Cindy Sheehan: Poster Child for Liberalism

I think Cindy Sheehan would make a great poster child for Democrats and liberals everywhere. She embodies what they represent: A total defiance of authority, a lack of respect for other people's feelings and being a media whore like the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

Last year, the media elevated her to the status of being the most outspoken "Anti-war Protester" after losing her son, casey, in the war in Iraq. Also, she became the "nation's darling" because she garnered much attention for her protest in front of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

First of all, let it be known that I don't think that she deserves that status. The media gave her way too much credit for being an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War. Now, you can't watch or hear the news without there being some mention of her. In fact, the news media outlets are touting how she is considering a run for a congressional seat against fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein.

Her most recent high-profile leftist stunt of defiance was when she revealed a shirt with an anti-war slogan on it and was arrested on a misdemeanor charge for unlawful conduct. Sheehan was the guest of U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat, at the nation's capitol during President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 31st.

There are strict rules about not having anything bearing slogans in the gallery at the Captiol building when it is in session, but NOOOOOOO, Cindy Sheehan believes that she's above the law and that it doesn't apply to her. So, she decides to take advantage of the opportunity to flash her message nationwide on television (like she hasn't done enough of that already?) in defiance of the rules! She was directed by security that she needed to cover up her shirt. She refused to. This is how many Democraps tend to behave: I'm special, I'm more important than you, rules don't apply to me!

The televised footage of Sheehan after being released told volumes: She was disappointed that she didn't get to ruin the President's State of the Union speech like she would have liked to. Am I editorializing? Perhaps, but the fact remains that as somebody who is outspoken against the President and all that he stands up for, she felt that she was above the law and didn't care whose toes she stepped on in the process.

Woolsey made no apologies for what Sheehan did because she is also outspoken about the war. Well, they certainly make for good bedfellows, yes? I'm surprised that Woolsey wasn't pissed that Sheehan wasted that ticket by getting her sorry butt arrested!

To be fair, in a wire report that I saw on Yahoo! News, Rep. Bill Young's wife, Beverly, was also removed from the gallery for her shirt which spoke out in support of our troops. Although I may share her sentiment, that was somewhat poor judgment on her behalf, so her being removed from the gallery was justified. Rules apply to everybody regardless of what their sentiment is.

Also, Sheehan's recent appearance in Venezula with president Hugo Chavez is also very telling. First of all, how is she affording all this travel? Somebody's gotta be paying for it and somebody the likes of her who is spending most of her waking moments protesting the president instead of being a good parent (she still has two kids) is not taking responsibility. She has decidedly removed herself from her parental responsibilities in favor of political outspokenness.

While I do agree that she has a right to speak her mind and participate in protests against the President (that is her Constitutional right, which she forgets is afforded to her because of the efforts of others who actually give instead of take), does she seriously think that she will single-handedly alter public policy?

Sheehan doesn't speak for me nor do I want her to speak for me. I can take care of my own speeches, thank you. Also, when you speak out against the war and what the military (our men and women) is trying to do, then you are slapping them in the face and telling them that they are bad people. Is that what you were trying to say to Casey? That he was a bad person because he joined the military? They are fighting to keep us safe because if we leave Iraq now, we will be sending the message that we are weak and we don't care. That we will run when the going gets tough and that we can't keep committments. They will then bring the war back onto our soil and further alter the way we already live. Is this the message you want to send to terrorists? I ask you this, Ms. Sheehan: If you were so against war, then why did you let your son join? Why didn't you try to stop him? You tried? Obviously, not hard enough for if you truly cared, you wouldn't have let him enlist.

I don't enjoy seeing any of our enlisted men and women dying or being maimed at such young ages, but remember this: Freedom isn't free. It always comes with a cost. Unfortunately, that cost comes in blood and we all knew this way back starting with the Revolutionary War.

As a result of your views and stance, you are now a divorcee and have moved from Vacaville to the den of liberalism, Berkeley. I hope you like your new home, it seems to suit you well and you're in good company. There are many more misguided leftists who you can commiserate with at the University of California, Berkeley campus over a nice cup of chai latte.

In the meantime, try something different, like following the rules instead of trying to break them. I know that liberals like yourself just love to bend things in your favor, but trying to upstage the President on the day of his speech is just plain RUDE!

So, get a clue and get off your pedestal. That fall is going to be a long and hard one!