Cindy Sheehan Support

[OldHiker]

Flip-Flopping Protest Soldier Mom Past Media Statute of Limitations
CRAWFORD, Texas --- Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier in Iraq, has been receiving fawning news coverage and support from Democrats since she began her protest in front of Bush's Crawford Ranch. While CNN, The New York Times and others have tripped over each other to cover this story, no one seems to be covering Cindy's comments from her initial meeting with President Bush in 2004 when she said "I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."


When confronted about the odd omission, the crack reporters in the mainstream media explained the situation. "Statute of limitations," said a reporter at the New York Times. "Cindy's positive comments about the President occurred over a year ago, so we're not required to mention them. There is no statute of limitations on negative comments about Bush, but we can exclude anything over one year old if it contradicts a negative statement about Bush or shows hypocrisy or makes a critic of Bush look like a jackass. All of this criticism of the media by conservatives is a crock. We're just following the rules."