Moms put local face on anti-war group

The Chicago Libune ^ | 7-13-2006 | Deborah Horan

[relictele]

This is an almost-perfect distillation of today's left: silly, shallow, self-involved, self-important, self-righteous, dim-witted, ignorant, and hubristic.

These sapheads have read People magazine religious and watch all the awards shows. The 'wear a ribbon' mentality has filtered down to the hoi polloi. Empty gestures like this 'fast' are interpreted as 'doing something about it' and treated with reverence instead of the ridicule they deserve. I'm no fan of the IRA but Bobby Sands & crew would certainly not classify what they're doing as a hunger strike.

[M Kehoe]

This is for real, and not Scrapple Face?

5.56mm

[relictele]

religious s/b religiously

[GOP_Raider]

They include big names like Benjamin, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year

Being nominated for a Nobel Prize is like being called a "biblical expert" after reading the Song of Solomon.

[satchmodog9]

The Chicago Tribune is a leftist rag. It is the best paper available to me. The Wisconsin papers suck and the Sun Times is a freaking tabloid. The Onion would be more accurate and less biased than the Tribune.

[tgslTakoma]

Diane Ibbotson, a mom from Albion, Ill., whose son, Forest Jostes, died in the same attack that killed Cindy Sheehan's son, Casey, is one of them. She said Code Pink dishonors the soldiers who have been injured or killed in Iraq.

"People in Code Pink are protesting the war outside Walter Reed Hospital," Ibbotson said. "What kind of a welcome home is that?"

Perhaps CT writer Deborah Horan will do an in-depth report on Code Pink's nastier anti-war protests outside WRAMC, now that she's covered their cutesy loud pink hats and pink boas angle?