Cindy Sheehan

I've been reluctant to say anything about Cindy Sheehan because she is the mother of a fallen hero and because I honestly believe that she may be mentally imbalanced. I don't mean that last statement with any sort of malice. Sheehan lost her son, lost her husband (divorce) and was thrust into the limelight as a sort of Mother Theresa of the Anti-War movement all pretty much at the same time. It was obviously too much for her to handle. I felt sorrow when I saw her being used by others for their own ends.

That's why I now have to chuckle since the chickens (so to speak) are coming home to roost on the folks who tried to use Cindy Sheehan instead of helping her.

"The Democrats will not hold this administration accountable, so we have to hold the Democrats accountable," Sheehan said outside of Conyers' office after the meeting. "And I for one am going to step up to the plate and run against Nancy Pelosi."

The right doesn't listen to Sheehan but the Left having created a media superstar now has no choice but to cover her. If they deride her as a "kook" then the question has to be asked, "Did you know she was a kook back when you were playing her up as the absolute moral authority on the war?" If the media admits culpability then they lose another part of their dwindling credibility. If they continue to cover Sheehan - then they contribute to the further splitting of the Democratic Party. It's a catch-22 that will be fun to watch play out.