Beating A Dead Horse

I know it is impolite of me to mention the words "horse" and "Cindy Sheehan" in the same posting, but the phrase "beating a dead horse" fits so well with the media's treatment of this withered, bitter woman. 

Able to draw a mere 100 supporters in Spain, where her message of surrender to the islamists must surely be appealing, the press is still mesmerized by a woman whose only claim to fame is her shameless ability to ride her son's death onto the front page of newspapers everywhere.  This horse is one they are willing to beat still, even though it's been dead for a while. 

Good for them, I hope they keep it up.  The longer this woman defiles her son's corpse, the worse she looks to the rest of us.  If this is the face of the modern Democratic Party (and the Dems don't seem to refute that), then every single insincere cry of "we support the troops!" will be just that much harder to believe.  And the Republican response to this lady's vamping in the limelight should be so simple, so easy, (and so effective once it takes place) that it is hard to understand why the Dems have hung so much of their future on this hag.  The Dems have one single embittered, America-hating, anti-Semitic, publicity hound to parade in front of American voters.  The Republicans will be able to find hundreds of parents; well spoken, educated, sincere parents who are not seeking to cash in on their son or daughter's service and death in Iraq, who will counter the message that Cindy Sheehan speaks for them.  They will step forward, and talk about the love they had for their children; of the sacrifice their son or daughter made, of their heartfelt loss, and of the incredible sense of pride they have in their son or daughter's service.  Despite their death in Iraq. 

The public will be presented with two sets of parents; the one embittered vs. the many proud.  The one publicity hound vs. the many quietly dignified.  The one raging hater vs. the many loving parents. 

The one dead horse, beaten vs. the multitude of unbeaten.

(update-it's already begun.  Not by the Republicans, but by the parents themselves.  Read this, at The Mudville Gazette, and see how right I am.)

Comments

[Frankly Opinionated]

I don't know what this wench is; but there is a lot that she is not.
Cindy "Snake" Sheehan is not:
a GOLD STAR MOTHER
a patriot
a credit to her son
the worst the dems can find
the representative of America
the voice of honesty
going to win this one
She just isn't!