Our Imploding President (Engelhardt interviews Sheehan / MoJo)

[struggle4progress]

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TD: So what did Hadley and Hagen say to you?

CS: They said, "What do you want to tell the President?" I said, "I want to ask the President, what is the noble cause my son died for?" And they kept telling me: Keep America safe from terrorism for freedom and democracy. Blah-blah-blah? all the excuses I wasn't going to take, except from the President. Then we talked about weapons of mass destruction and the lack thereof, about how they had really believed it. I was: Well, really, Mr. Stephen (Yellowcake Uranium) Hadley? I finally said, "This is a waste of time. I might be a grieving mother, but I'm not stupid. I'm very well informed and I want to meet with the President." And so they said, "Okay, we'll pass on your concerns to the President."

They said at one point, "We didn't come out here thinking we'd change your mind on policy." And I said, "Yes you did." They thought they were going to intimidate me, that they were going to impress me with the high level of administration official they had sent out, and after they explained everything to me, I was going to go , "Ohhhh, I really never saw it that way. Okay, let's go guys." You know, that's exactly what they thought they were going to do to me. And I believe it was a move that did backfire because, as you said, it gave me credibility and then, all of a sudden, the White House press corps thought this might be a story worth covering. <snip>

http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2005/09/cindy_sheehan.html

[neuvocat]

1. You have to admit that Bush's self-destruction is spectacular.

I mean, there's this fascination with seeing him self-destruct. Too bad we're not watching a movie and we know for certain we'll walk out ok, much less alive.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Someday, and I hope soon, there will be a movie about this Bush Guy

and in it, he will not be the John Wayne he wants us to believe he is... he will be a dufus of mega proportions...