[summer]

I am a person who wants to be sympathetic to this woman because she is a mother whose son served in our military, and she lost her son, and I think she is truly upset. And, perhaps not capable of making the best decisions right now.

But while I share her sorrow and I hope for the best for her physical and mental health, I have to say I am finder it harder every day to feel sympathetic to her protests, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the following:

First, with respect to her family. Her public records divorce may be a private matter, but so is what other families do -- and I don't think it's fair the left is now hounding GW about his grown daughters' future plans, demanding these girls join a volunteer army, too.

What Cindy's son did was his choice - he was not drafted. She has yet to mention that fact.

Also, I did not appreciate the words Cindy used in describing our nation's president the other day. She was sinking really low in her choice of words there, calling the president very mean names like that.

But, most of all -- she has other children. I think one of them asked her to please come home because they need her at home.

I hope she goes home soon to them. She made her point. She continues to grieve for her son. But, now, I am starting to feel more sorry for her other kids and her husband, none of whom seem to get any attention from her. That's not really fair to them. Kids who are here right now really do need their moms, Cindy.

Just my two cents.

[summer]

we are pretty special...especially the children.

Cindy, you are right about that. If your kids are asking you to come home, you need to be with them.

[TheBigB]

Another whiny lib who wants to dish it out but can't take it herself.

[wizardoz]

I apparently am the sacrificial lamb of the peace movement. I don't care about myself.

God, what a melodramatic attention-seeker!!

[mhking]

Having Casey murdered in Iraq by George Bush's reckless policies

BZZZZTTTT!!!!! Oh, I'm sorry. Casey was actually murdered by terrorists.

Thanks for playing. We have some wonderful parting gifts for you backstage....

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[NewLand]

[stocksthatgoup]

Two cents? Cindy Sheehan should be shamed rather than famed!

[PAMadMax]

She's using her son for notoriety for her left-loony cause. Get a life, you drama queen.

[al_c]

When they start sliming my home life and my family, that's where I draw the line

Attention Cindy Sheehan ... Quit "sliming" Bush's ranch life and the media will quit "sliming" your family life. You brought this attention on yourself, don't blame others.

[Rutles4Ever]

The irony is that this is no longer about her son, but herself.

Frankly, it's a volunteer military, any way she cuts it. If nothing else, this whole episode smacks of a woman who has an extremely guilty conscience for not talking her son out of enlisting whe she had a chance...

[vetvetdoug]

Talk about waving the bloody shirt. This woman is an old style Yankee Reconstructionist!!!

[NathanBookman]

Thanks Cindy, for admitting that your own family can not stand you. We all now know exactly how they feel. Now go put on some more sunscreen...funded by Code Pink, Mikey Moore and Al Qaeda.

[kittymyrib]

Hey, Cindy...have you paid your 1996 taxes yet? Don't complain when you volunteer to be a public media celebrity that people will find out who you really are. No one believes that you chose to speak out only after your son died. We know your anti-Israel, anti-Bush history and it will come out in spite of everything the msm does to try to block it.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Can't stand the heat....

[Neever]

When one enters into the political fray as she has, one gives up the right to privacy. Those who oppose her policies are also free to criticize her. When she made her grief public, she entered the public square. She thinks it's insensitive for the opposition to investigate and criticize her? How about all the family's of fallen soldiers who do not want someone of her ilk to dishonor the memory of their sons and daughters?

Sorry, Ms. Sheehan, you opened yourself up to this.

[The Phantom FReeper]

She's having delusions of grandeur. I wouldn't be surprised if she privately compared herself to Jesus Christ. The "sacrificial lamb" of the peace movement? More like the cheap whore of the moment. She'll be discarded as soon as her leftist pimps have no more use for her, and then she'll be nothing but washed-up, with no eldest son, no family, and no feigned affection from the people she has allowed to use her.

[AliVeritas]

Not to be mean...you don't know the whole story with her; If you did, you wouldn't feel sorry for her. In fact, you might even be glad she's not home because she is seriously out of control. Did you know that she is on MEMRI (Middle East Media Research) and Al-Jazeera? What do you think mothers with their sons still over there think? What do you think this does to the esteem of the troops. The bottom line is: He met with her before, she said he was compassionate and her and hubby were able to live again after that meeting. A year later, she changes her story completely and receives money from MoveOn, CodePink and the Fenton Group (her PR firm for 11 months), who is under George Soros.

Don't get me wrong, grief is grief and everyone handles it their own way. Some families never met with the president.
Maybe if she didn't have all the libs and cameras with her she could meet with him.

This woman needs serious help, all I can do is pray for her. She's being used...that's what I got mad about, but she has to know it.

[Jaxter]

I think this woman is a disgusting attention seeker who is using her dead son's coffin as a bully pulpit. I'll reserve my sorrow for the troops who have died and the families that haven't gone over to the terrorist's side.

[Paige]

This woman need medical attention. As they say down South, "All cylinders aren't hitting right."

[rhombus]

Does this writing have a source? Does this woman really blog?

[queenkathy]

The Christ said: "He who is without sin, cast the first stone." If everyone followed Jesus's advice, the world would be a much better place. That's an odd way to say it..THE Christ? And I don't think Jesus would be standing in front of the Presidents home protesting..Remember He said for us to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. So therefore He demands we respect those who are in authority over us.