Woolsey Statement regarding Cindy Sheehan

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Woolsey Statement regarding Cindy Sheehan

 

 

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Woolsey Statement regarding Cindy Sheehan

Representative Lynn Woolsey

 

February 1, 2006

 

Editor's Note: Much has been made of the arrest of Gold Star

mother Cindy Sheehan before last night's State of the Union address.

Mainstream media coverage has made it seem as if Sheehan was in the

balcony of the House of Representatives under false pretenses. In

fact, she was invited. Representative Lynn Woolsey, Democrat of

California, personally purchased a ticket to the speech for Sheehan.

Below, please find Rep. Woolsey's statement regarding the arrest of

Cindy Sheehan. --wrp/TO

 

Woolsey Statement regarding Cindy Sheehan

By Representative Lynn Woolsey

t r u t h o u t | Statement

 

Wednesday 01 February 2006

 

Washington, DC - US Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) today

issued the following statement regarding Cindy Sheehan's arrest in the

gallery of the House of Representatives before the State of the Union

address. Mrs. Sheehan was Rep. Lynn Woolsey's guest to the President's

State of the Union address.

 

" Since when is free speech conditional on whether you agree with

the President? Cindy Sheehan, who gave her own flesh and blood for

this disastrous war, did not violate any rules of the House of

Representatives. She merely wore a shirt that highlighted the human

cost of the Iraq war and expressed a view different than that of the

President. Free speech and the First Amendment exist to protect

dissenting statements like Ms. Sheehan's last night. "

 

" Stifling the truth will not blind Americans to the immorality of

sending young Americans to die in an unnecessary war, against a nation

that posed no threat to our security. The President's speech last

night was yet another attempt to distort history, as he suggested -

once again - that the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq. Everyone knows

this is not true. We must not be afraid to say that the emperor has no

clothes. It's time to bring our troops home. "