The Journal luvs Sheehan...

I guess the Journal doesn't have a problem with Sheehan aligning herself with these socialist, communist, and Marxist groups. Personally speaking, Sheehan's son has my respect, not Sheehan herself. She's an embarrassment, and why would Bush meet with somebody who has called him a terrorist, and who has said that America & Israel have been conducting a "war of terror"??? I wish the Journal would answer that question...

Bits and Pieces
Winston-Salem Journal
Saturday, October 1, 2005


The Right Thing
Cindy Sheehan didn't change Sen. Elizabeth Dole's mind about the war in Iraq when the two met in Washington on Thursday. But at least she got the chance she deserved to be heard by North Carolina's senior senator.

Sheehan deserves respect from the nation's political leaders on two accounts. She is the mother of a soldier who died in combat in Iraq, thus having made the kind of sacrifice that earns a little face time with elected officials. And she has become a leader of a sizable segment of the American population that wants to end the war.

President Bush would have been smart to meet quietly with Sheehan months ago, before her effort to meet with him for a second time - one-on-one - became a major political issue. Now he is in a box. If he meets with her, he legitimizes her movement. If he fails to do so, he continues to look callous toward her and her grief.

Dole learned from Bush's mistake. Dole paid Sheehan the respect she deserved even if she could not give her the result Sheehan wanted.