A Half Century and Counting . . .

This morning, a CNN report showed a reporter Dana Bash asking Cindy Sheehan if she thought there was any hope of Bush speaking with her. Ms. Sheehan said, "Nothing's impossible," and went on to talk about the growth of "the movement".

In fact, I think the sun will turn purple before Bush speaks with her. Even if he did, we all know that nothing he says to her will begin to resemble what we now know that is the truth about the War in Iraq. That's not the point (or I think the real goal). His refusal to speak with her, his inability to face a bereaved mother and risk be asked pointed questions about the War, is the real point here.

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I didn't think I would ever again hear the kind of garbage that came out of the mouth of a McLennan County (TX) official on CNN this morning, as he explained that "traffic safety concerns" that were the basis of residents' complaints about Cindy Sheehan's Vigil outside George W. Bush's ranch. According to this man, the nature of the vigil -- Sheehan's demand for an explanation of her the reason her son was sent to Iraq to die -- has absolutely nothing to do with the complaints. He is certain that if the demonstration was in support of the President's policies, the neighbors would still be upset; there's nothing political about this. The fact that a man fired a shotgun into the air near the encampment and said he was getting ready for "dove season", and that another man drove his truck over dozens of crosses memorializing men and women who have died in Iraq did not have an impact on the county's concerns.

I say I am surprised to hear this nonsense "again" is because it sounds just like the nonsense people like Bull Connors used to say about Civil Rights demonstrations in the 60's. And, I admit, the man's southern accent made me wonder if I was having a nasty flashback. No such luck. As Mark Twain might say, this country will never run out of flatheads.

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