From anti-war site IndyBay:
Patrick Sheehan, Cindy Sheehan husband, supports his wife in her activism, he participates in some events and drives with Cindy when he is not working as a sales representative. He spoke about the toll this work is taking in the family. “If she is not away traveling or speaking, she is home with her laptop, watching news, or talking on the phone…This is important, we try to continue to support her.”But he also understands that it is hard for her to be around the memories all the time. “Some times I am not sure if it is helping [the grief process] It might be delaying some of her grief, but it’s also a very good reason to get out of bed, get up and get moving.”
Newstalk radio KTKZ also noticed this:
Moy also mentioned that Sheehan's husband, Patrick, is nowhere to be found during her national media 'sit-in' in Crawford, Texas. During their return interview from Seattle, Washington, after Sheehan's 'first' visit with President Bush, it was Patrick who mentioned that they visited with the president with great respect - because they determined to treat the encounter "the way Casey would have wanted us to".So, the question being, "where is Patrick now?" Have the organizers of "Code Pink" corralled the male, and caged him from the press so to keep his opinions and speech quiet, while Cindy makes a fool of herself in Texas?
Also, where are the other siblings? They are all of age, and should be asked of their opinions of "Mom". Moy informed us today that one of the daughters appeared in a "MoveOn" commercial during the election. Why hasn't this daughter appeared before the media?
If Mom has entered the family into the political arena, then the family should engage with conversation. Why are they silenced?
The extended report from which the "the way Casey would have wanted" quote was extracted:
Since learning in April that their son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, had been killed in Iraq, life has been everything but normal for the Sheehan family of Vacaville.Casey's parents, Cindy and Patrick, as well as their three children, have attended event after event honoring the soldier both locally and abroad, received countless letters of support and fielded questions from reporters across the country.
"That's the way our whole lives have been since April 4," Patrick said. "It's been surreal."
"We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled," Cindy said. "The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached."
The 10 minutes of face time with the president could have given the family a chance to vent their frustrations or ask Bush some of the difficult questions they have been asking themselves, such as whether Casey's sacrifice would make the world a safer place.
But in the end, the family decided against such talk, deferring to how they believed Casey would have wanted them to act. In addition, Pat noted that Bush wasn't stumping for votes or trying to gain a political edge for the upcoming election.
"We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us," Pat said.
This is the report that Drudge quoted, out of context some say.
Go read the whole report and decide if Drudge was misleading.
That's it! Google cames up with nothing else. Patrick Sheehan has become a non-entity along with Casey's siblings. I can only assume that their opinions aren't...newsworthy.
