Nbadan
08-18-2005, 11:48 PM
She reopened debate about war, and, boy, is she hearing about it
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Whether one supports Sheehan's position or not, she put the war back on the front pages in the middle of August and brought the war home to suburbia in a way other antiwar organizers hadn't been able to do.
"Whenever people have talked about the war, they've talked about body counts, and after a while, people have grown numb to that," said Joseph Tuman, professor of political communications at San Francisco State University. "There's always been a real struggle in this country over the questions, 'Should we be in Iraq?' and 'How long should we be there?'
"She has made it OK to have these conversations, as they're now about her, " Tuman said. "She's given people a way to talk about the war again."
*snip*
As Sheehan supporters gathered at vigils Wednesday, Deborah Johns of Roseville was in Sacramento filming an anti-Sheehan commercial.
*snip*
Republican strategist Sal Russo produced the ad, and a spokesman for his consulting firm expects it to begin airing on CNN and Fox News within a week. And Johns will lead a caravan, dubbed "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy," that departs San Francisco on Monday for Crawford. That effort is organized by talk- show host Melanie Morgan of San Francisco's KSFO-AM.
San francisco Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/18/MNGNDE9H7N1.DTL)
I wonder if CNN will let them buy some airtime? Rest assured even if CNN decides to NARR these ads Chris Matthews, Wolfe Blitzer et al will air this ad OVER and OVER under the guise of having their (leftists?) pundits comment on it. The shills will make it known that they'll never have to shell out a dime to have it aired - CNN and MSNBC will make sure it has all the free airtime they can cram into their pundit-filled cable "news" shows (at least, as long as they can break away from the Aruba and killer shark stories).
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Whether one supports Sheehan's position or not, she put the war back on the front pages in the middle of August and brought the war home to suburbia in a way other antiwar organizers hadn't been able to do.
"Whenever people have talked about the war, they've talked about body counts, and after a while, people have grown numb to that," said Joseph Tuman, professor of political communications at San Francisco State University. "There's always been a real struggle in this country over the questions, 'Should we be in Iraq?' and 'How long should we be there?'
"She has made it OK to have these conversations, as they're now about her, " Tuman said. "She's given people a way to talk about the war again."
*snip*
As Sheehan supporters gathered at vigils Wednesday, Deborah Johns of Roseville was in Sacramento filming an anti-Sheehan commercial.
*snip*
Republican strategist Sal Russo produced the ad, and a spokesman for his consulting firm expects it to begin airing on CNN and Fox News within a week. And Johns will lead a caravan, dubbed "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy," that departs San Francisco on Monday for Crawford. That effort is organized by talk- show host Melanie Morgan of San Francisco's KSFO-AM.
San francisco Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/18/MNGNDE9H7N1.DTL)
I wonder if CNN will let them buy some airtime? Rest assured even if CNN decides to NARR these ads Chris Matthews, Wolfe Blitzer et al will air this ad OVER and OVER under the guise of having their (leftists?) pundits comment on it. The shills will make it known that they'll never have to shell out a dime to have it aired - CNN and MSNBC will make sure it has all the free airtime they can cram into their pundit-filled cable "news" shows (at least, as long as they can break away from the Aruba and killer shark stories).