Of Rhymes and Reason My Two Cents on the Sheehan Spectacle By David J. Aland 29 August 2005 Martin Sheen visited Cindy Sheehan today. You know him – he’s not a President, but he plays one on TV. Al Sharpton visited Cindy Sheehan yesterday. You know him, too – he’s not a President either, but he keeps trying to run for the office. But what was significant about both visits is not that they are both pretenders to the Oval Office, but that the Sheehan Spectacle in Crawford, Texas, has reached the point of attracting celebrities. This clearly takes the...