You can empathize with this woman as a grieving mother, but as a political (perhaps compensated) activist, she's fair game. Thus said, she is a two-faced opportunist and a cosmic disgrace to our nation for which her son gave his life. Perhaps the Peoples' Republic of Kalifornistan will view her in a kinder light.
I empathize with her. However, there are many other parents of heroes who have fallen in combat, that do not make it a point to bash the President, the war effort, or make good propoganda for Al Jazeera or the defeatist Chris Matthews.