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August 28, 2005
Crossing lines
Yet Cindy Sheehan's peacenik allies have now crossed some lines -- lines that the mother of a dead soldier, of all people, ought to appreciate.There are, you see, folks who don't want their loved ones' names on protest crosses in Crawford. Some have gone there to remove the crosses with their kids' names. Cindy doesn't speak for them. And, even if she speaks for her child, she doesn't speak for theirs.
According to The Washington Times, however, anti-war protesters have replaced the crosses that were removed.
Anti Iraq War protestors replacing crosses removed from the memorial they made crosses the line? Whether you agree or not with the protestors..they are honoring the dead with that memorial.
Punditocracy like Reinhard are deafeningly silent on Bush's own use of dead soldiers, some of whom have families that stridently disagree with the Iraq war. It's okay to be a "War President" but not okay to be an "Anti-War Mom".
Reinhard's column is a lame attempt to cry foul at those who support Sheehan's questioning of the Iraq War. Hardly a line-crosser.
I realize that the Oregonian has to have columnists that offer up conservative points of view. But is it necessary to have one that has to make an excuse for every lousy decision made by Bush and his supporters?
Reinhard's columns are nothing more than a tedious exercise in neoconbabblespeak. That is when he's not trying to pick Kevin Mannix and Karen Minnis up by their own bootstraps.
Perhaps Reinhard would be best serving his own team by cleaning up the mess on his own side of the line crossing, instead of apologizing for it:
(from Crooks and Liars, via Pandagon)
Looks like he'll need a giant pooper scooper and an extra large trash can.
Posted by Carla at August 28, 2005 12:27 PM