{"id":1519,"date":"2006-08-08T00:07:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T05:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2006-08-08T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T05:08:11","slug":"sheehan-returns-to-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1519","title":{"rendered":"Sheehan Returns to Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan, never one to miss an photo-op, is back in the Lone Star state<\/a> for a sequel to last year’s vigil in the Crawford heat.<\/p>\n

A year after her first war protest in President Bush’s adopted hometown attracted thousands and reinvigorated the nation’s peace movement, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil Sunday.<\/p>\n

Under the blazing Texas sun, Sheehan and more than 50 demonstrators again marched a mile and a half toward Bush’s ranch, stopping at a roadblock. As Secret Service agents stood silently, Sheehan held up her California driver’s license and said she wanted to meet with the president.<\/p>\n

”It doesn’t say my new address, but I do live here now,” said Sheehan, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., and recently bought land in Crawford for war protests. ”My name is Cindy and Bush killed my son.”<\/p>\n

White House spokesman Tony Snow has said that neither Bush nor his staff plan to meet with Sheehan. ”I would advise her to bring water, Gatorade or both,” he said. ”Honestly, when you’re talking about the kind of issues that we’re talking about, Cindy Sheehan hasn’t risen to the level of staff meetings.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I sincerely doubt this year’s attempt for Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan to talk to the president a second time — you see, what is rarely mentioned in the vigil coverage is that she actually did already meet with President Bush — will match the size and scope of last year’s sun-baked attempt. Still, I thought I’d point you to my little photoblogging <\/a>of what the scene looked like in 2005.<\/p>\n

Other previous Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan blogging:<\/p>\n