bush was "disrespectful" to cindy sheehan in june meeting

[dajoki]

As the mother of an Army specialist who was killed at age 24 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004, Ms. Sheehan's story is certainly compelling. She is also articulate, aggressive in delivering her message and has information that most White House reporters have not heard before: how Mr. Bush handles himself when he meets behind closed doors with the families of soldiers killed in Iraq.

The White House has released few details of such sessions, which Mr. Bush holds regularly as he travels the country, but generally portrays them as emotional and an opportunity for the president to share the grief of the families. In Ms. Sheehan's telling, though, Mr. Bush did not know her son's name when she and her family met with him in June 2004 at Fort Lewis. Mr. Bush, she said, acted as if he were at a party and behaved disrespectfully toward her by referring to her as "Mom" throughout the meeting.

By Ms. Sheehan's account, Mr. Bush said to her that he could not imagine losing a loved one like an aunt or uncle or cousin. Ms. Sheehan said she broke in and told Mr. Bush that Casey was her son, and that she thought he could imagine what it would be like since he has two daughters and that he should think about what it would be like sending them off to war.

"I said, 'Trust me, you don't want to go there'," Ms. Sheehan said, recounting her exchange with the president. "He said, 'You're right, I don't.' I said, 'Well, thanks for putting me there.' "
NYT 8/8/05http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/politics/08crawford.html?ex=1281153600&en=97a5f2bf4e440158&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[bluestateguy]

1. No, he couldn't imagine it

Because he has never lost a family member in war.

I'll at least give his old man and his grandfather credit for standing up and fighting in the wars they supported. Though that whole banking for the Nazis thing tended to flush away Prescott's moral authority.

[dajoki]

9. God Bless her for having the guts to tell him like it is!! n/t

[bettyellen]

2. she's not a "Mom" to that soldier anymore. what an idiot.

[dflprincess]

3. She will always be Casey's mom

but she isn't Bush's mom and for him to refer to her that way is amazingly disrespectful.

[bettyellen]

5. especially since she lost her son.

what a fuckup.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Bushes do not go to war.

With one exception, of course. Bush The Smarter did his duty in WWII.

[dajoki]

6. cindy said: "mr. bush acted as if he were at a party"

what a f**king moron. i guess old habits are hard to break.

[Imagevision]

7. When Bush does think about Iraq he only see's $$$ signs

[dajoki]

8. and cheneyburtin n/t

[dajoki]

10. kick