Press&Sun Bulletin: Peaceful Siege makes Chickenhawks Squawk:

[rasputin1952]

Nowhere is that more apparent today than in the case of Cindy Sheehan, whose peaceful siege of Prairie Chapel -- a reverse siege of the Alamo, with the good guys on the outside this time, and the bad guys on the inside -- has polarized the nation, or at least a part of it.

Who would have thought when Sheehan set up a roadside camp a few weeks ago, hoping to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the squire of Prairie Chapel, that her presence would have such a powerful polarizing effect?

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The true measure of her mission, though is in the desperate counter-attack by a legion of right-wing ideologues: Intellectuals such as George Will and Christopher Hitchens; hacks like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Fred Barnes and the rest of the Fox News Network propaganda machine, and America's most famous drug addict, Rush Limbaugh.

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More here, and this is an excellent read IMO:

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0826-28.htm

[sallyseven]

1. Time to bring back Saddam

and stop the silly stuff. He could rule and he was no worse than the rest of the thugs over there. I think that bush got an injection of thug from them. Thats is why he acts the way he does.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Most telling line the last one, imho

to quote:

Meanwhile, let's see which happens first, a Bush/Sheehan meeting, or the first Democratic member of Congress to show up at Camp Casey in support of Cindy Sheehan.

I thought an anti-war Congresswoman, whose first name is Maxine, DID visit Camp Casey. I know that Rep. Conyers and other anti-war Congresspeople have sent letters in support. What I want to see is if any of the Dems who voted for the war come down to see Cindy-or show up along the road as she makes her way to Washington.

[rasputin1952]

3. I agree...some congresscritters need to show a spine and go there...

it is appalling that the cowardice is almost incalcuable from these elected officials....:grr: