ABC's Charlie Gibson Has Had Enough Of Cindy Sheehan

Absolute Moral Authority(tm) ain't what it used to be.

And you look at somebody like that and you think here's somebody who's just trying to find some meaning in her son's death. And you have to be sympathetic to her. Anybody who has given a son to this country has made an enormous sacrifice, and you have to be sympathetic. But enough already.

Thanks for your service Cindy, now get with the new program.

Found via Newsbusters which has a rundown of Gibson's previous take on Sheehan's protests. I think it's fair to say he used to have a much more nuanced view.

Remember when President Bush said, "Enough already" to Sheehan because the time for talk was over? Me too.

Well, she was reported to the authorities to be straightened out, right? You know, I'm starting to think Bush didn't really understand that whole fascist thing.

Always lost in a conversation about Cindy Sheehan is the fact that her son Casey is an honest to God, American hero. He wasn't a dimwitted kid conned into joining the Army. He was a man who reenlisted knowing full well he'd be sent to Iraq. He didn't have to be on the mission where he died. Again, he volunteered to be a part of a quick reaction force that was assembled to rescue ambushed soldiers.

His mom is what she is. None of that changes who he was and we shouldn't let her over shadow his memory.

posted by DrewM. at 07:25 PM

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