But did her son think it was a lie? He re-enlisted, asked for a combat unit (he was a mechanical engineer) and then volunteered for the job where he was killed. Bush did say he was sorry for the death of all the soldiers, sons and daughters. What makes this woman special that she needs a personal visit? Maybe her message would be worth more to me sans quotes (which I'm getting more info on now).
> She's a mother who lost a son for what she believes to be a lie. > Agree > with her or disagree with her, she has had the backbone to try to > confront GW when the Democratic Party and the press did not. For that > alone she deserves some respect. > > But I agree, Bush should meet with her, should preferably have > stopped > his SUV (!!!) as he drove past her and said very sincerely, Ms > Sheehan, I am so sorry you lost your son. But you know what, it was > in > a good cause, etc. WWCD. > > The fact that he drove past made it look like he couldn't look her in > the eye and gave her all sorts of validity she didn't have before. > > Dana > > On 8/16/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The anti-war and anti-bush movement has found itself an idol in > Cindy Sheehan. What can be worth more politically than a grieving > mother? So what if she sprouts out conspiracy theories about a America > going to war with Iraq because of Israel. So what if her story does > not check out exactly as she states it. The fact that she's a grieving > mother should be enough. > > But wait? What's this about her son re-enlisting voluntarily? What's > this about him volunteering for the duty in which he was killed? > > I guess if you hate bush enough you'll ignore the words that this > woman says, you'll ignore the actions of her son and only see her as > she wants to be seen, an idol against bush. > > > > I had to put up with someone on another list sprouting out how > ashamed she was because I reject Sheehan. I'm ashamed that she's > stayed silent in the face of Sheehan's lies. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169769 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
