Reply #12: If he had agreed to meet her right away

[jbnow]

as honor suggests he should do, it might have meant much less. He'd have been uncomfortable and said fake things and probably not hear or learn, though perhaps her passion could get through.

But it does get through to the rest of us. This wait of hers, her insistence on speaking truth to power, while "power" hides out on his fake ranch, is turning so many eyes that way.

Because she is REAL, Casey was real. Her son is dead. She is sick of bullshit. And while he could ignore all that, the press is there and the world will not ignore her.

She's got them in a pickle there. You don't get to smear a bereaved mother. The longer he waits to see her the more attention this will get.

I love that she tells the world the truth about their last meeting. He did not know her name or Casey's name or the relationship. He would not hear about Casey or look at his pictures. There is the president, like being there is enough hard work. Sure he sent them off to die, but learning their name and showing respect? Heck, they should be honored he is taking the time and being jolly.

She wants to know what Casey died for. Maybe they are right and he died to keep the country safe. And it is her actions that is doing it, the more that see the truth, the safer this country is.

Because of her transmuting grief into action she brings meaning to Casey's death and life.