THE NEW DEFINITION OF GRIEF
By Ron Marr (09/27/05)
The articles in the mainstream press and the
“objective” reports of the networks all begin with the
same basic premise. They speak of her as “the grieving
mother.” They refer to her as the ”woman driven by her
son’s death to re-ignite the anti-war movement.”
Funny, Cindy Sheehan didn’t seem to be all that
distraught during her recent publicity stunt in
Washington DC. Cindy seemed downright giddy as she and
some of her mindless cronies sat down on the
pedestrian walkway in front of the White House,
singing 60’s tunes and chanting “stop the war now.”
She seemed happy as a heifer in a field of red clover
after one of her whacked-out followers tried to crawl
the White House fence and was arrested by the Secret
Service. When being carried off by the police, after
being warned to leave on three separate occasions,
Cindy displayed the sort of addled grin generally
associated with those who spy a big plate of Toll
House cookies after a dozen too many bong hits. When
the drones who followed her to the planned arrest
began chanting “the whole world is watching,” I
thought she might break into sighs of carnal ecstasy.
“The whole world is watching?” Give me a break. Why
don’t these folks break out the Nehru jackets, love
beads, smiley faces, and a copy of the Beach Boy’s
“Pet Sounds” album. I saw no jack-booted cops setting
German shepherds on Sheehan and friends. I saw no
water cannons. All I saw was a bunch of spoiled,
ignorant liberals with too much time on their hands
and too much cellulite in their brains. If not for the
war, these people would be protesting spotted owl
desecration. If the spotted owls weren’t available
they would march to ban microwave ovens, which we all
know are a spawn of evil nuclear technology. If the
microwaves refused to cooperate, they would no doubt
hold a public love-in to remove deadly substances such
as Red Dye #2 and Splenda from cans of diet cherry
soda.
Grieving? I’ve no doubt Cindy grieves honestly for her
son when the cameras are off. But, when the lens is
upon her, she seems far more concerned with feeding
off the emotions and adulation of the hate-filled and
deluded. Perhaps, in the politically correct theology
of Cindy Sheehan’s left-wingnut America, “grieving”
has taken on a new definition.
To me, a true measure of Cindy’s “grieving” would not
include trashing every value and every action for
which her son gave his life. It would not include
cursing the man whom her son viewed as Commander in
Chief. It does not include condemning the country for
which her son fought to the death. Last but not least,
it does not include labeling the terrorists who
murdered her son as “freedom fighters.”
Casey Sheehan died a warrior and a hero. He
re-enlisted for his second hitch in Iraq at age 24. He
won the Bronze Star. He volunteered for the rapid
rescue force that was sent to save a convoy of
soldiers from insurgents. He died in that mission, and
I’ll bet if he had the chance, he’d take the same risk
again. He was an American soldier, and from all
indications, proud to be a part of the attempt to
plant the seeds of freedom and liberty in Iraq.
I’d also bet that, given the chance, he would look at
his mother and say “I love you Mom, but you’re wrong.”
But the “peace mother,” as accused by nearly all of
her closest relatives in a public letter, is more
concerned with her own self-promotion and personal
agenda than with any honorable goal. While most of her
speeches require heavy editing (she’s pretty
foul-mouthed once she gets on a tirade) lets take a
look at some quotes from Cindy herself
“The biggest terrorist is George W Bush.”
“America is not worth dying for.”
“We have no Constitution. We’re the only country with
no checks and balances. Let George Bush send his two
little party animals to die in Iraq,”
“You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of
Palestine, and you’ll stop the terrorism.”
“Is there anyone in America who cannot yet see that
Donald Rumsfeld is a liar, that he, as with Hitler and
Stalin, will say anything so long as he thinks it will
help shape the world to his own liking?”
I could go on, but nobody would print it. Most
publications that run this column frown on four letter
expletives. That’s very understandable. What is not
understandable is how the print media and the networks
who promote Cindy’s message - those bastions of
self-proclaimed objectivity and truth - refuse to
inform their readers and viewers of Cindy's propensity
to utter insane and disgusting statements. Instead
they simply stand her up as a figurehead, purity
incarnate, and refer to her time and again as the
“woman who re-ignited the anti-war movement.”
This is the biggest lie of all. Cindy Sheehan did not
in any way re-ignite the anti-war movement. Without
the leftist press, who portrays her as a saint, a hero
and a patriot, Cindy Sheehan would remain unknown.
Without the leftist press, who refuses to print or
broadcast Sheehan when she is making anti-Semitic
comments, cursing like a drunken sailor or defiling
every tradition and value championed by her courageous
son, the woman would at best be considered ignorant,
bitter and flat-out nuts. She’d be consigned to the
same press basement as David Duke (who supports her,
by the way).
There is a far greater lie than the words of Cindy
Sheehan, and it is this.
Cindy Sheehan did not “re-ignite” the anti-war
movement. She was chosen as a useful puppet to be
manipulated by media darlings such Michael Moore,
Moveon.org, Jesse Jackson and a host of card-carrying
Bush haters.
Cindy Sheehan did not “re-ignite” the anti-war
movement. She serves as the perfect pawn, a person of
limited intellectual prowess who is enjoying being the
center of attention, who appears thrilled that, for
the first time in her life, people are paying
attention to her rants. That the people paying
attention have no greater mental horsepower than she
makes not a whit of difference.
Cindy Sheehan did not “re-ignite” the anti-war
movement.
The press did.
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