Why is President Bush Afraid of a Grieving Mother?

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For those of you not familiar with Cindy Sheehan, a short tutorial.

Ms. Sheehan's son was killed in Iraq. She is demanding to know why her son died in a war based on lies about weapons of mass destruction. She has picketed, she has written letters, she has refused to pay taxes until her question is answered.

I think it's a damn good question, but interestingly enough, no one is answering it.

Now, I got into a heated argument about this with my boyfriend. His dad was a very powerful Senator, and was once nominated for the US Supreme Court, so he knows more than the average bear about how such things work. He says she doesn't get an answer because there are some things "they" just can't tell the American public.

I called bullshit on that argument. She is asking a very specific question about the death of her son, and she deserves an answer. I think the reason they're not answering it is because the only true answer is, "Your son is dead because we are frickin' 'tards".

My beau got a little upset about that, but I think it's true. Needless to say, we're on opposite sides of the political spectrum. He's a great guy, though, and we've agreed to disagree on politics. We therefore usually avoid political discussions like the plague, and I try to keep my political comments to TV pundits along the lines of "ah-bullshit-choo!" a'la Animal House. He's nice enough to pretend like he didn't hear what I said and merely tells me, "bless you", LOL.

So anyway, Cindy Sheehan got invited to the State of the Union address, and once she got in, she turned her shirt inside out. She was arrested because the shirt bore an anti-war slogan, and she refused to change it.

Um, I'm sorry, I thought the State of the Union address was given in the United States, and thus First Amendment protections apply. Apparently Cindy Sheehan has no right to free speech, because she is asking questions they don't want to answer. After all, they harass her wherever she goes. It is worth mentioning that she's pretty much following the President around - she even camped outside his ranch for a while when he was there - but still, she has the absolute right to demand an answer to why her son is dead, and Bush - as the person who pushed this war - is the man who owes her that answer.

That being said, she does go a little far out there at times. But she's a grieving mother, and as such it's understandable if at times she's a little out there.

Come to think of it, there are a lot of people in Iraq who should demand to know why their relatives are dead, too. After all, the US didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, and the US didn't find Osama bin Laden, but we killed countless innocent Iraqi citizens. Where is Osama, incidentally? Apparently they're not even looking for him anymore. How convenient.

Oh, and they also arrested Sheehan for "unlawful conduct", which means that she didn't really break any laws, but they couldn't arrest her without charging her with something. I hate to break it to them, but it's not unlawful to exercise your constitutional rights.

They just didn't want her there unless she was going to play ball. They wanted a public relations bonanza amongst the anti-war contingent, so they were just using her by inviting her. However, Cindy Sheehan has no intention of playing ball. I don't blame her. If Elf were killed in Iraq, I'd be mad as hell too when I found out there never were any weapons of mass destruction, that the "Axis of Evil" was just a soundbite, and that no one's even looking for Osama. Come to think of it, I'm mad as hell about that anyway, and my son wasn't killed in a war based on lies. So I can only imagine how angry Cindy Sheehan is about this mess.

The charge against Sheehan was a misdemeanor, and she was released on her own recognizance.

Is the President of the United States - the most powerful man in the world - so insecure that he can't handle having a grieving mother express her belief that it's his fault that her son died in a war based on lies and deception?

Apparently so. Does he not realize that a lot of Americans disagree with this war, and support Ms. Sheehan's actions? The arrest of Cindy Sheehan on trumped-up charges made Dubya look like a petty tyrant, not that he needed much help in that department, LOL.