Latest Attack on Sheehan

Here's Drudge's latest attack on Cindy Sheehan. So, let me see if I understand it -- Drudge's position is that Sheehan should stop her vigil and keep her mouth shut because the rest of Sheehan's family are a bunch of pro-Bush, warmongering assholes. Nice.

What is it with these people? On my way to work yesterday -- as I was listening to a radio report saying that several more American soldiers have died in Iraq -- a big pick-up with a "Support the Troops" ribbon magnet attached to it was sitting in traffic ahead of me. This is not a rare occurrence for the streets of Bend. One of the few drawbacks of living in Central Oregon is that you see a lot of these ribbon magnets (usually attached to huge pick-ups or SUVs). I know that people originally purchased these ribbons -- not really as a show of support for the troops -- but in order to respond to people like me who opposed Bush's folly in Iraq from the start. But what do these ribbons really stand for now that all the lies have been exposed?

Recent polls are showing that only 40% of Americans now approve of the Bush's handling of the Iraq War. Although that is a pretty low approval number for our so-called "war-time" president, you really have to start wondering why so many people are still on board with Bush's handling of this war. Oh sure, I know a good percentage of the country would support Bush no matter what he did, and yes -- last I heard, over 40% of the nation still thinks that Saddam was somehow involved in the 9-11 attacks (including at least one Congressman).

Perhaps such a high percentage still approve of Bush's job in Iraq because they spent a lot of effort in the past defending Bush's decision to attack and they are now simply afraid to admit that they were duped into backing one of the greatest foreign policy blunders in American history. But I'm starting to think that a good number of the 40% are fine with the fact that Bush lied to get us into Iraq, because they like the idea of an America that goes around the world kicking ass -- even if we are doing so incompetently. And if it takes a few lies in order to trick Americans into backing an invasion of Iraq, then that is OK with these folks, so long as they or their kids don't have to go overseas and fight.