To What Level Will they Sink?

Update [2005-8-12 16:29:51 by Armando]: Please do not call Erick's office. That is way out of bounds. I understand he retracted the "whore" comment, but even if he did not, that is just wrong. Do not call people at their work or home. That is really wrong.

We have seen Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin stoop to smearing a grieving mother, whose son, Casey Sheehan, died in Iraq. And the very fringe Right blogs stop at nothing. Add Red State to the fringe list:

Cindy Sheehan returns entering stage right -- this time a left wing media whore in the form of a grieving mother.

. . . But, other mothers have gone through what Mrs. Sheehan has gone through and many are offended by her actions, thinking her deed cheapens the memory of Casey and other fallen soldiers. . . . One must stand back in amazement at how victimhood can turn a grieving mother into a statesman.

I have no use for Mrs. Sheehan. . . . Sheehan "now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son's good name and reputation," . . . Mrs. Sheehan's actions discredit and undermine the work so many fallen soldiers works hard for. Those people just do not make the story flow like the left wants.

The remarkably humorous bit of all of this is that while Mrs. Sheehan is using the body of a dead solider to get her fifteen minutes of fame, Mrs. Sheehan is letting that body be used . . . But he did not die in vain. Iraq will be free. And in September we will all go back to forgetting who Cindy Sheehan is, not that we ever cared to begin with, and we will remain in Iraq.

Two friends of mine founded the Red State site.  I am embarrassed for them. I know this post does not reflect their decency. Whatever they think of Cindy Sheehan's actions, they would not be as indecent as to write such words about her. We all have moments where we regret what we have written. None of us is without fault.

But this is shameful.