[adversarial]

You said

If it were Michael Moore using those words about Bush-supporting widows, we would be outraged.

There are many widows of US servicemen who support President Bush. There are supporters of President Bush who are 911 widows. (they all aren't democratic political activists you know) Please point out to me the ones who are using their widowhood for partisan political gain

[soccermom]

Well, I, for one absolutely LOVED the Ohio political ad one of the daughters made in support of President Bush. I thought it was great and probably is what won Ohio for Bush. That said, I could see how liberals would characterize her as being exploited for political gain.

There is a poster in this very forum who started a thread about going to the United 93 screening at the White House. There were several posters who didn't realize this man had lost his dad on Flight 93 and they were calling him "lucky" for getting to meet the president, Rove, etc. We all know that he would give all that up for 5 more seconds of time with his dad. But I could see a cynical leftist accusing him of enjoying his dad's death. Yes, I understand the Jersey Girls have been much harsher. And Sheehan is even worse than them. But you can criticize them on their specific words and deeds, rather than make personal attacks speculating about divorce, Playboy and such nonsense.