Cindy Sheehan "retires"

fendrock
Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:47:23 +0000

The media plays a huge role in how protest actions are portrayed.

From what I read in the media, Sheehan was ignored by Bush.

If Bush had been willing to meet with her – even for a three minute photo op – it would have been easy for him to have given the occasion any spin he wished. Yet he chose not to see her at all.

Obviously, Bush cannot see every grieving mother, but there would have been much classier ways to have handled Cindy Sheehan than the one he chose.

I would think that, even for those who feel this war is justified, it would be easy to have empathy for those who have lost loved ones, even for those whose views of the war have changed because of their loss.