Reply #39: well, those are contradictory phrases [View All]

[Literate Tar Heel]

if families are rallying to her side, then they're no longer a "silent" majority ... I think the point is that there is a silent majority (or at least very strong minority) of military families who simply haven't had been heard for a variety of reasons (how many poor struggling military widows are going to have the resources to follow Bush around the country trying to be heard? especially considering the breadwinner of the family has in many cases been killed in the war) ... Sheehan herself is only one person, you're right, but if she represents the tip of the iceberg and the Bush administration is the Titanic...