THE 'SCUM IN THE SUN' REPORT FROM CRAWFORD:
Pro-Violence Lunatics fight it out to see who's more for war than thou

Arrests, rhetoric highlight protests

By Thaddeus DeJesus and J.B. Smith
Waco Tribune-Herald staff writers
Sunday, August 28, 2005

CRAWFORD -– With five days left until the end of anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's vigil near President Bush's ranch, Crawford became protest central Saturday as supporters and opponents of the Iraq war rallied, marched and simmered in 101-degree heat.

A handful also got themselves arrested, including a protester whose anti-Sheehan sign was deemed unnecessarily offensive by organizers of a large pro-Bush rally. The man carrying the sign became violent when he was asked to put it down.

Ken Robinson, of Richardson, Texas, who described himself as a Vietnam veteran, was carrying a sign at a “You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy!” rally. The sign read, “How to wreck your family in 30 days by ‘b**** in the ditch' Cindy Sheehan.”

Kristinn Taylor, an event organizer with FreeRepublic.com, heard about the sign and rushed up to Robinson.

“This is our rally and you can't do that here,” he said, only for Robinson to insist he was within his rights.

Camera crews rushed in and Taylor turned to face them.

“To all the media here, this sign is not representative of the crowd here today,” Taylor announced. Some of the crowd around Robinson came forward to shake his hand, while others chanted, “Idiot, go home.”

The two men then squared off and raised their voices.

“Just get outta here!” Robinson yelled, and aimed a kick at Taylor's midsection. Taylor called for security, and a young Woodway policeman quickly showed up.

“I have the right to freedom of speech,” Robinson said.

Robinson continued to protest loudly as police handcuffed him and led him away...


...Underneath a giant revival tent about a mile from the Western White House, peace mom Cindy Sheehan continued to stoke the fires of the anti-war movement.

Sheehan, 48, has challenged President Bush by staging a nearly month-long vigil near his Central Texas vacation home. She says she wants to meet with the president to learn what “noble cause” her son died for in Iraq and to call for withdrawal of U.S. troops.

At Saturday's large rally at Camp Casey II, Sheehan partially answered her own question.

“I finally figured out what the ‘noble cause' is ...” she said, referring to two words the president uses to talk about the sacrifices of U.S. troops. “He wants more American soldiers killed because American soldiers have already been killed, and that's his mission. We have to stop him. We have to stop him as soon as possible.”... http://tinyurl.com/aqpef
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