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way too far leftists, the ones that have gone so far that they are in danger of actually falling off the left end of the earth, like this Cindy Sheehan, are kinda getting to me. They are giving everyone who thinks badly about Democrats ammunition and all but confirming that us Liberals are all a bunch of wacked out lunatics. Out of curiosity, has Michael Moore joined her crusade yet?
I also do not think that war is a great idea, it would never be my first choice, but I can accept and appreciate that sometimes, it is the
only choice. No one asked me if I thought that we should go to war, no one called me up to see what my opinion was. You know why? Because it is not my job to make that decision. Luckily we have put in place a government to make those decisions for us. MY job it to sit at a desk all day looking at a computer monitor, occasionally I pick up the phone to see who is on the other end. I am safe, I am not in harms way, there is little risk that I am going to die for any cause today. I am glad I am not making these decisions. I would never want to be in that position. Since I am not the one making them, I cannot very well sit back and criticize the ones that are appointed to make them for me...neither should Cindy Sheehan. She should be grateful she lives in a country that allows her to run around talking to every news agency that will listen to her critize our government, bad-mouth our President and complain about the war and the military that is in place to protect her. She should be satisfied that she has not yet been arrested or put in a mental institution.
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to confront the president and force him to explain why her son died.
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Does this really need to be explained to her? She has not yet come across anyone that has told her that her son died fighting for rights he obviously believed in?
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By Wednesday night, Sheehan had given so many interviews that she was sucking on lozenges to soothe an inflamed throat. Her ears were sore from cradling a telephone. Her media advisor, newly arrived from San Francisco, said Sheehan had developed a fever.
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Some have suggested that Sheehan is disloyal to criticize the president in time of war. Even in Vacaville, Sheehan said, some people say she is shaming her son's memory. Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin disdainfully called the activists promoting Sheehan "grief pimps."
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There is a psychological illness called Münchhausen Syndrome. In short, this is where people will make up medical illnesses and go through medical tests just for the attention they would get from family, doctors, etc. - They crave a pity party, if you will. Much like Cindy Sheehan. I seriously think that this woman is simply getting enjoyment from being the center of all this attention. She has got an entire group of people I am embarrassed to refer to as Liberals, bowing to her every whim, standing up beside her against our government and trying their best to interfere with the daily tasks of our President.
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"Anything that focuses media and public attention on Iraq war casualties day after day — particularly [something] that is a good visual for television, like a weeping Gold Star mother — is a really bad thing for President Bush and his administration," said independent political analyst Charlie Cook.
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This woman should not, by any means, be called, referred to, or considered a Gold Star Mother.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...030925-11.html
More than 75 years ago, one mother's determination to transform her personal loss into good works led to the creation of the American Gold Star Mothers. After receiving notice of her son's death in aerial combat during World War I, Grace Darling Seibold devoted her energy to volunteering in a local hospital. She began reaching out to other mothers whose sons had died in military service to the Nation. She organized a group of these special mothers to help them comfort each other and care for hospitalized veterans. Their organization was named after the gold star service flag that families hung in their windows in honor of family members who had died in military service. After years of planning, it became a national organization in 1928. Since then, brave women have continued to come together as Gold Star Mothers to ease the burden of their loss and to serve others.
Today, numerous chapters of Gold Star Mothers across our Nation offer important programs and services to enhance the lives of veterans and provide support for their families. Their civic education programs and help for those in need honor the lives of their sons and daughters and strengthen America.
This crazed woman is doing none of the things I have bolded above. By pure definition, she absolutely does
not fall into this category.