The Congressional Offspring Military Enlistment (COME) Project . . .

[OneBlueSky]

Cindy Sheehan's questions for Bush suggest a potentially interesting activist project . . .

when asked what she would ask Bush if he agreed to meet with her, Cindy said (paraphrasing) that she would ask him what the "noble cause" we were fighting for was -- and if he has encouraged his own daughters to enlist to fight for this cause . . . that suggests an potentially interesting and revealing activist project for DU . . .

suppose we researched -- on the web -- all 435 Members of Congress and all 100 senators to find out which had children of prime military age -- say ages 17 through 28 or so . . . with this information, we could then have a constituent of each contact their respective/senator and ask the questions:

"Congressman/Senator, since you support the war in Iraq, have you encouraged your son/daughter(s), name(s), to enlist in the armed forces and fight in the war? If not, why not?" . . .

then we could publicize all of their answers (or non-responses) here and elsewhere . . .

[ClassWarrior]

1. I like...

NGU.

[merci_me]

2. You might want to dig deeper...........

Check out grandkids, too.

I'm 64, in the age group of the majority of the congress and senate and I have grandkids 25 and 17. My grandson just went home from a week long visit and when I hugged him goodbye, I didn't want to let go. When I protest this war, his face is in my mind and heart.

Also, why always stop with "the twins". What about Jeb's hunky son who spend weeks on TV campaigning for Uncle *?

Hey, what about all the C&W people who campaigned? You know they did all they could to sell his lies to people who can't think. They owe us!! When will they write a song?

[OneBlueSky]

3. excellent idea . . . although the information may be harder to get . . .

I'm assuming that the web pages of most congresspersons and senators will list their children's names and ages . . . in most cases, I doubt that they'd include that information about grandkids . . . but if it can be determined, they should be included as well . . .