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Thread ID: 15064 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2004-09-20
2004-09-20 23:15 | User Profile
Mother of dead G.I. interrupts a campaign speech by the "First Lady."
[QUOTE]Bust G.I.'s mom who raps Laura
BY ADAM NICHOLS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
The angry mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was cuffed and arrested yesterday after demanding to know from First Lady Laura Bush why her daughters weren't serving in the war.
Sue Niederer, 55, of Hopewell, N.J., interrupted a campaign speech by the First Lady while wearing a T-shirt with the words "President Bush You Killed My Son."
She was charged with trespassing as she spoke to reporters after leaving the rally in a firehouse in Hamilton, N.J.
"I asked the question why her children, why the children of congressmen and legislators, aren't in Iraq if it's such a justified war?" she said.
Her shouts were drowned out by the 700-strong crowd listening to Laura Bush, who started chanting "Four more years," and she left the hall voluntarily. But she was handcuffed and put in a police van while she spoke to reporters outside.
"The police said I was trespassing because I was blocking an exit from the hall while I spoke to reporters," she said.
"I said how could I be trespassing when I had an entry card to be there? This is a democratic country. I should have the right to say what I want at all times, and not be arrested because my thoughts are different to the President's."
Niederer's son, Army 1st Lt. Seth Dvorin, 24, was killed in February while trying to disarm a bomb in Iraq.
"The police were very nice to me," she said. "I don't think they wanted to arrest me, but they did what they felt they had to do. I'm expecting the charge to be dismissed."
Hamilton police had no comment.
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2004-09-22 05:52 | User Profile
[QUOTE] Her shouts were drowned out by the 700-strong crowd listening to Laura Bush, who started chanting "Four more years," and she left the hall voluntarily.[/QUOTE] That says it all about the GOP and "Compassionate Conservatism".
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2004-09-22 13:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=MacDonald CSA]That says it all about the GOP and "Compassionate Conservatism".[/QUOTE]
Well said.
Freepers make my skin crawl.
Walter
2004-09-24 06:56 | User Profile
[URL=http://www.counterpunch.org/weill05222004.html]Interview with Soldier's Mom[/URL]
Seth, 24, was in debt after he graduated from Rutgers University in 2002. He joined the army for money and skills that, he was told, would help land him a job with the CIA or FBI -- his dream jobs. "Not for patriotism," said his mother, Sue Niederer, an observant Jew.
[URL=http://ebs.gmnews.com/news/2004/0212/Front_page/002.html]Soldier Loved Travel[/URL]
His family described him as someone who loved to travel extensively, including to Europe and Israel.
[I]Young Jew with no money travels extensively. [/I]