Political Punch

prana - Maybe if the World and the anti-American people would wake up this war would be over.

You use word games such as anti-war, to appease the people, well I know of no one that is for War. so everybody is antiwar.

So the groups that name themselves as antiwar are really ANTI-American, and thats is it. You can tell by the way they only report or talk about our troops never what the enemy does.

So Please stop with the word games and call yourselves what you really are, anti-Americans.

You call Iraq a civil war and we should no be involved, but yet your draft-dodger Clinton sends our troops to an actual civil war and that is ok. Hypocrites.

She is obviously suffering from "compassion fatigue." to speak up and out against the war or any huge issue takes alot of strategic planning, emotional and physical strength and endurance, know your boundries and having the courage to say no or pay up!

Unfortunately - sounds like she took on this mission by the seat of her pants and without a strong core of people to guide her or remind her to take breaks.

It's a mission to go against the grain - she was a good 'face' for a time being, but the movement continues to progress and she did indeed make change - as the popularity for the war had dramatically decreased and the lies behind the war have widely surfaced...she's done her job.

Onward to Michael Franti who is growing as the new generation of revolution and has been making change worldwide. We are not alone.

In a movie about Vietnam call "Gardens of Stone" One of the two main characters makes a quote:" You must stay here and protest against the war, I must go and help bring as many of these boys(now girls too) home". Cindy was doing what every American should be doing, being critical of the war. As a former Soldier it was my job to carry out the orders given by my superiors, and as a leader it was my responsibility to help bring all my troops home. Now that I'm a civilian it is my job to be critical of war, it is my job to be critical of wanting to go to war, and it is my job to be critical of when a war should continue or end. TO Cindy: I want to express my condolences for the loss of a loved one to war, to your sons life and his memory you have my complete respect. I did not always support you methods but I do support your voice and your opinion.

Tumbleweedin - You must support the Conservatives, and if she was standing up against Big Government she would be conservative. She was being used by the libs, and just like Dr. Frankenstein, they created a monster they could not control, so they dropped her.

moosemeat - interesting nick anyhow :)

Do you know that the goverment made 4 time more then the oil companies did, Oile companies make approx 10 cents on the gallon, the goverment depending on the state make 33 to 62 cents on the gallon.

Note - Governor of NJ thinks he needes to raise the tax on gas now.

If the libs would allow drilling in the US, and building of new refineries then we would have no issue.

Secondly, you do know it is the lib environmentalists that are stopping building of new technology, Right?

Also please explain the high gas prices under Carter, If you account for inflation, you were paying alot more.

Bush doesn't like Chavez because he wants to sell us oil at reduced prices which will hurt the market Bush and his cronies so ignorantly have built up. How can you justify not doing anything about record breaking, billion dollar profits for the oil companies and investing in a product that, for our morality and existence, needs to be phased out. I guess it's "Head for the hills!" for the rich and the poor and middle are just cannon fodder.

I understand what she was trying to do. Now it is time to go home and take care the rest of her family,and let go. I believe her son would want that. God bless Cindy and the her family. Greg Boone

Cindy is a brave woman filled with compassion and intelligence. She cared enough to take a stand inspite of the barbs that came with it. I wish her wellness, admiration and a much much better life from here on forth. Don't give up hope Cindy.

MAN! Is this country ever divided. I bet the CONTROLLERS just love this kind of divide and rule soap opera. You-all are playing right into their hands. And while you get so pathetically hostile over one woman who lost a son and found her way to standing up against BIG GOVERNMENT, they sit back and set up for the next move. Oh my poor poor little sheeple.

First let me say Pres. Bush did meet with Cindy prior to her becoming a mouth piece for the Left, and she said after that meeting that President Bush was comforting. Only after the Left brainwashed her did this happen to her.

And no if Gore was in the white House he would of treated 9/11 as a crimal case just as Clinton did with all the other attacks on his watch. So Please, we were attacked because Bin Laden thought we would back down as we did after the first bombing, Somalia, and so forth, he even said it.

Now for those who support her act agaiin st the War thinking she supports america, why did she meet with Chavez and other hate america people?

Grenada was in 1983. Desert Storm was in 1991. You claim you served six years in the military. Which one are you lying about?

BTW, did Sheehan ever put a tombstone on her son's grave? Or did she use the VA payout to fly to her boyfriend Chavez?

About time,she stopped being used by the Lib Hate America Crowd.

This women was given fuel by the liberals and made a fool out of herself. I feel sorry for her pasted son. I am sure he did not want this to happen and i am sure he has turned over in his grave, time and time again. His mother surely wanted the best for him, but this was insane. I disagree 110% with this lady, but feel so sorry for her, she desperatly needs to get help. Just goes to show you how misinformed and mislead the liberals are. They dont do the research and speak out of their rear-ends.

It's about time that she stopped disrespecting our troops in harms way and starting being patriotic. Her son died for something, he died for his country and he died for freedom.
Thank g-d it's finally over!

This to me is very sad. She chose this path and she has done great harm to herself, her family, and her son's memory. She cannot blame Bush anymore. She brought this misery on herself.

WOW. Finally, thank you Cindy Sheehan for finally resigning. I am not bashing her as most do, but I will not boost her popularity at her son's expense. I think she handled her situation all wrong and took opportunity and put that as top priority before her family. She had no basis to start her crusade. Her son willingly joined the Forces to protect his country. Regardless of the pointing fingers of "who" was to blame, he gave up his life for us. Senseless tragedies happen a lot and you can use all of your energy focusing on the negative or use it to focus on his positive. She should have been focused on how her family will survive without their son and brother not camped out at a President's ranch. She should have supported a memorial at a school, library, or park to honor her son's decision not verbally attack government officials or use bullying tactics of her own to favor something that wasn't her choice to begin with. Our children chose their own lives, regardless if we like it or not, but believing in them no matter the consequences is something a parent should do. On this memorial day, I say Thank you to Casey Sheehan for sacrificing himself to make a safer place for us to live. I hope God blesses you Casey and looks over your family as they heal. To Cindy, may your family begin to heal now that your priorities are put back into perspective.

I have never been a fan of most of Ms. Sheehan's radical (and thus, ineffective) comments, but I sure do admire and respect her persistence after losing a child.

I hope she, like Mr. Bush and his family in 2009, can find peace following such an intense period in the limelight.

I think that she did the country a public service. And for that, I thank her.

Do I think she owes it to the peace movement to keep on keeping on? hell no. She's done plenty already. She doesn't owe anyone anything.

The Democratic Party should welcome Ms. Sheehan's departure. Many disagree that the fight should center in Iraq, but most do not disagree that a fight is necessary.

While many Democrats and Republicans agree that entry into Iraq may have been a mistake, down deep, they also agree that once there, we could not simply hand over power to a new group of generals and Baathist party officials who would solve most of the problems there in a brutal manner but end up with insufficient power to prevent infestation by sectarian radicals. This is the ill considered approach we adopted in many interventions across the globe over past decades.

Most Democrats probably also feel (secretly at least) that we should not now abandon the democratization process we have initiated. Many people want out of Iraq, like Sheehan, but unlike Sheehan, they sense that the stakes are high, and they hold out hope for some kind of success. If none of this were true, the Democratic-controlled Congress would find it easier simply to cancel military action.

Sheehan is a tragic fortune of war, and much of the tragedy comes from her hate of fellow citizens. It is difficult for most people to understand precisely what she thinks would need to happen in order to give her son’s death meaning. Her harsh, often coarse rhetoric interferes with her message, and it seems doubtful that a change in political affiliation will increase her audience.

Heck, she could probably move in with Hugo Chavez. His progressive administration is making some real gains in freedom of speech. Maybe Cindy could have her own show on his new network.

Cindy, I'm gonna miss ya. You were hilarious!