Posted on 08/10/2005 11:52:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Aug. 9, 2005 | Cindy Sheehan, the angry 48-year-old mom from Vacaville, Calif., whose son died while serving in the Army in Iraq and who has been staging a lonely bring-the-troops-home vigil outside President Bush's ranch beneath the baking Texas sun, has clearly become a thorn in the president's vacationing side. Putting a public and empathetic face on the war's toll in America, Sheehan, whose son, Casey, was killed in April 2004, has posed a very simple request to Bush: Come out and talk to me about Iraq and why my son died. .........
Taking peculiar pleasure in trying to discredit the small-town mother, right-wingers have been in a tizzy over what they perceive as a flip-flop by Sheehan on Iraq. They excitedly reassure themselves that her alleged inconsistency about the war ought to disqualify her from being a legitimate war critic. Problem is, the oddly playful bloggers, busy mocking Sheehan as a "crazy," "exploited," "left-wing moonbat," aren't really staring down a lone mother who may or may not have shifted her opinion about Bush and the war since 2004.
.......Over the weekend conservatives at the Free Republic unearthed a June 25, 2004, article from Sheehan's hometown newspaper, the Reporter, which detailed Sheehan's visit with Bush at Fort Lewis near Seattle earlier that month. Portions of the article suggested Sheehan was grateful for her time with Bush, in contrast with her current complaints about him. Freepers then passed along the clip to Matt Drudge, who talked about it on his Sunday-night syndicated radio show. On Monday morning he hyped his analysis on his Web site, concluding that Sheehan "has dramatically changed her account about what happened when she met the commander-in-chief last summer!"
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It's a two way street. Ms Sheehan is using them too. When they dump her she'll gravitate to anyone who will feed her ego. She doesn't see herself as a victim; she's too self-absorbed to think of herself that way. But she'll play the part to get attention because she has no sense of herself.
Did they mention the public statement put out by a number of members of her family (posted on www.ksfo.com), stating their support for the troops and the President ... and separating themselves from Cindy Sheehan's "personal political agenda"?
The local news here in the Bay Area mentioned that she was "estranged" from her husband and the rest of her family over this.
You're right, Bush is wise to give her a wide berth.
I was simply agreeing with a previous post who in turn was directing his comments at Sheehan and the lefties..
My bad for not addressing them directly
Just wanted to clear that up
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