[Cincinatus' Wife]

I would get hives being in a roomful of these airheads.

[harrowup]

400 people in one room would give me more than hives. Someone needs to put a gag me with a spoon alert on this puke.

[toddst]

"I looked around the table at my satin-cheeked boys - I mean, not one of them shaves yet - and saying I was damned if I was going to send any of them to Iraq.

Hmmm. Has anyone let this mother know we have a volunteer military? Her sons aren't going to be sent anywhere to fight unless they enlist.

Silly women. Nuff said.

[backhoe]

"The Moms" and "the chilrrun"-- where have I heard that emotive appeal before?

I also note the writer's ham-handed attempt to appear balanced and objective by tossing in a few meaningless snippets about Dads, Conservatives, and Voting Republican. Much like C-Span callers do.

[doubleA]

Why didn't this article have a barf alert?

[Tax-chick]

Egad! I don't want my boys to die in a war, either, but if they're called to fight for freedom, then I'll pin on a smile and say, Go do it, boys!

A line from Toby Keith's "American Soldier" comes to mind:
"I don't want to die for you
But if dying's asked of me
I'll bear that cross with honor
'Cause freedom don't come free!"

[Bob]

This is so beyond pathetic, words fail me.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...Mothers pray for all families to prosper and all children to succeed...

Islamists pray for your families to convert to Islam or die.

[bigcat00]

"Tom Seibert, former ambassador to Sweden under President Clinton, Democratic fund-raiser and an Annapolis resident, stands to one side and introduces himself at this event as "Debbie's husband." His wife is one of the founders of the group."

What a surprise! A Democratic fundraiser behind this "diverse group" of moms.

[OldFriend]

A gal pal actually told me that her son wanted them to take their boat out into the middle of the Atlantic ocean so the army couldn't find him.

Never mind there is no draft, that little fact never occured to them.

Pathetic, pitiful, self indulgent.....and a lot of other names that would get me banned for vulgarity!

[alnick]

Oh yes, moms of all political persuasions, ranging from democrat to, well, democrat. Why they even have one who voted Republican in 1988.

[an amused spectator]

Iris Anthony:

[GraceCoolidge]

Once a woman has a child, all children become her children, and she casts her net of compassion and empathy far and wide to embrace them.

Here's this mom's take: you pathetic bunch of self-centered morons-- keep you "net" away from my children. I am raising mine to be strong patriots who know that some things are eternally important... and one of them is freedom. I want my children to be brave Americans who can look beyond this revolting "what's in it for me" attitude that you foster. Oh, and incidentally, I guess we are to assume that your "net of compassion and empathy," doesn't stretch quite as "far and wide" as Iraq, right? I think perhaps your article should say that "[o]nce a woman has a child, all children become her children, except for those ones in Iraq, they can see their families tortured and killed, just so long as my 401(k) is doing all right and my little Brittany and Tyler and Duncan can get to all their enrichment activites on time."

[smiley]

Pathetic....they don't mind sucking on the breast of the American way of life, do they?

[Gefreiter]

Note to hippies: Soldiers are professionals, not victims. Please make a note of it.

[mewzilla]

Tom Seibert, former ambassador to Sweden under President Clinton, Democratic fund-raiser and an Annapolis resident, stands to one side and introduces himself at this event as "Debbie's husband." His wife is one of the founders of the group.

Yup, real grass roots there. Toon roots.

[cyncooper]

Could these people sound more fake?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say I suspect these quotes are made up out of thin air and Ms. Roemer might suffer from Jayson Blair syndrome.

Might, I say...

[Mike Bates]

Mothers Against Bush

[Allegra]

Once a woman has a child, all children become her children, and she casts her net of compassion and empathy far and wide to embrace them.

HURL! The person who wrote that doesn't shave her armpits. You can just tell.

[guitfiddlist]

"We decided we weren't going to be just a bunch of women whining on the phone to each other."

So they're going to go out and FIGHT...for the national policy of sitting around and whining anytime the US is attacked. Good plan.

[kittymyrib]

These are the type of mothers who lost children in the Twin Towers and still don't get the idea that we are in a war for survival. They believe that positive thinking will make the world a better place. The only hatred allowed is hatred for conservatives and Bush. The biggest swing vote in the US is conservative women. Get every one of those that you know registered to vote and take them to the polls, or babysit so they can go. There are many more of us than of these whiners, but we have to be as active as they are politically.