Truth Hurts

Cindy Sheehan conquered the front pages of American (and Italian) newspapers, moving blogsphere’s left side to tears (including some libertarians that do not make even the smallest effort to distinguish themselves from the vulgate of the peace movement), But now, at the end, some more news are leaking about this “desperate American mother” who, after losing his son Casey during the first days of the Iraq War, has been camping in front of George G. Bush’s Texan ranch to meet him and convince him to withdraw the troops. And it looks like that the anti-Bush bloggers, with the usual complicity of mainstream media, decided to hide from the general public a very consistent part of the story. For a detailed report about this event, we suggest the reading of this article from FrontPage Magazine (or the ones published by American Thinker and American Spectator - via Nif). For the laziest ones, we can just recall four simple facts: 1) Mrs Sheehan, in 2004, already met president Bush (the same bad guy who not even slowed down the presidential limousine coming back to Crawford!); 2) Mrs Sheehan’s sit-in was not at all spontaneous, but carefully planned by some of the most militant (and rich) US peace organization, under the watchful direction of Joe Trippi (manager of Howard Dean’s presidential campaign in 2004) and Bob Fertik (in charge of Democrats.com, the home of aggressive progressives); 3) Mrs Sheehan closeness to the position of the most radical left dates back to many years before the tragic death of his son (by the way, dead in an action of outstanding heroism); 4) The other relatives of Casey Sheehan are disgusted by Cindy’s behaviour and decided to write a white-hot email to Melanie Morgan, anchorwoman of the radio show Move America Forward, in which they say “not to agree with the political motivations and the pubblicity tactics” made hers by Casey’s mother. “She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the expense of her son's good name and reputation” – grandfathers, nephews, uncles, aunties of Sheehan family write in their message, making clear that “the rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.” For the gurus of digital left, as well as for the belly dancers of mainstream media, pointing out these facts means participating to a defamation campaign. But, using Albert Einstein’s own words: “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor”. Round-up: Hyscience, The QandO Blog, Wizbang!, The Jawa Report, Iraq the Model, Very Small Doses, Confederate Yankee, Point Five, Ace of Spades, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Michelle Malkin, Protein Wisdom. (read the original post in italian)