On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:07:06 GMT, "Al Mundy"
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>"will(from the reality based community)" <willmills@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:19:16 GMT, TLG <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:24:00 GMT, Spike <spike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:24:54 GMT, "One's Realy One"
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>> >Tells you a lot about a woman who hates a president more than she
>> >loves her own husband and children.
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>> She's a kinda Clint Eastwood figure bent on revenge. Still that makes
>> more sense than the folks that love Dubya's BS more than the long life
>> of their kids.
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>You'll note the woman Bush pulled up hasn't lost anyone in Iraq yet.
The woman likely wouldn't change her stance. Honest people of genuine
conviction usually don't.
Sheehan's a different story. She opposed the war and her son's views
on it even before he went to Iraq, which is fine. But hypocrite that
she is, she had this to say about the president last year:
http://www.there****ter.com/republished/ci_2923921
Sincerity was something Cindy had hoped to find in the meeting [with
the president]. Shortly after Casey died, Bush sent the family a form
letter expressing his condolences, and Cindy said she felt it was an
impersonal gesture.
"I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis," Cindy
said after their meeting. "I know he's sorry and feels some pain for
our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."
The meeting didn't last long, but in their time with Bush, Cindy spoke
about Casey and asked the president to make her son's sacrifice count
for something. They also spoke of their faith.
While meeting with Bush, as well as Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, was
an honor, it was almost a tangent benefit of the trip. The Sheehans
said they enjoyed meeting the other families of fallen soldiers,
sharing stories, contact information, grief and sup****t.
For some, grief was still visceral and raw, while for others it had
melted into the background of their lives, the pain as common as
breathing. Cindy said she saw her reflection in the troubled eyes of
each.
"It's hard to lose a son," she said. "But we (all) lost a son in the
Iraqi war."
The trip had one benefit that none of the Sheehans expected.
For a moment, life returned to the way it was before Casey died. They
laughed, joked and bickered playfully as they briefly toured Seattle.
For the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again.
"That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of
being together," Cindy said.
* * *
And now, she's throwing away her entire family in a misguided attempt
at vengeance against a man she only recently called 'sincere' and 'a
man of faith.'
That irrational Leftist hatred runs deep.
* * *
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest thing.
The ugliest thing is the man who thinks nothing is
worth fighting and dying for and lets men better
and braver than himself protect him."
- John Stuart Mill, 1859
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