OPEN FORUM: 'Goodbye, America' [Cindy Sheehan Opus Alert]

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/31/7 | Cindy Sheehan

[SmithL]

I have endured a lot of smears and hatred since my son Casey was killed in Iraq and especially since I became the so-called "face" of the American anti-war movement. And, especially since I renounced any ties I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further trashed on such "liberal blogs" as the Democratic Underground. Being called an "attention whore" and being told "good riddance" are some of the milder rebukes.

I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day morning. These are not spur-of-the-moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year now. The conclusions that I have slowly and very reluctantly come to are very heartbreaking to me.

The first conclusion is that I was the darling of the so-called left as long as I limited my protests to George W. Bush and the Republican Party. Of course, I was slandered and libeled by the right as a "tool" of the Democratic Party. This label was to marginalize me and my message. How could a woman have an original thought, or be working outside of our "two-party" system?

However, when I started to hold the Democratic Party to the same standards that I held the Republican Party, support for my cause started to erode and the left started labeling me with the same slurs that the right used. I guess no one paid attention to me when I said that the issue of peace and people dying for no reason is not a matter of "right or left," but of "right and wrong."

I am deemed a radical because I believe partisan politics should be left by the wayside

[SmithL]

Pete Wilson is discussing this now on KGO-810.

[Petronski]

[SmithL]

That’s not her!
; )

[RobFromGa]

Cindy has really slimmed down since she went on that hunger strike.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

To borrow from the movie "Tombstone"

Well - bye

[colorcountry]

Door, meet Ms. Sheehan’s @$$. Next time try not to let it hit you.

[P-40]

when I started to hold the Democratic Party to the same standards that I held the Republican Party

That tends to be problematic. Sorry she had to find this out the hard way.

[onedoug]

So what?

[Bullish]

And, especially since I renounced any ties I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further trashed on such "liberal blogs" as the Democratic Underground. Being called an "attention whore"

Wow, something coming out of DU that I actually agree with?

[BenLurkin]

“good riddance”

Ditto that.

[HarleyD]

I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can't make you be that country unless you want it. It's up to you now.

Oh brother! I was hoping she was going to say she's moving to Mexico or Venezuela. What a disappointment.

[Bernard Marx]

since I became the so-called "face" of the American anti-war movement

And what an ugly, vapid, moronic face it is, Cindy! So ugly, in fact, that your puppeteers decided they could no longer afford to have you out front as election season nears.

[Not A Snowbird]

Dang, this woman can’t even drop out sight without screaming “Look at me!”

[BMC1]

So LEAVE ALREADY.

[Red6]

I doubt Sheehan wrote this.

[hershey]

They stopped returning her calls, so she quit. The woman needs a shrink.

[mnehring]

How many times has she said ‘goodbye’ in the past two weeks.. this has to be about the 10th article she’s written.. will she just pack and go.. this is getting like Bab’s 10 farewell tours..

[SmithL]

How can we miss her when she won’t go?

[mnehring]

I have never, ever seen a dem look like that...