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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:42 AM
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The reason why Bush will never meet with Cindy Sheehan:
Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 10:45 AM by tasteblind
Because if he does it, it encourages others to camp out on his doorstep.

It's the same as the "don't negotiate with terrorists" philosophy. Negotiating with terrorists legitimizes them and their views, and justifies their methods.

If Bush meets with Cindy Sheehan, it will only embolden activists and soon he will have to contend with a small farm industry of protest outside his ranch.

As far as President Bush is concerned, in order to make demands on the system, you should write your congressional delegation, wait for the next election cycle, and contribute to your favorite candidate, maybe do the rounds on the talk show circuit if you can get the producers to return your calls.

You should not take matters into your own hands and start raising hell in conspicuous ways, as Cindy Sheehan has.

He can't and won't encourage such brazen use of the First Amendment.

That's why Bush cannot, and will not meet with Cindy.

The fact that he's an asshole and doesn't want to anyway is just icing.
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LeftyElvis Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:44 AM
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1. I think this may all end badly
and those rednecks down there really start causing poor Cindy some real trouble.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:45 AM
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2. I sure hope not.
At least there are a lot of good people down there looking out for her.
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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:45 AM
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3. Well put.
I agree with every point and observation.
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:46 AM
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4. IOW he is above that sort of thing
The same reason the US will not engage in talks with North Korea. The US is way tooo superior for that stuff.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:48 AM
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5. If that were the case, they would be there right now, wouldn't they?
Standing side by side with Cindy Sheehan? Cindy is an exception.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:50 AM
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6. The fact that it's August probably has something to do with it.
Surely a brutal time to be out there.

The more success she has, though, the more likely that people will be encouraged to join her.

Once Autumn starts, anyway. :D
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LisaLynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:55 AM
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7. You may be on to something as far as their thinking goes.
I also really don't think * is capable of meeting a person face to face whom he knows does not like him and has the moral high ground. Plus, he thinks he's the big bad dictator of the world. That plays into it, too.
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