Editorial/opinion support for Sheehan (Post them here!)

[katinmn]

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/09/mr_bush_lets_talk/
JOAN VENNOCHI
Mr. Bush, let's talk
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist | August 9, 2005

AMERICA HAS a president, not a king. But just like royalty, the nation's commander in chief can keep his distance from the common man or woman.

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/08/09/42f86496de907
By all accounts Sheehan would be justified in becoming deeply depressed and living an angry and bitter life. Instead, she is recovering from the death of her son by improving the future for everyone else in a manner that is peaceful and safe for all. Even if governments nationwide haven’t yet taken such mature steps, it is promising to remember that if everyday people can change the world for the better, we don’t have anything to worry about.

http://www.freep.com/features/living/ager9e_20050809.htm
SUSAN AGER: Bush should simply listen
August 9, 2005
BY SUSAN AGER
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

For God's sake, do not call it noble. They don't see it that way. Nor do millions of other Americans, including many who once did.

Just listen.

Then bid them good-bye. Look into their eyes when you thank them for sharing their thoughts and their children.

Then don't dawdle. Go back to work and get us out of there.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/letters/stories/080905dnediletters.cc3b696.html
Sheehan: a hero

Re: "Bush aides meet protester near ranch – National security adviser has surprise talk with grieving mother," Sunday news story.

I read with disgust of the shabby treatment of Cindy Sheehan, mother of soldier Casey Sheehan, by George Bush and his staff.

Doesn't a grieving mother deserve consoling? If he had any guts, he would have met with her. Instead, he sends a prepared statement and jackbooted thugs to try to run her off. Cindy Sheehan is a true American hero. She deserved better.

Alan D. Beck, Plano

[DemonFighterLives]

1. Couple of days old from Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/stories/670/5547457.html

Sheehan was among grieving military families who met with Bush in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, near Seattle, Wash. That was just two months after her son, Casey, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004.

Since then, she said, various government and independent commission reports have disputed the Bush administration's claims that Saddam Hussein had mass-killing chemical and biological weapons - a main justification for the March 2003 invasion.

"I was still in shock then,'' Sheehan said in a telephone interview.

"All of those reports prove my son died needlessly,'' said Sheehan. "This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong.''

[katinmn]

2. Thx. I checked the Strib but didn't go back far enough

I'm not surprised they were on it.:thumbsup:

[DistressedAmerican]

3. Great Thread Idea. The More We Have Gathered The More We Can Share!!!

We have to work this one. Keep up the great work everyone!

[katinmn]

4. Kick!