/It's quite revealing to me that Bush did not immediately as someone observed, when he saw this coming and when only Cindy and her sister were on the roadway, come out and meet her, express his sympathy and leave. All of this might very likely have been avoided. What it says to me is that these supposedly teflon-coated slick operators are either so arrogant or feeling so besieged at this point that they can't do the savvy political thing, look ahead a couple of steps and avoid giving the press this opening. Bush coming into a room full of parents and saying, "Well, who are we honoring today?", as Cindy quotes him, or repeatedly referring to her as "Mom", is further evidence of a degree of distance from reality that says their act may in fact be bombing (to coin a phrase); the Plame thing and the likelihood of indictments, the casualties and failure on the /Iraq /Constitution, torture in the concentration camps, treating Congress much as they treat the UN, and the confusion with the DoD brass as well, says that this may certainly be the time to seize.
Ralph / Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Cindy Sheehan is a godsend. At least she managed to put anti-war activism on the media -- every day! I read about one small-town Ohio woman driving all the way down to Texas to stand with her. What Chuck -- the anarchist webmaster of Infoshop.org -- often says is true: media coverage is much better if you do a newsworthy thing outside the Beltway (like Crawford, Texas). A rally (or even direct action) in D.C. has to be really, really big to make an impact. Activists began to organize vigils in support of her. Tomorrow, there's gonna be one organized by MoveOn. This is a pretty good prelude to the demonstration on September 24th. Unfortunately, ticket sales for buses from Columbus are not going so well. I wish I could help, but mrzine.org is taking up all my time (and I'm still behind my publishing schedule)! On Aug 15, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: clip
