ScrappleFace: Leak: Draft of Bush Answer to Cindy Sheehan
Allen August 26th, 2005
Man, does ScrappleFace have a great "satire" entry: Leak: Draft of Bush Answer to Cindy Sheehan.
Quoting from the article:
Dear Mrs. Sheehan,
You have asked me to identify the noble cause for which your son died. I have not answered you personally out of respect for the nobility of your son’s sacrifice.
Being president forces me into the spotlight, but I would rather stand in the shadows of men like Casey Sheehan.
Directing national attention on my response to your protest creates a distraction from what matters. The focus of our attention, and our admiration, should rest on people like Casey Sheehan, who stand in the breach when evil threatens to break out and consume a helpless people.
The running story on the news networks should be the valiant efforts of our troops — the merchants of mercy who export freedom and import honor. They trade their own lives for the sake of others.
As a result, we live in a nation where a woman can camp outside of the president’s house and verbally attack the president for weeks on end without fear of prison, torture or death. And the number of nations where such protest is possible has multiplied thanks to the work of our military.
You ask for what noble cause your son died?
In a sense he died so that people like you, who passionately oppose government policies, can freely express that opposition. As you camp in Crawford, you should take off your shoes, for you stand on holy ground. This land was bought with the blood of men like your son.
More at the article, so be sure to read it.
The only satire to be found, I think, in the article is the fact that this should be the response that George should give, but won’t. Such a shame that we don’t hear more of this from our actual leaders.
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