exactly. And above all he drove past her in an *SUV.* Not smart. Dana
On 8/17/05, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about this, and for all the crap surrounding it, I > think that while the chance of meeting with El Arbusto himself is > essentially nil, the message she's trying to send - the combination of > her situation, where she is, what she's doing, and what she's asking - > has the potential to be extraordinarily damaging, regardless of the > outcome. Whether or not she's been in bed with Moore or Code Pink or > other agitators is secondary to the fact that the message as a whole has > the potential to be damning enough to get the Harrumph Brigades out on > the air waves to discredit her. > > There are plenty of mini-protests around the country and in DC that get > no press aside from maybe some blog writeups and your standard press > release. People and groups who participate in those can be easily > lumped into the standard Left/Right Crazies standards and forgotten. > However, this dust-up in Crawford, set against the backdrop of the > President on a very long vacation, driving his pickup juxtaposed against > the image of dead soldier's mother sitting outside waiting for an > explanation... it's a slam-dunk. For all it's worth, the woman could > claim that an alien named Xenu came to Earth 47 million years ago, > strapped aliens to volcanoes and off atom bombs, and her level of crazy > still wouldn't overshadow that core message, which seems to be sticking. > > All in all, it's fascinating, really. > > - Jim > > G wrote: > > >He did acknowledge that!! He's sympathized with her, he's told her he's > >sorry, he's met with her privately..... > > > >I guess I don't know what you want him to do? Give her another audience with > >him so that she can shout at him? What happens when the next war widow comes > >along? Then the next? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169937 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
