Kudos to Cindy Sheehan. She has gotten the attention of the impervious Bush White House. And the MSM is covering it big time. The New York Times and the Associated Press both covered the Sheehan's protest. This is from CBSNews.com:
The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush's ranch, demanding an accounting from Bush of how he has conducted the war in Iraq.Those tanking Iraq poll numbers must be having an effect. They sent out two high level White House staffers to meet with Sheehan, instead of their usual habit of ignoring anyone who disagrees with the President. She still deserves the right to ask George Bush her questions: 'Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?”'
Supported by more than 50 demonstrators who chanted, “W. killed her son!” Cindy Sheehan told reporters: “I want to ask the president, 'Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?”'
CBS News Correspondent Mark Knoller reports that the passion of Sheehan’s message reflects the polarizing effects of war and may be why some in the administration tried late last month to call the conflict something else.
Sheehan, 48, didn't get to see Bush, but did talk about 45 minutes with national security adviser Steve Hadley and deputy White House chief of staff Joe Hagin, who went out to hear her concerns.
