I cannot but feel profoundly sad for Cindy Sheehan. I do not dislike her (tho’ I dislike her message). There is clearly something wrong with her: grief at her terrible loss has made her unhinged. Her upstairs has done the bolt and she has garnered the sort of attention that most mentally balanced folks should run away from, screaming. The Media played her for a fool (for shame) because they could get a story out of her easily.
Now, what has she got left? Her son is still dead, the War on Terror continues, and her grief continues. The left have used her shamelessly, and the media have made her into their plaything. Now, to be tossed aside and relegated to irrelevance. I bet she hasn’t yet begun the Grief Cycle in any meaningful way.
She deserves our sympathy and prayers, and maybe a good dose of therapy and medication. Like I said, I just can’t bring myself to feel anything but sorrow for her.
Does that make me into a softie? I suppose it does. Kicking someone when they are down has never appealed to me.
*DieHard*
Dittos to that. Most of us knew she was a raving, howling moonbat, but she lost her son. The grief accentuated her moonbattiness.
Thank you for your son's and your sacrifice Ms Sheehan. Now please go from us in peace... may God help you overcome your sorrow and may you come to understand what the sacrifice your son really was about.
prisoner6
You are a decent, & honorable person.
In WWII she would have been shot as a traitor. She has spit on her son's memory, embraced our enemies and raised the moral of those who are killing our troops and planning our destruction. She deserves nothing but our contempt. If you wish to give her your sympathy and prayers as a gift, that is fine. But she does not deserve them. In order to deserve something your must have earned it.
That's the thing. I too feel for her loss, as anyone who has lost a child would. But instead of dealing with her grief, she allowed it to turn to hatred of George Bush, and this allowed her to be used as a tool of the forces that oppose Bush and this country and freedom in the world as a whole. Just like the widows of those lost in the 9/11 attacks, if she chooses to enter the political arena and use her grief to damage the party in power, she is then subject to political criticism. At that point, one's loss does not automatically confer immunity from counter-arguments. Of the many thousands of families who have lost loved ones in armed conflicts, the vast majority have found non-political ways to deal with and express their grief. Cindy Sheehan would have been better served herself, as well as honoring the memory of her son, if she had chosen a more constructive and healthy outlet for her grief.
Save your misplaced sympathy. She mistook vultures for eagles and now she is paying for it. Tough.