Sheehan: She Doesn't Get It

I've tried to avoid commenting on Cindy Sheehan, because I just don't find her that interesting. To the extent she is a mere anti-war protester, I say let her say what she wants to say. I think she seems a bit off her rocker in her methods (there are anti-war protesters I find far more respectable), but I really couldn't care less.

Now, however, Ms. Sheehan seems to have decided that New Orleans needs her help to become unoccupied. What exactly is she hoping to accomplish with this? Allow anarchy to overtake a U.S. city for months on end? This is the first time I've heard someone indicate having military in the city's ruins is a bad thing — hasn't everyone been complaining they did not get there soon enough?

“I don't care if a human being is black, brown, white, yellow or pink. I don't care if a human being is Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, or pagan. I don't care what flag a person salutes: if a human being is hungry, then it is up to another human being to feed him/her. George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from power. The only way America will become more secure is if we have a new administration that cares about Americans even if they don't fall into the top two percent of the wealthiest.”

I'm sorry, but this is non-sensical. If this is the kind of stuff she is going to spout, then it is time for everyone to go home and ignore her, because I don't think there is anyway to make sense of it. Even if she feels the president should resign, it makes no sense to say we ought to leave a vacuum of power in New Orleans! She acts as if New Orleans is some foreign country instead of one of our own cities.

This person is truly mad and the best thing everyone can do for her is to ignore her.