February 01, 2006
Your 15 Minutes are Up...Go Home Already!
Of course I'm talking about Cindy Sheehan, who was arrested last night as she sat in the gallery waiting for the State of the Union address.
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
Sheehan, who was invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D- Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. The charge was later changed to unlawful conduct, Schneider said. Both charges are misdemeanors.
Sheehan was taken in handcuffs from the Capitol to police headquarters a few blocks away. Her case was processed as Bush spoke.
And she didn't get a chance to model the anti-war T-shirt that she had donned especially for the occasion. She must be crushed.
Actually, what really must have gotten her goat was what happened -- or rather what didn't happen -- during the demonstration that got her arrested.
Sheehan, wrapped in a bright pink scarf against the cold, protested outside the White House with a handful of others before heading to the Capitol Tuesday evening. There were no cameras around, but the small band faced the executive mansion and repeatedly shouted, "You're evicted! Get out of our house!"
Only a few folks showed up to protest and no one took pictures. After being feted by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela last week, it must have been heartbreaking to come home and find out you're staler than yesterday's bread.
Ah, the ups and downs of celebrity.
Correction: The way the above article was written confused me. She WAS arrested for the t-shirt, not for the earlier demonstration. My apologies.
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yes, I agree go HOME! Oh but of course she is news again because she was detained again.
Posted by: Mrs Media Matters at February 1, 2006 10:29 AM
