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To: RonDog

And she's right. I'm sick of the double-standard by which THOUSANDS of veterans and/or returning veterans and their families are ignored for the ONE harpie, Cindy Sheehan and the unbalanced Jack Murtha, yet these 9/11 witches have the media's complete attention any time they want to level a charge against Bush. Enough.


4 posted on 06/07/2006 4:53:52 AM PDT by LS
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To: LS

I watched Ann on TV last night. One important point she made was that the 9/11 Widows essentially used their status as a 100% shield. If you attack their position they say "you can't say anything bad about me, I'm a 9/11 Widow (ala Sheehan)."


8 posted on 06/07/2006 4:56:01 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Bipartisanship is when the Stupid Party and the Evil Party agree to do something that is both stupid)
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To: LS

Don't forget Peace Mother Sheehan, although the MSM finally did have enough of her antics.


37 posted on 06/07/2006 5:19:17 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: LS
I think the point she needs to make (and I don't know if she said this or not) is that their grief doesn't make them any more knowledgeable on national security than other people. So, if they want to join in the debate, they have to bring something intellectual to the table, otherwise, the media needs to start having other people appear on their shows with regularity.
272 posted on 06/07/2006 8:07:13 AM PDT by 1L
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To: LS

Yes, I hate the double-standards and the fact that only leftist moonbats like Cindy Sheehan or the "Jersey Girls" get to enjoy special media status for their losses. Yet, while I am usually a fan of Ann Coulter, sometimes she goes too far and on this one I have to criticize her. If she had focused upon the POLITICS of what the 4 "Jersey girls" did, how they turned their personal tradegies into a very dishonest campaign to blame everything on the Bush WH and whitewash the Clintons and Demagogues, then I would agree with her. But turning it into a nasty personal attack, saying they 'enjoy' the demise of their husbands, etc., is both wrong and counter-productive. Now Ann is creating a huge distraction to what the issue SHOULD be: the ways in which the Jersey girls and the MSM used 9/11 and the commission hearings, etc. to create a political circus for the Demagogues. Instead, Ann will have everyone discussing how mean and nasty she is to attack these unfortunate widows. Maybe that will help Ann sell more books, but it certainly won't help the public's understanding of the issues.


284 posted on 06/07/2006 8:33:28 AM PDT by Enchante (General Hayden: I've Never Taken a Domestic Flight That Landed in Waziristan!)
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