She is not likeable but deserves credit for jump-starting the anti-war movement again.

This shouldn't be a story, but the media will jump on anything that could make the President look bad. Controversy is good news for them. In regards to Cindy Sheehan, enough is enough. Everybody mourns in their own way, but your son had to have known when he joined the military that their was a chance he could lose his life. That is a risk that all military personnel take, and unfortunately for him he made that sacrifice for our country.

Well, I can understand her being pissed off,and I'm against the war, too, but it seems like she is a grandstander. You can bet she has a book up her sleeve, and expect an upcoming TV movied called "The Cindy Sheehan Story."

Well this obviously disturbed person has really gone off the deep end. Now she is demanding that the President pull troops out of occupied New Orleans as well as Iraq. I wonder if the news media will latch on to this latest foolish attempt to attack Bush. Maybe Al Sharpton or some other liberal boob will provide Cindy Sheehan with serious mental help although Big Al needs some himself. UPDATE: Silly Cindy is at it again. Yesterday (9-26), she was arrested in Washington, DC at a protest. You could see her being carried away and put into a prisoner transport vehicle and she's laughing about it. Do you believe this? She is an embarrassment to mothers of soldiers, Americans, and anyone who appreciates freedom.

One day many people will finally relize that she is right and that Bush is a worthless sack of crap, but many people who love Bush are hoodwinked by him because he sounds like such a Jesus Freak. They do not care how many people die from his incompetance, they are more concerned with saving fetuses than actual human lives.

(numbah coughs pawn under his breath) UPDATE: I keep hearing alot of what-ifs, but I'll hit you with an already happened. A friend of mine was killed and I don't see his mom camped out with a bunch of protesters! This is damaging to morale and serves the sole purpose of a propaganda tool for those trying to undermine an administration that they couldn't beat in an election. Now I guess they'd prefer to burn the whole MFer down rather than try to do something good for our country. My friends mom, I dare say, knows better than to do this and is honoring her sons memory by not sensationalizing his sacrifice.

I have read comments on both sides of this issue and I understand where each of the writers is coming from, I also understand how Mrs. Sheehan must feel. I have a son in the military and I am worried sick about him. I can talk a good talk but I do know I would be devastated if anything happened to him. My heart goes out to her and all of the parents who have lost children in the war. I support our troops 100% and I support the President, but I am also tired of this war.

While I'm no fan of abstract conflicts, Ms. Sheehan appears to be taking on the countenance of a sad marionette, hustled in and out of a steamer trunk as bias finds itself in need of another travel voucher. There's a razor-fine line between protest and maudlin prostration, but the cameras rarely catch the gradations. More tripe for the piles, and there seems to be no dearth of shovelers.

Lance and Eschew stole my thunder again. They said it much better than I could have. This woman has no shame or brains. And the liberal media knows they can take full advantage of her vulnerability.

Sheehan has already met with the President. It happened last year when the government flew her and her family to Seattle. At the time, Cindy's husband said, We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us. Cindy herself said, I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith. While in Seattle. the family toured the city and, for the first time since Casey's death, laughed and enjoyed themselves. To this, Cindy said, That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together. So, I don't think the question is, What's the problem Dubs?, as it was so disrespectfully put. The question is, What more do you want Cindy? Getting one face to face meeting with the President of the United States is a rare thing. Demanding another is unreasonable. I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, and say that some of the far left wingers got hold of her and were manipulating her situation to it's full extent. I now believe that she has grown fond of the spotlight, even if it does mean she is symbolically spitting on her own son's honor.

She's grandstanding and she's become a bit of an attention whore. Sentiment has begun to swing against this woman's actions. Everyone understands the pain of her loss, but much of America has started to believe that her point was made in the early camp-out days and that she is/was just demoralizing to the troops thereafter.

Her son had the courage to fight for his country and now his mother is shaming her self and his memory. I find it hard to take protesters when we still have young men and women fight for our country. Why don't these protesters get involved in finding a solution and less time protesting?

I don't think there are many Americans who don't have a certain level of sympathy for Ms. Sheehan. To lose a child, in and of itself, is enough to make anyone devastated. But the fact is that she has met with President Bush before and noted how sincere he was in his grief; why, if her feelings were as disgruntled then as they are now (as she claims they are) did she even state such a thing? Ms. Sheehan has also been driving political agenda's that are supposed to seperate her from just another far left protester: she's not going to pay her 2004 taxes, she feels Israel is an illegitimate state aswell as blogging for Michael Moore's website. Many military families of fallen soldiers realize that President Bush didn't kill their child...the terrorists did. In fact, her son Casey's own father is divorcing her because he feels that she is acting in a manner that is completly different to what their son's beliefs were...the one's he died for. I can't begin to imagine Ms. Sheehan's pain, but she is being used as a pawn by the radical left to only disgrace and shame the president aswell as his supporters.

That she wants to meet with dubya isn't the story. That dubya won't go near her isn't the story either. That the mainstream press has taken up this lady's cause is the story, and it's a story about a press so arrogant in its anti-war activism, it has lost track of its responsibility in reporting about the war in Iraq, and totally forgotten about the war in Afghanistan. I feel awful for this lady, but she has sold out. For what, I neither know nor care. I don't know how I would handle the loss of my son this way, but I know one thing for sure: I would never dishonor his memory or his heroism or the love he felt for this country, no matter how many celebrities or celebrity reporters offered to kiss my ass. There is so much rebuilding and heroism occurring every day in both theaters, but there is never so much as a positive reference about any military person or initiative. But Abu Graib and cowardly suicide bombers dominate the headlines of every US paper every day. The fact that this lady's name is all over the media is testament to their shameful agenda. If you're going to commit to reporting on the war theater, report on what is really going on and why, skip the daily lecture about why we shouldn't be there. We have boots on the ground, and men and women whose lives are in danger every day. Is it so much to ask that the work that they do, at the risk of their lives, be reported with some balance? Sorry, another story about Cindy Sheehan.

That this lady wants to meet with dubya isn't the story. . .that dubya won't go near her is the real story. Hey Dubs, whattsa matter? Aren't you even smart enough to take 10 minutes out of your precious vacation to answer a woman's questions in private? Since she challenges your dumb ass and questions your lies, I guess the answer's 'no'. . .Hey bush fans, that's okay. . .this isn't the first war where your gutless hero ducked danger in one form or another.

The reality is this story wouldn't be a story if she was a supporter of our War efforts in Iraq, or the mother of a son who jumped out of the 95th floor of the trade center to his imminent death to avoid being cooked to death and wanted to meet the president to thank him for making such hard political decisions. And what about all his other family members who publically disapprove of her theatrics? This is a story because the liberal media distorts reality and comports it to serve their ideological ends. It exploits every death or car bombing to manipulate what is consumed by naively duped public at large. It would be surprising to see how America would have received the deaths of soldiers in much higher rates if World War II were fought today. Would we the America public be damanding answers to the 1 dead solider to every 13 in theatre the way the do today? What about the Korean War when our casualty rate was 1/12. Today it's somewhere in the range of 1/1250! Is it any surprise with the rise of on the spot media necessitating blood and gore for it's front pages since the Vietnam Era that Americans no longer have the stomach for war. That Americans can no longer understand that through great struggle and loss freedom and liberty will live on. Every soldiers loss is a tragedy, but they're there fighting bravely for the cause of freedom and our way of life. They sign up for it, as her son did twice! Our future as a nation cannot be defined by the emotional loss of one individual- no matter how painful- and the president unfortunately has to make those brutally hard choices. But Lance what if your son, or brother were to have died? I would be crushed, and feel a great sense of loss- and I might even say things that I don't mean or even believe to be right. But the fact is our nation can not survive depending on the desires or pain of one individual. I surely shouldn't get national face time to dismiss a whole nation's efforts to promote freedom and defend its national security. We've been fighting this war now for almost two years and have loss less troops than in one half day in Normandy or on one early September morning here in NYC. Iraq has gone from being lead by a tryanical geonocidal maniac to having FREE elections that included woman and all ethnic groups. Elections in a nation strategically positioned in the middle east and formerly a supporter of terror outside its borders. In the last 5 months we've been able to enlist and properly train another 50,000 Iraqi patriots bringing the total to 175,000. Our soldiers have rebuilt 3200 schools, thousands of hospitals that have screened hundreds of thousands of children for disease. Our troops have repaired hundreds of thousands of miles of roads, and bridges. Brought millions clean water. Iraq now has hundeds of freely published newspapers and magazines- almost a 150,000 internet subscribers when there was previously none. Telephones subscribers are up 350%! Almost all the oil lines have been repaired and they're now at 96% of production goals- grossing almost 2.5 billion per month! (up from only 200 million per month last year). There's no more torture chambers and Iraqi's are actually debating their differences for the future of the government. Yeah, I want answers! I demand answers! Why isn't the media reporting all our troops have accomplished? Why does the media only exploit the bodies of dead soldiers and mourning mothers?

Much has been written lately about a grieving mother who lost her son in this infernal and ongoing war in Iraq. I have noticed her name on the news channels and in the newspapers gathered with a band of protestors with slogans calling for the impeachment of our president. I cannot begin to fathom the depth of emotions that I would feel if I had lost one of my precious children. My sympathies go out to this mother, his father, siblings and his family who mourn his loss. What seems to me that is tragically getting lost though all of this is the young man himself, Army. Spc Casey Austin Sheehan of 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, he was 24 years old. His mother stated on her website that Casey wanted to join the service and he loved it, he joined August of 2000. He even elected to reenlist for another four years. He died bravely; he had volunteered to go on a rescue mission for his brothers in arms. Yes, Randyman, I believe everyone wants more forthcoming answers as to what our positions is in Iraq as to when our service men and women will be coming home. I think it was Jimmy Carter who said once, that war may sometimes be a necessary evil, but it is still evil. I do feel though that any wavering now on the stance that has been taken concerning this war in Iraq could meet with dire circumstances. For now though Army Spc. Casey Sheehan should be honored and remembered, he died bravely for his country, for his buddies, he is a fallen hero.

Randyman pretty much said it all. Adding my own 2 bits... If Bush is so sure in himself and his actions then what's the harm in giving a grieving mother 10 minutes of his time? If he can spend hours kissing Saudi ass the very least he can do is give the mother of a dead soldier a few moments. As far as I'm concerned he owes every parent who has lost a child in this bogus war a whole lot of gratitude. If they need explanations and some sort of solace then by God he better give it to them. Don't want to face all those parents one on one George? Gather all those who want explanations together and have some Q & A time. You had no problems pimping yourself out to anyone who would listen when you were trying to get re-elected, so take a day out of your busy schedule of idiotic economic band-aid schemes and help these parents out.

I empathize and sympathize with Cindy Sheehans plight. If my son were killed in action, I might demand answers myself, depending on the circumstances. As an American citizen Sheehan has every right to protest peacefully, and as a mother of a soldier killed in action, she has made the ultimate sacrifice, so she is well within her rights to demand a satisfactory answer.

Sheehan has met with President Bush previously, and at that time came away satisfied by both the Presidents reason and his understanding of her personal sacrifice. At some point she decided it was not enough, or that in her grief at that time, she wasnt thinking clearly. Whatever the case, today she expects answers about her sons death, and about the war in Iraq in general. Personally, I would like more answers myself. Its not enough anymore to say to the American public, that the war situation is under control and We are staying the course. He needs to give reasons why U.S. servicemen, the best trained in the world are allowed to be sitting ducks in Iraq. I voted for Bush, and I support our troops, so I have no personal and political agenda, this is something that should be of importance to both Conservative and Liberals, whether Democrat or Republican.

Arguments against meeting Sheehan, are that it will set precedence, and put Bush in the position of having to meet with every parent of a serviceman killed in action, not a totally unreasonable argument, but not a strong enough excuse. A one time meeting would do more good than harm, especially in a public format. Another argument against Bush meeting her is that mothers of previous service men killed in action have not made the demands. Well, I dont know how true this is. But lets say it is. So what? There is always a first time for everything.. That didnt stop Rosa Parks from being the first to refuse to sit in the back of the bus. There is always that first time someone says Enough

Not to say that I dont understand the Presidents position. As the father in law to a Whittier Police officer, a Brother in Law to an L.A.P.D. officer and the brother to a Orange County Deputy Sheriffs Community Service Officer, and as a father to a Coast Guard Petty Officer who acts in a international law enforcement capacity, I certainly understand that you cannot allow yourself to become overly emotionally involved in every single death and tragedy, and expect to keep your emotional sanity. As the Chief Law Enforcement officer in the country, and as the Commander in Chief to the U.S. armed forces , Bush certainly falls into that that category , and yet precisely because he is the President the Buck stops here so to speak. The bottom line is I feel President Bush should meet with Cindy Sheehan. If he truly believes in his cause, if he truly feels the deaths of her son, and every other service man was just, and they did not in vain, then meet with her, and make your case.