Cindy Sheehan Needs Help

I think President Bush should talk to Cindy Sheehan, with cameras recording the meeting.

Rather than give the poor woman an excuse to hold vigil in Crawford, it would be a smart move politically for Bush to speak with her and end the media circus. It also would be an act of kindness on his part.

If Bush agreed to meet with Sheehan, he would be setting a dangerous precedent by allowing himself to be pressured to submit to an individual's demands, especially an individual proven to be a rabid enemy. The President of the United States can't be expected to meet with someone just because she has the media chronicling her every move and championing her crusade. However, in this instance, I think both Sheehan and Bush would reap benefits by a meeting. The positives for Bush would far outweigh the negatives.

A meeting would most likely serve to show Sheehan to be the partisan pawn that she's become and reveal the President to be the caring man that he is, a plus for the President.

Right now, she's being exploited by the liberal media and the Left in general. Sheehan has become the face of their "Get Bush" anti-Iraq war movement. Frankly, I think they all are hoping that the protest continues so they can continue to cover it. The last thing they would want is for Bush to agree to talk to Sheehan and end the story.

At News Hounds, Melanie writes:

I just got off a conference call with Cindy Sheehan. Even though it rained last night and Sheehan is suffering from a sore throat and a fever, she is in good spirits and very, very determined and committed to see this through.

Sheehan said she is "overwhelmed and amazed at all the support" she's getting. She specifically said Texans have been amazing as has the sheriff of Crawford. She said people from places like North Carolina, Oregon and all parts of Texas are coming to Crawford to join her. She credited the Internet, saying without it, "nobody would know what was really going on." The "mainstream media is a propaganda tool for the government," she said, and without the Internet, "we would be a fascist state." So true.

Someone asked whether she was going to be on Bill O'Reilly's show tonight. She said the show called her this morning and invited her on. Initially she thought she would take them up on it but then she thought, "no!" She said it's fine if O'Reilly disagrees with her politics but after he attacked her last night she decided she's "not going to dignify his show" with her presence. She said O'Reilly's an "obscenity to the truth and an obscenity to humanity."

I find Sheehan's "Impeachment Tour" and her protest in Crawford, as well as her past hate-filled anti-Bush statements, to be very sad. I don't see her as a heroic figure. I see her as a pathetic one.

She has decided to channel her grief into hatred for Bush. Her intense hate is bordering on the pathological. I hope Sheehan is receiving some counseling to help her deal with her loss. Although attacking Bush may be therapeutic for her in the short term and provide her with some temporary relief, there must be a better way to deal with her son's death.

Sheehan should not be discouraged from speaking out against the war and against Bush. However, she should be encouraged to do so in a manner that honors her son's memory and the tens of thousands of Americans currently participating in the mission. It's possible to stand up for what one believes without tearing down what others believe.

The fact is her feelings and opinions are not representative of the majority of the families who have lost loved ones in the war. Most support the President and believe their loved ones died for a noble cause.

For Sheehan to suggest that "mainstream media is a propaganda tool for the government," indicates that she is truly confused or incredibly manipulative. Does she realize that she is using the MSM and they are using her to further their anti-Bush agenda? It's positively delusional for her to say the MSM puts out propaganda for the governmnet. Members of the MSM, by their own admission, are overwhelmingly liberal.

Sheehan's belief that "we would be a fascist state" if not for the Internet is ridiculous. She is just a breath away from calling Bush "Hitler." Maybe she has already and I missed it.

Perhaps a few moments with President Bush would free her. At present, I think she's being suffocated by the abusive mainstream media and swallowed up by her own hate.

President Bush should help Cindy Sheehan.