So, apologies have been issued to Cindy Sheehan and Beverly Young. That's fantastic. But why does the
AP report of the apologies have to go ahead and make Sheehan look like a lawbreaker and troop-hater?
Let's see...
The extraordinary statement [of apology] came a day after police removed Sheehan and Beverly Young, wife of Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young, R-Fla., from the visitors gallery Tuesday night. Sheehan was taken away in handcuffs before Bush's arrival at the Capitol and charged with a misdemeanor, while Young left the gallery and therefore was not arrested, Gainer said.
Yet Ms. Sheehan claims that she was not even given the chance to leave peacefully before being hauled away and cuffed.
Sheehan's T-shirt alluded to the number of soldiers killed in Iraq: "2245 Dead. How many more?" Capitol Police charged her with a misdemeanor for violating the District of Columbia's code against unlawful or disruptive conduct on any part of the Capitol grounds, a law enforcement official said. She was released from custody and flew home Wednesday to Los Angeles.
Young's shirt had just the opposite message: "Support the Troops -- Defending Our Freedom."
Pointing out how many troops have died is the exact opposite of proclaiming support for them? Now that's a stretch, an oversimplification, and a rhetorical tactic worthy of the Falafel King himself.
Meh.