MoDo: Why No Tea and Sympathy?

[kskiska]

W. can't get no satisfaction on Iraq.

There's an angry mother of a dead soldier camping outside his Crawford ranch, demanding to see a president who prefers his sympathy to be carefully choreographed.

(snip)

The Bush team tried to discredit "Mom" by pointing reporters to an old article in which she sounded kinder to W. If only her husband were an undercover C.I.A. operative, the Bushies could out him. But even if they send out a squad of Swift Boat Moms for Truth, there will be a countering Falluja Moms for Truth.

It's amazing that the White House does not have the elementary shrewdness to have Mr. Bush simply walk down the driveway and hear the woman out, or invite her in for a cup of tea. But W., who has spent nearly 20 percent of his presidency at his ranch, is burrowed into his five-week vacation and two-hour daily workouts. He may be in great shape, but Iraq sure isn't.

It's hard to think of another president who lived in such meta-insulation. His rigidly controlled environment allows no chance encounters with anyone who disagrees. He never has to defend himself to anyone, and that is cognitively injurious. He's a populist who never meets people - an ordinary guy who clears brush, and brush is the only thing he talks to. Mr. Bush hails Texas as a place where he can return to his roots. But is he mixing it up there with anyone besides Vulcans, Pioneers and Rangers?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/opinion/10dowd.html?

[Bumblebee]

1. Yes, we have a winner!!!

:bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

2. "Falluja Moms for Truth"

Way to go, MoDo! :woohoo:

[RamboLiberal]

3. When MoDo's Good She's Very Good

She was sure sharpening her W. knives while on hiatus. This one had me cheering.

[bobbieinok]

6. she trashed Gore 24/7 so W is partly her fault

[txindy]

4. This column was absolutely awesome

That's an absolute knockout. Anyone reading that, previously aware of Cindy Sheehan's vigil or not, is going to be blown away by Junior's callous and cowardly behavior towards her.

[cal04]

5. Great piece MD

W.'s idea of consolation was to dispatch Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, to talk to Ms. Sheehan, underscoring the inhumane humanitarianism of his foreign policy. Mr. Hadley is just a suit, one of the hard-line Unsweet Neo Cons who helped hype America into this war.


But his humanitarianism will remain inhumane as long as he fails to understand that the moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute.

[rodeodance]

7. see this DU thread also----

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4301433&mesg_id=4301433

[bklyncowgirl]

8. Welcome back MoDo

This is a winner.

[Catfight]

9. Welcome back Maureen, good to see her again. nt