A Bereaved Mother's Crawford Vigil

[dave502d]

Wednesday's rains are gone, now, and Cindy Sheehan, who's been ensconced outside President Bush's ranch since last weekend protesting what she calls the needless death of her son in Iraq, shades her eyes as she sits on the roadside along Prairie Chapel Ranch Road. She's doing two interviews simultaneously, one on her cell phone and another with a reporter on the scene. Sheehan is surrounded by some 60 supporters and a small roadside field of white crosses. Signs saying "Jesus Wept," "Bush: Meet with Cindy" and "Iraq = Arabic for Vietnam" line the country road, along with bongo drums and small lean-tos for shade.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093012,00.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I was talking about this to folks

I saw when delivering stuff for work. One woman said Bush was "rude" not to talk to Cindy, but that Casey's death "wasn't Bush's fault". Took all my aplomb to simply say, "On that you and I disagree."