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[The following is a press release from Move America Forward.]
Backlash Against Cindy Sheehan Grows
Radio Talk Show Hosts Joining the “You Don’t Speak for Me, Cindy”
Caravan
– Heading to Crawford, Texas on Sat. August 27th
(SACRAMENTO) – Cindy Sheehan has announced she plans to return “very
soon” to her anti-war vigil in Crawford, Texas. When, and if she does,
she’ll find she has some company.
The national organization that supports our troops and the war against
terrorism, Move America Forward (website:
www.MoveAmericaForward.org), is leading the “You Don’t Speak for
Me, Cindy” tour, and the effort is growing by the hour.
Military families and talk radio hosts are bringing Americans along
caravans – with all roads leading to Crawford, Texas for a giant “We
Support Our Troops & Their Mission” rally in Crawford on Saturday,
August 27, 2005. Leading the delegation is Deborah Johns of Northern
California Marine Moms. Deborah’s son, William, has served 2 tours of
duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The main caravan leaves from San Francisco, California on Monday
morning (August 21st). Supporters will be joining the caravan along
the way and cheering it on at stops. The caravan heads throughout
California (stopping in Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles
and San Diego) traveling through Arizona (stopping in Phoenix) and New
Mexico (stopping in Albuquerque). Once in Texas the caravan will pick
up even more supporters at stops at Amarillo, Fort Worth, Dallas and
Waco before arriving in Crawford.
Radio Hosts Joining the Caravan
Talk radio hosts are helping to promote this event – with many joining
the caravan along the way.
The caravan kicks off in San Francisco where
Melanie Morgan of KSFO 560 AM will lead her listeners along the
first leg of the caravan. Morgan will also travel to Dallas, Texas on
Friday to join the final two legs of the caravan into Crawford.
“For the past few weeks this nation has heard from those voices in
America who advocate surrender in the war against terrorism. Now, it’s
time to hear from the other side of this debate. We are going to rally
Americans together to show the terrorists overseas that our nation has
not lost its resolve nor its nerve to prevail in the fight against
their violent, extremist agenda,” said Melanie Morgan who serves as
Chairman of Move America Forward.
When the caravan arrives in Sacramento, California it will stop off at
the studios of KFBK 1530 AM – where
KFBK’s Mark Williams will interview the caravan attendees as he
fills in for the “Tom Sullivan Show.” Williams will get live reports
on the caravan each day before he flies to Dallas, Texas on Friday to
join the final two legs of the caravan into Crawford.
“Since our region of northern California is the place Cindy Sheehan
calls home, we owe it to the nation to present another voice from this
area. That’s why Deborah Johns, the Marine mother, and I are heading
to Crawford, Texas. We have a message for the President and the
American people: Now is not the time to pull our support from the
heroic mission our sons and daughters are serving in Iraq,” said
Williams.
Talk show host
Martha Zoller of WDUN 550 AM Atlanta/Gainesville is also heading
to Dallas to join the final two legs of the caravan and she’s invited
her listeners to come down for the caravan and pro-troop rally in
Crawford on August 27th – to stand by her side.
“I am going on the "you don't speak for me, Cindy" tour because of the
American heroes who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terror.
Casey Sheehan is an American hero and he had to live with the
knowledge that his mother didn't understand what he was doing...he had
to die with that knowledge, too. The media has elevated Cindy Sheehan
as the voice of those families who have lost loved ones, but Cindy
Sheehan speaks for a very small minority. We’re going to tell the rest
of the story now,” said Zoller.
Also traveling from the Atlanta area is Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson (Ret.
– U.S. Air Force) who broadcasts “The Buzz Cut” radio show on the
RighTalk Radio Network.
Patterson shares something in common with the other talk show hosts
heading to Crawford, Texas – he just returned from Iraq as part of the
10-day “Voices of Soldiers” tour.
“Our troops serving in Iraq made it very clear that they believe in
the mission they are serving in. We must stand by them now, for if we
don’t we only will embolden the terrorists who are doing everything
they can to weaken America’s resolve. If we turn our backs on the
mission in Iraq now, then our sons and daughters who have been killed
in this conflict will have died in vain,” said Patterson.
Additionally, caravans to Crawford to join the August 27th rally are
being planned from Louisiana, Florida, Connecticut and other areas
throughout the nation. Many caravans are being organized in
conjunction with the supporters of Free Republic at their website,
www.FreeRepublic.com
Starting Wednesday this week, Move America Forward will begin airing a
60-second television commercial promoting the “Support Our Troops &
Their Mission” rally in Crawford, Texas. The ad is expected to air
nationwide on cable news networks. You can view the ad online at the
Move America Forward website –
www.MoveAmericaForward.org
Move America Forward will provide continuous updates on the caravan
and rally at its website –
www.MoveAmericaForward.org |
