. The woman is going on raw emotion.....everyone grieves and deals with things differently....

You may well be emotional...but have you no compassion? I can all too easily imagine losing my son.....I don't know if I could pull it together half as much as Cindy Sheehan has done.

Where is the simple respect for another human being's pain here on DU?

Amazing and disgusting.

DR

[Bluebear]

23. You said it. nt

[G_j]

29. also

appears to be a hit and run

:puke:




:hi: DR :hug: G_j

[Desertrose]

32. Figures.....

:loveya: G_j :hug:
DR

[rjones2818]

21. Let's see if I can answer the poster this way?

:wtf:

:crazy: :scared: :freak:

:thumbsdown:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. What you said.

:thumbsup:

[BlooInBloo]

25. Wrong place to complain about that. On DU, you gain cred the more you cry.

[David__77]

31. Do you think that is a good thing?

Just curious.

[BlooInBloo]

33. It is what it is - an I-cry-more-than-thou society.

[David__77]

35. Hmm. I see that, but there's also a big inhibition on public emotion.

It's scorned and focused on but in a carnival-esque way. I'm not so sure it's applauded.

[BlooInBloo]

37. It is. And those who aren't appropriately teary-eyed are castigated as inhuman assholes....

... It's a whole conceptual ecosystem, with its carrots and sticks.

[David__77]

47. Well, whatever serves the anti-war cause...

...is fine with me, whether stoic or not. Tears aside, I think Sheehan has demonstrated great fortitude and courage.

[BlooInBloo]

51. Yah - it's brave to call me a member of the party of slavery.

[OzarkDem]

53. Some are uncomfortable with compassion...

I've always wondered why right wingers are so defensive when it comes to showing empathy or concern for others. Many segue into bullies. Some sort of psychological problem, perhaps many of them were abused as children. Poor things.

[BlooInBloo]

54. And some simply don't find it necessary to blubber all day every day.

[OzarkDem]

55. Where do you see that?

I don't see it here on DU, but perhaps I'm reading the wrong threads.

[blogslut]

26. pffft

All hail the paragons of icy demeanor. </snark>

[Individualist]

27. What goes around comes around

Sooner or later, karma will get you.

[AlCzervik]

36. nice ring and run there subby.

[Enrique]

38. yes it's time for her to stop all of her sobbing

if there's one thing she's gotta do...

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. Why are YOU embarrassed by something someone you don't even know does?

And you started a thread about it!!

Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch, what a lame thread starter and how insulting to both DU and Cindy.

[stirlingsliver]

43. They Are HER Emotions, And She Is Entitled To Them

"It embarrasses me!"

So?

Cindy's emotions are just that -- CINDY's emotions.

And she is entitled to her own emotions.

The fact that YOU are embarrassed by Cindy's emotions -- and that you try to get Cindy to suppress her emotions because YOU fell uncomfortable -- speaks volumes about you.

As someone else said upthread, Cindy cries so that mothers and sisters and brothers (and yes, fathers, too) of young soldiers will no longer have to cry.

And, for God's sake, Cindy lost her SON in this awful war!!

[Katherine Brengle]

44. Oh yes, crying, that horrible, womanly affectation that no self-respecting adult would DARE

do in public, or anywhere else.

:sarcasm:

(Edited for spelling error.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

56. Her son is DEAD because of an invasion based on LIES. She's entitled to cry any time she feels like

crying! Damn. How would you feel if you lost a child? Walk in her shoes before you criticize!

[burythehatchet]

58. Someone explain to me why this thread hasn't been locked and tossed.

[G_j]

65. yes I want to know that too!!

pure flame bait
(and it was alerted hours ago)

[dailykoff]

59. She should be PROUD to lay her son on the altar of Exxon-Mobile.

The President even shook hands with her!

heavy :sarcasm:

[Mutineer]

63. A few months ago any and everything she did was OK

and celebrated here. Now she's being viciously attacked. I may not agree with everything she says/does but this is still (barely) a free country and she has a right to say them. Walk a mile in her shoes and you might, just might have a whole new appreciation for the personal cost that this woman has had to endure for being so outspoken, and not just over the death of her son.

[sniffa]

69. cindy sheehan - stop trying!

you're making some peopLe uncomfortabLe and it's embarrassing.

deja vu