I was writing about Cindy Sheehan before she became Cindy Sheehan.
It seems fitting that I should at least acknowledge her attention-grabbing swan song of sorts that appeared on Daily Kos, the blog that Russ Feingold calls home.
In her long-winded post entitled "Good Riddance Attention Whore," Sheehan whines about how she was chewed up and spit out by the libs.
This is my resignation letter as the "face" of the American anti-war movement. This is not my "Checkers" moment, because I will never give up trying to help people in the world who are harmed by the empire of the good old US of A, but I am finished working in, or outside of this system. This system forcefully resists being helped and eats up the people who try to help it. I am getting out before it totally consumes me or anymore people that I love and the rest of my resources.
Good-bye America ...you are not the country that I love and I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can’t make you be that country unless you want it.
It’s up to you now.
If only this were true.
She'll be back. I know she will.
But at least for now, Sheehan intends to fade from view, at least a bit.
Gold Star Families greeted Sheehan's exit with relief.
A group of Gold Star Family members, who have lost a son or daughter in the war on terrorism, today issued the following statement in response to Cindy Sheehan’s announcement that she is halting her public anti-war protests. For more information log on to: www.MoveAmericaForward.org
“We are very pleased to hear that Cindy Sheehan is ending her disgraceful campaign to discredit the United States military and the heroic men and women in harms way in Iraq and Afghanistan. We sympathize with the shared pain from losing a child in the war effort, however, we cannot excuse the fact that Cindy has taken the wrong turn at every corner in assigning blame for the loss of her heroic son, Casey.
“Casey Sheehan was a proud member of the United States Armed Forces. He believed in serving his country faithfully and volunteered for the duty assignment that led to his death at the hands of Islamic extremists. He should have been the example followed by Cindy Sheehan. Instead, she chose to associate with the most virulent anti-American elements in the United States and abroad.
“Throughout her public demonstrations, Cindy Sheehan has repeatedly been dismissive of the majority of Gold Star Parents who disagree with her stance on the war. Cindy Sheehan does not speak for us, nor thankfully does she speak for most Americans. It’s time for Cindy to go home and put her life back together and realize just how fortunate she is to live in the greatest nation on earth.
“We are saddened that Cindy’s withdrawal from political activities is because she was disappointed that more Americans did not accept her distorted worldview that America is the blame for all of the ills of the world. Perhaps off the world stage, she will be able to regain her bearings and see that her son and America were serving the cause of freedom in the world and security at home. God Bless the United States of America, and may God help Cindy Sheehan to heal from the pain and bitterness that have consumed her.”
DEBRA ARGEL
TODD BASTIAN
JOSEPH WILLIAMS
DEBBIE LEE
JOSEPH JOHNSON
MIKE ANDERSON
MERILEE CARLSON
JAN JOHNSON
God bless them.
The contrast between the Gold Star Families and Cindy Sheehan couldn't be more dramatic.
They share the tragic loss of a son or daughter in war, but the similarities stop there.
In her farewell to America, Sheehan said that she was resigning as "the 'face' of the American anti-war movement."
I think she was fired quite a while back. Her face stopped being important to the lib media long, long ago.
Plenty of elected officials, such as every Democrat presidential candidate, have stepped into the anti-war spotlight, leaving her in their shadows.
Yes, Sheehan's good-bye was long overdue, but meaningless now.
Her current irrelevance makes her resignation seem sort of pathetic.
Nonetheless, as I said two years ago, I pray she finds peace.
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