The Media Circus Came to Crawford

Cindy Sheehan reminds me of the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth. Both are directly connected to the argument at hand yet they are hated by those who disagree, vilified even. The Swift Boaters believed they had necessary information that the public needed to know about John Kerry, a different perspective that was not being heard in the mainstream media. Cindy Sheehan believes she has information that the President needs to hear, a different opinion that he is not listening to.

Both fully enjoy united support from their side because they admire the circumstance of where they are coming from. How can you tell a veteran he's wrong even if he's wrong? The same goes for Cindy. She has become a symbol for mothers who don't understand the administration's motives for this war. Someone who they can use to place the blame for the deaths of their loved ones. Many have been duped into believing that she was the last straw that convinced them the whole war and every life lost is for nothing. The Swift Boaters represented an identifiable group for veterans to use in order to denounce a "War Hero" like Kerry in favor of a "Fortunate Son" like
Bush.

In today's quick paced, instant hero, instant villain world she has become a byproduct of this system. She is given the opportunity to sit on national TV (because that's what happens now) so she takes it, just like the Boaters did. She attempts to illustrate the polarity this country has over the war and the other side hates her for it. They see her as an attention whore at best, and the Swift Boaters were thought of as lying traitors.

Politics…shit.
Two groups who were highjacked by agendas and powerbrokers. Brilliant

And were supposed to pick somebody from these two sides to represent all of us? Yikes