Cindy Sheehan's Pointless Campaign

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Cindy Sheehan is a story all of us should applaud. She has done what 99% would not do, and have not done, despite the fact that that is what responsible citizenship is all about. She has put her body where her mouth is. N. Pelosi has shown her words to be merely that, and the writer of this opinion piece, a "hit" piece on Cindy Sheehan, will only ensure that honesty and true courage will not get their due. If, in fact, Ms. Sheehan has no chance, why take up magaziine space to say it? Just want to pile on? I think not. My guess is that this writer has some ax to grind. It wouldn't surprise me that in a magazine like US News, he really likes the illegal, immoral war in Iraq, as does his publisher, Mort Zuckerman, a part of the Israeli-Christian fundamentalist partnership. That cindy couldn't get money is no surprise when you consider what all the monied interests have done to dissent. Broken windows? Well isn't that what is done to dissenters? This writer should be ashamed of his worthless trashing of good people.

of 10:21PM November 04, 2008

Seems to me that when (I'll be conservative here) upwards of 70% of the electorate, according to several national polls in recent months, has declared their disfavor with the existing executive; the Constitution needs to provide for a RECALL such as CA has. And IL has been considerting. If this TRULY is a gov't of the People, then why in this day in age of technology should we have to ride out an unexpired term of a sitting President whose policies and decisions are by far and away, disagreed with. Our Constitution is the best in the world; but that doesn't mean it can't be improved. The founding fathers had the wisdom to foresee that it was a work-in-progress. Are we to restrict ourselves to a situation that YES, not too many years ago would have to be accepted due to the cumbersome process of such a Recall - still difficault but now more than ever a realistic measure to effect better Democracy. What Say YOU??

J. Bergin of IL 11:47AM August 05, 2008