A “Gentle Lady” And A “Warmonger”
My senator, Elizabeth Dole, met with Cindy Sheehan yesterday:
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and peace mom Cindy Sheehan met privately to discuss the war in Iraq and parted as divided in their views as ever.“Some of the inflammatory statements that have been made by Ms. Sheehan and her political organization undermine the overall War on Terror and are extremely detrimental to our men and women in uniform in harm’s way,” Dole, R-N.C., said in a statement after the 10-minute private meeting on Thursday.
Dole, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was “a gentle lady,” and “a warmonger,” Sheehan said. She used the same epithet to describe Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran who has supported the war in Iraq, after a meeting with him Wednesday.
I find the use of the term “peace mom” to be an incredibly inaccurate description of Cindy Sheehan, but most of the descriptions I might suggest probably would not be considered very politic. Hat tip: Jennifer.
— Lorie Byrd