The Conservatives' Meltdown: "Cindy Sheehan is not going away": Reap what you sow?

URUKnet ^ | August 31, 2005 | W. David Jenkins III

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My, what a busy summer it's been! I've been away for awhile enjoying time with the family and, during my travels, I noticed something very odd happening out there. People are talking about Iraq instead of "American Idol." They're bitching about gas prices instead of bitching about the wrong person being "fired" by The Donald.

There are more and more people expressing outrage about what they're reading and seeing on the media rather than being outraged with the media itself. There seems to be a tsunami of buyer's remorse sweeping over the land and the size and nature of this phenomenon prohibits the lazy media from engaging in their usual practice of ignoring what's really going on.

Bush is scheduled to emerge from his western hidey hole soon and quite honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to extend his vacation just a bit longer. Really, who could blame him? Even with the controlled settings of his last two public appearances in Utah and Idaho, Bush came across as a guy who is just not well. After my time off, I'm feeling pretty rested and all but Bush looks and sounds tired, irritated, pale, thin and–well just plain sick. One might speculate that the bubble Bush's people have tried to keep him in is beginning to burst. After all, it's been a busy summer.

Bush's poll numbers are so bad right now that you need the toilet plunger just to get a look at them. Richard Nixon at the height of Watergate had better numbers than Bush does right now. Bill Clinton's numbers at the same point in his second term were going up–largely due to the public's support of him during the obsessive right-wing witch hunt. Maybe Bush should get himself an intern to help his numbers? Okay, sorry. That grossed me out, too.

Bush can take some solace in the knowledge that he still has the support of his base but these folks seem to be losing it too. From the super-patriots in Texas firing shotguns and driving their pick 'em up trucks over makeshift memorials to the war dead (Bush's war dead), to the wacko right-wing televangelists calling for the assassination of democratically elected leaders, Bush's base is starting to cause the administration to "distance itself" from its most staunch supporters.

Then we have Ann Coulter calling New Yorkers "cowards," Paul Harvey advocating nuclear war in the Middle East, Jerry Falwell supporting "bombing terrorists in the name of the Lord," and RNC Chairman Ken Melman accusing Democrats of being the "party of fear!" If you listen real close, you can hear the sound of millions of foreheads being slapped in disbelief. Seriously, would you want to come out of hiding after a season of this kind of behavior done on your behalf in a crippled attempt to somehow defend you? And that's not the worst of it.

There are turncoats in the Republican Party now. Bush must attack the credibility of his fellow conservatives in order to defend his failures. Senator Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam vet, has come out and stated that Iraq is beginning to resemble Vietnam on many levels. You have Trent Lott hawking his book while spilling the beans about pre-Iraq invasion meetings with Bush and how determined he was to invade days after 9/11. There is also the nuisance of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and his determination to get to the bottom of what happened to Operation Able Danger. Then there's Pat and Bay Buchanan blasting Bush on his Iraq policy, while giving Cindy Sheehan a wink and a nod. Oh yes, what about that Sheehan woman?

In the tradition of Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Colleen Rowley, Sibel Edmonds, Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse and other remarkable American women, Gold Star Mother Cindy Sheehan has done more to irritate Bush in her quest for honesty and accountability than anyone would have thought possible. What started as a personal desire for answers from the man responsible for the lies that led to her son's murder, Sheehan's vigil has blossomed into a national movement so enormous that the mainstream media was forced to take notice. What's more, her steadfast nature and her visibility have brought out the absolute worst behavior of her detractors, otherwise known as the "patri-idiots." You know, the Bush people.

Bush neighbor, Larry Mattlage, fired off his shotgun in the vicinity of the vigil because he was "getting ready for dove season." Mattlage told reporters to "figure it out." Aw, how positively clever, Larry.

Of course, we can't forget Larry Northern of Waco (or is that Wacko) who felt the need to destroy over 500 crosses and 40 American flags that had been set up by Sheehan supporters as a makeshift memorial to Americans who lost their lives in Iraq. Really, exactly how does this translate into "patriotism?"

Then, right on cue, Rush Limbaugh states that the whole Sheehan saga just "isn't real" and compares her to "RatherGate's" Bill Burkett and then denies he said it the next day. Conservative crackpot Michelle Malkin wrote that Sheehan and her supporters were "anti-military, anti-American, terrorist sympathizing agitators," as if anyone with two brain cells to rub together actually took her seriously. Bill O'Reilly said that Sheehan's behavior was "treasonous."(Oh, shut up, Bill). Conservative radio host Mark Williams stated on Fox that "Cindy Sheehan is on a mission to figuratively urinate on her son's grave and make his death stand for nothing." And, finally, U.S. News & World Report senior writer Michael Barone claimed that the media is currently devoting substantial coverage to Sheehan because "many in the press . . . do not want us to win this war and think that we don't deserve to win this war." And therein lies a large part of the problem Bush & Co. is experiencing; fewer and fewer Americans are buying the B.S. these days.

The polls show that most people believe Bush has lied about why we went to Iraq and they don't support the way he's handled the subsequent disaster his ideology has produced. Armor is still in short supply while the resistance is anything but in its "last throes." The completion of the Iraqi constitution seems more and more like wishful thinking (not to mention the final draft isn't what people thought it would be) while the violence in Afghanistan is creeping back into the headlines thus reminding Americans that Bush never finished the job there in the first place. People are tired of staying the course, whatever that means, and they're tired of Bush constantly getting their hopes up.

Remember the months prior to the invasion? Americans were told that Iraq would be a "cakewalk" and the oil revenues would pay for everything. When Baghdad fell in less than two months, Bush did his "mission accomplished" strut and everything was going to be okay. But people soon realized, even if Bush didn't, that the mission wasn't accomplished and Americans and Iraqis were paying the ultimate price.

Then there were the string of events that would bring an end to hostilities or at least make things easier over there. The killings of Hussein's sons, Hussein's capture, the passing of sovereignty and the elections were all milestones which were supposed to fix everything. But they didn't and in some cases things got even worse. Now Americans are supposed to believe that the Iraqi constitution is going to be another "fix all," yet most of them aren't buying it. And things aren't helped when you have Safia Taleb al-Suhail (the purple-fingered Iraqi woman who hugged the Marine mom at the State of the Union speech) who now worries that women's rights in Iraq will be a thing of the past due to the influence of Islamic clerics in the draft of the constitution.

Now, put all this together and throw in the following; Rove and Libby targeted in the CIA leak scandal, the Downing Street Documents, the revelation of Operation Able Danger, John Bolton already botching things up at the U.N., Social Security reform falling flat on its face, the possible release of more pictures and videos from Abu Ghraib, the steady chipping away in Ohio which continues to expose Republican corruption in high places and, to top it all off, Cindy Sheehan is not going away.

Just what is the worst president in the history of the United States supposed to do? How does he preserve any sense of legacy?

That's simple. You send Karen Hughes to make America's image better in the eyes of the Arab States, you promote a "Freedom Walk" (do we really have to pay for that?) to celebrate (?) 9/11 and, just to make you feel better, you flip the press the one finger salute. And if that fails, simply stomp your feet and yell "stay the course."

You know, it's got to be tough being a conservative these days.

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[TheSpottedOwl]

Maybe we should just stop posting about Cindy and ignore her. Once there is less internet traffic about her shenanigans, then maybe the MSM will shut up about her, and her 15 minutes of fame will be over.

Good point, but I'm holding out for her to implode on live tv. The final meltdown that cannot be censored, lol!

[TheSpottedOwl]

She'll be committed by October.

[Rocko]

Must be tough being an "intellectual" these days....

Your quotes are well placed. I'd call the author a pseudointellectional.

[TBP]

What a bunch of hooey. Where does one start?

What Sheehad's critics are saying about her is merely the truth. She hates America, she hates the Joos, and she hates anyone who dares disagree with her. She's also a "bloated nothingness" puffed up by the media to destroy the war effort.

[mware]

Yes I can see Cindy right now, perhaps thousands dead, thousands waiting rescue and cities totally destroyed and Cindy is yelling at the top of her voice, "Look at me, look at me."

[tonycavanagh]

As in Vietnam there is too much talk on whether you support the war or not.

But not much on whether the war is being fought correctly.

I see many parallels with Vietnam, in the tactics used, in the fact that it is a Civil War with Allied troops in the middle.

Mistakes are being piled on mistakes.

The most important one being that there was no real game plan after Saddam was toppled.

Which is why there was no real command and control put in place due to a major shortage of troops.

[softwarecreator]

Is she still in Crawford?  Is she getting any piblicity at all right now?  I haven't seen her on the news since Sunday.  Katrina has put her off the map.  She's not going to handle being irrelevant very well and wil self-destruct publicly real soon.

[AZ_Cowboy]

W. David Jenkins III

Why does this name conjure up images of some inbred, elitist snob who never spent more than a few hours outside in his entire life, let alone worked hard? Probably because you can sense the condescension right there in the text. What an ass.

These people are too pathetic to be reasoned with. I do have to say, however, that I am quite pleased to see that they're jumping on the Sheehan bandwagon. It'll be fun to watch them sink with it, no doubt screaming all the way. Before long, they'll be accusing Rove of having rigged up the whole thing to boost the President.

It is certainly not difficult to be Conservative these days. Not when you can laugh at stooges that think they're brainiacs like this nitwit. It is also hillarious to watch them try and take off-handed remarks literally while accusing us of being unsophisticated. I think Gomer Pyle was more sophisticated than some of these people.

[Tanniker Smith]

Just what is the worst president in the history of the United States supposed to do?

Hopefully, nothing -- he's been out of power for a quarter century, but that doesn't prevent him from sticking his nose in places she oughtn't.

[HarleyLady27]

She wasn't important in the first place, she isn't important now, and she won't be important in the future.

Right now America needs to focus on N.O.; MS; Al. and the thousand of people that need help to rebuild their lives.

AND we need to focus on our troops fighting the war on terrorism.

Anything to do with this nut lady is unimportant, and should be treated like trash.

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[fatteddy]

peanut boy does not get it that people don't want to hear from the worst president......what a loser

[fatteddy]

i dont care what any one says.....i think sheehan is really al franken in drag.......

[upchuck]

This author has lots and lots of nasty things to say about President Bush.

But none of that pisses me off nearly as much as his utter lack of respect for the office of the President of The United States.

Hey, W. David Jenkins III, it's President Bush, at least at the first reference. After that "Bush" is OK.

[rlmorel]

"In the tradition of Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Colleen Rowley, Sibel Edmonds, Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse and other remarkable American women, Gold Star Mother Cindy Sheehan..."

According to David Horowicz, who would know, Rosa Parks was a "Fellow Traveler" who shared their political views on communism and socialism. I respect her stand on equal rights, but she led, as many closet communists do, a double life in that respect.

Harriet Tubman? A remarkable woman, but how is she relevant here?

As for Colleen Rowley, Sibel Edmonds and Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse, these are people who are being lauded as heroes for speaking out. WHERE THE HELL WERE THEY BEFORE 9/11? WHY DID THEY NOT SPEAK OUT. Some courage.

Cindy Sheehan fits right in with them.

[bilhosty]

The more she is in the news the more she radicalizes the nutty lib base of the dem's. The more the nutty lib base of the Dem's is radicalized and energized the better it is for us.

[rlmorel]

"People are talking about Iraq instead of "American Idol." They're bitching about gas prices instead of bitching about the wrong person being "fired" by The Donald."

How telling is this? "American Idol" and "The Donald" are subjects substitute for intelligent conversation amongst Liberals.

[nuke rocketeer]

"There is also the nuisance of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and his determination to get to the bottom of what happened to Operation Able Danger."

????? Doesn't Weldon's efforts damn the Klintonistas more than Bush, since that all occurred on Billiary's watch?

[to_zion]

Bush supporters see Cindy as a threat or they would just ignore here and not have even mounted a campaign of their own.