A president hiding from parents' wrath

The Age ^ | 8/13/05 | Maureen Dowd

[popdonnelly]

Dear Maureen: We knew about Mohammed Atta in 1999. But nothing was done because of restrictions on exchange of intelligence imposed by the Clinton Administration. So now we are at war. Go camp out in Chappaqua, you awful witch.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Parents of those who have died in Iraq have total moral authority.

No they don't. The dead have the total moral authority. He son decided to join and re-enlist because he put his own life on the line like millions have done before him.

Mom should have some respect for her son and his sacrifice, not selfish rage. She should honor his dedication to his country. Instead she states "this country is not worth dying for."

I say she should find one that is.

[Howlin]

But where is the statement that all these keep saying that the White House released, trying to trash Sheehan? I haven't seen it, and lord knows, I'm on here all the time.

[Lizavetta]

demanding to see a President who prefers his sympathy to be carefully choreographed.

LIke Clinton who went from laughing to a joke to instant tears at the Ron Brown funeral once he saw a camera pointed at him? I'm sure she's seen the clip.

[cubreporter]

President is not hiding
President met with this woman
This woman is being used and doesn't know it
Sad for her
Sad for her son
She is making a fool of herself and how sad someone in her family doesn't try to stop her.
The President met with her and others...how come they aren't out there with her?
It's hot there...hope she can stand the heat
God bless her son for his service and ultimate sacrifice. His mom is NOT doing the right thing.
President Bush cares and he should not meet with her again. There are many others suffering too and they are not out there making a spectacle of themselves.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

A president hiding from parents' wrath
From paulat | 08/12/2005 5:42:25 PM CDT read

Maureen Dowd's column has been posted a gazillion times. Why didn't you do a search before you posted again????

I receive a lot of these. My posts originate primarily from odd sources, dealing with subjects which interest me, and sometimes material which is difficult to locate. If this site allowed me to "tease" (as does Drudge) from my blog on "news/activism", I would have partially described the Dowd article and used it as a "developing" story.

If anyone can locate it either here or elsewhere on the Internet, I would truly be interested.

[Moose4]

Ahem...44 posts and no Catherine Zeta-Jones pictures...YOU PEOPLE ARE SLIPPING!

}:-)4

[Shawndell Green]

Yes, I am bummed!

[avenir]

Uh, Mo? Remember me?

[MikeA]

"W's idea of consolation was to dispatch Stephen Hadley, the National Security Adviser, to talk to Sheehan, emphasising the inhumane humanitarianism of his foreign policy. Hadley is just a suit, one of the hardline Unsweet Neo Cons who helped hype America into this war."

Hey Dowd you hag...Bush met with your fellow lesbian and left wing wretch last year. So lump it b+tch.

[RAY]

I repeat, MD is an unmitigated stupid bit*ch - always has been!

[cinives]

I'd give up our popular culture today - wouldn't you ? The lefties want more of it.

[Fledermaus]

Menopause and consintently being dumped by men is really effecting her brain.

[etlib]

1. Two ways to know that what you are reading is  biased, deceptive and likely just plain wrong:
   • It's from the New York Times
   • It's by Maureen Dowd
     
     
2. A new CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans now think that going to war was a mistake and that the war has made the United States more vulnerable to terrorism. So fighting them there means it's more likely we'll have to fight them here? 
   So -- the result of a biased poll demonstrates the truth.
   
   
3. Cindy Sheehan, a 48-year-old Californian with a knack for public relations, says ...
   Not a knack for anything, just someone who says what some in the MSM want to hear.

[AWest]

"Were are the mothers of sons who died in Clinton's war kosovo who didn't want their sons to join the military ?
Why has this point not been made by the MSM ?"

I believe that's because there were no American casualties in Clinton's war kosovo. I could be wrong. That still doesn't give Sheehan any moral authority, but would explain why there weren't many mothers speaking out during that time.

[PoorMuttly]

A bereft, grieving parent, seizing the opportunity to control her son, now that he is dead, and can no longer resist and contradict her.

Move along.

[mystery-ak]

Hey Mo, since my hubby served in Iraq for 15mos he has the *moral authority* to say that he supports President Bush and thinks you and Cindy are POSs....

[Coop]

But there was a very angry parent (father, IIRC) that was irate at the Impeached Rapist after the Mogadishu tragedy. I don't recall similar media treatment. And we all know why.

For an accurate comparison to Kosovo, how come the media - which constantly reminded us that the U.N. did not approve of Bush's "unilateral" move into Iraq - never hyperventilated or really even brought up the fact that the Impeached Rapist wagged that dog without U.N. approval?

We all know why. Isn't that right, DU?

[AWest]

I agree. I think that father was upset about his son's involvement in Somalia as opposed to Mogadishu, but he didn't make a horse's ass out of himself like Sheehan has.