Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Quest to visit the president (Cindy Sheehan).
"If a man with $100,000 to invest in the President can get a face to face meeting, why shouldn't a woman who "invested" her son's life get the same kind of meeting?"
PeWi in Eschaton comments.
Mr. Bush, let's talk - By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
The King and his subjects By Tena, at First Draft
PeWi in Eschaton comments.
Mr. Bush, let's talk - By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
In the initial quest for votes, those running for elective office, including the presidency, will talk and meet with virtually anyone. There is no coffee hour too small to attend nor person too humble to approach. Once the vote-seeker wins office, it's a different story. The walls go up. The doors lock. The distance grows.
The King and his subjects By Tena, at First Draft
The point is this: America is a democracy and the president holds that office at our pleasure, not his own. He by god should be required to come out from behind that damned wall and talk to this mother, whose son has been killed at his command, in a war he started.Cindy Sheehan by afarensis
I think it is shame that prevents the President from going out in the street and answering this woman, I think if he were to come face to face with her the facade would crumble - being stipped of all the illusions you hold about yourself can be painful.
So, I say Mr. President you are no gentleman, you are no christian, you are no leader until you can face the grief of a mother crying - and perhaps dying a little -for her son.
