Suggestion for Laura Bush - When Cindy delivers her letter to you today, the answer is here...

university's poetry site re "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and its author ^ | Aug 18, 2005 | summer / Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)

[summer]

Well, again, that's just my polite suggestion for a first lady I have always liked.

What do you think? It seems to me this hymn is actually a very good response, especially from one mom to another.

[summer]

BTW, Julia Ward Howe, as I am sure FR posters know, was also the founder of Mother's Day in this country, and intended the holiday to be a holiday celebrating mothers' desire for peace everywhere...

But, she, a liberal mom, also wrote a hymn beloved by soldiers everywhere, honoring their service.

[ncountylee]

Please, no picture of DeDe. She's a whole herd.

[tiamat]

"Liberal" meant something different back then.

But I know you knew that!

:-)

[summer]

I actually meant to post photos of Laura Bush and Julia Ward Howe. To come..

[summer]

Yes, it really did. :)

[exile]

I think when the commies come to their door to deliver their little crayon scribble, the First Lady should:

1. Turn on the sprinklers
2. Release the hounds (hopefully ones bigger and more viscious than Barney.)
3. Open the door. Roll her eyes and say, "For once I wish there were Jehova's Witnesses at the door."
4. Deck em.

[cvq3842]

I always found that song very inspirational.

I think the proper response to Cindy Sheehan's letter should come from the mother who called Rush Limbaugh yesterday who said Sheehan was dishonoring HER dead son. Sheehan should also receive responses from mothers of soldiers still in Iraq, telling her how her protest plays into the hands of the enemy. Add some letters from moms of Iraqis tortured and killed by Saddam Hussein, and tell Sheehan how misguided and harmful she is.

Didn't she say there's nothing in America worth dying for?

[summer]

But, if that doesn't work, maybe my idea could then be considered... :)

[mystery-ak]

I like the way you think..

[summer]

I always found that song very inspirational.

Thanks. I feel the same.

I also love that it was sung by soldiers in both the North and South during the Civil War.

[cvq3842]

I know what you mean. I have lost any sympathy I had for this woman. See my post earlier on this thread.

Just curious about another thing. Has any liberal group EVER staged a protest of the terrorists beheading people and blowing up civilians? Or is ALL their anger and sense of injustice directed at the US?

[WoodstockCat]

those loons don't want the Laura stare....

[Redbob]

"I also love that it was sung by soldiers in both the North and South during the Civil War."

Yeah, and so was "Dixie"
</sarcasm>

[exile]

or she could go to hand them candy, then pull back and say "Wait. It isn't Halloween, and why would a kid dress up like a smelly hippy? No. This is all wrong." Then slam the door.

[cvq3842]

What a terrible, bloody moment in US history. I remember looking up the casualty figures, and the total US population, at the time. the casualty rate would be the equivalent of maybe 5 million or so Americans today. (This is from memory, but not terribly far off.)

[Tax-chick]

I think Mrs. Bush should give them her "professional teacher" smile and say, "Bless your hearts, ladies - thank you so much!"

[wideawake]

As part of a woman-to-woman, mother-to-mother appeal

The kind of mother-to-mother appeal in which one mother tells another that her daughters are useless party animals who should be singled out among all Americans to be forcibly conscripted?

OK.

[summer]

RE your post #16 - Yes, I recall the same facts and feelings as you do.

[Rastus]

Two words: bear traps.