<p>Well, sure. Candy Lightner’s daughter didn’t die as a result of the US foreign policy to go to war. Cindy Sheehan’s son did. This naturally thrusts Sheehan into a rather different political arena than the one that was inhabited by Lightner.</p>
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<p>There certainly are many differences between the two women and their respective circumstances. But there are similarities as well - primarily that both were grieving mothers who were motivated to thrust themselves into politics in order to try to reform the conditions that led to the deaths of their respective children. It’s no disservice to either of them to take note of that similarity.</p>
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<li> Sheehan = Lightner [founder of MADD]</li>
<li> Sheehan = Ghandi [Father of Modern India]
Any lefty bids for </li>
<li> Sheehan = Jesus the Buddha?</li>
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<p>Heres hoping the minx gets into the senate shed have been a riot on the Judiciary Committee. The junior senator from California now thats what I call representation;)</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Casey Sheehan, an adult, make the decision to join the military? As an adult, wouldn’t he have known the risks? Is it possible, even, that he supported the military and its causes?</p>
<p>dstark, of course some people prefer socialism over capitalism, but when the majority of the people boycott an election in protest over voting irregularities in the past, one can’t assume that just because there was an “election” that resulted in Chavez being elected and surviving the recall that the majority’s opinion was the one that prevailed.</p>
<p>I was wondering how long it would take for that response. I figured at least 5 minutes, but I forgot that you have it built into a function key on your keyboard.</p>
<p>I think the biggest thing the right wing has against Cindy Sheehan is that she was damned effective. </p>
<p>I was not aware that if my child were to enlist I would forfeit the right to vociferously oppose the war…</p>
<p>Big Green, dstark, thanks for your kind words. Having witnesssed the devestation a child’s death causes, I am not surprised Cindy Sheehan (or John Walsh, or Candy Lightner) would want to funnel that pain into a crusade. Moving at 100 mph keeps the profound sadness at bay, and doing something activist in your child’s name somehow keeps that child ‘present’. </p>
<p>Getting over it and moving on is, eventually, another huge loss.</p>
<p>I think that what she was most effective at was creating a stereotype of those who are against the war. My guess is that for many of those against the war, the picture that she has created in the minds of middle America is not one that they want to be associated with.</p>
<p>guess it irritates some people when Americans follow the constitutition and voice their opinions</p>
<p>commie? hahahhahahaha</p>
<p>count your blessings that in America she can speak out</p>
<p>Thank goodness many Americans don’t walk lock-step with this government and speak up</p>
<p>She is what the FoundingFathers fought for, the right to stand up to the government</p>
<p>There was a former Mayor of our City who was denied housing because he was black. He stepped up, he protested, he helped make things happen. The is democracy. Good thing he just didn’t say, oh well, (&*%# happens.</p>
<p>THose who claim to be supporters of our democratic republic sure don’t like it when people actually participate in the process</p>
<p>How do you think Cindy Sheehan’s dead son would feel to know that his mother is parading around telling the world how her son died for no reason, implying that he was an idiot to enlist?</p>
<p>If you ask me, what she’s doing is a slap in the face to him. She’s a disgrace. She has robbed him of any dignity.</p>
<p>“I do not like what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it”…</p>
<p>Casey Sheehan’s dignity cannot be harmed by the actions/opinions of his mother, or anyone else. His choice, his life, his sacrafice, his dignity; that is a closed book. </p>
<p>If Cindy Sheehan thinks that her son died for no reason, she has a right to her opinion and a right to proclaim it. In fact, she has the obligation to do so.</p>
<p>I never said she didn’t have a right to proclaim it – what I was saying is that I think it’s a disgrace that she’s proclaiming to the world that her son’s decision to defend his country was a joke.</p>
She also referred to the insurgents in Iraq as freedom fighters. In other words, those who are trying to kill U.S. soldiers (like her son) are freedom fighters in the view of Sheehan. If you want to see someone who is truly unamerican, Sheehan fits the bill.</p>
<p>I think what makes people so angry is that Cindy Sheehan is using her son as a means to get across her own political views and she comes off as a publicity hound. The fact that her son reinlisted leads me to believe his views on the war were most likely in opposition to his mother’s views. She may in all likelihood be using his death to further an agenda he did not even believe in.</p>