On Cindy Sheehan

In case you don't know who she is, Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Casey Sheehan, one of our brave soldiers who lost his life in Iraq on April 4, 2004.

President Bush visited with her shortly after her loss. Back then, Cindy said:

I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis,' Cindy said after their meeting. 'I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.

Now Cindy hates GWB, and she's literally camping out in a ditch outside of his ranch in Crawford, Texas, asking to meet with him again. She has become a liberal cause celeb, and she has a website www.meetwithcindy.org
How does someone change their opinion of GWB by 180 degrees within a year?
I decided to do a little web research.

First of all, I wanted to find out where Meetwithcindy.org originated. It looked like someone had created it overnight, and I was right. When I did a whois, I found out that it was born on August 8th, 2005.
So then I traced the name of the person that it is registered to: David Swanson, of Maryland.
The great thing about the progressive left is that they are all about touting their achivements. It makes their movements easier to trace on the web.

David Swanson has a few other websites, including:
afterdowningstreet.org Where you'll find a link to meetwithcindy.org
Lets Try Democracy (also known as davidswanson.org)

Who is David Swanson? If I have the same Maryland David Swanson, he was the communications director of ACORN from 2000 to 2003, and is the media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association.

According to the Radio Left website, he is the media person for the Progressive democrats of America. And surprise, that website also has an article about Cindy Sheehan.

Now I'd like to give Cindy a little bit a leeway on her loss. I really would.
But she's a little nuts.
I'm not just saying this because of her 180 degree turn on GWB, or the fact that she doesn't want to try to explain it, every time someone in the media asks her about it. And I'm not just saying this because, you know, she's camping out in a ditch outside of someone's home demanding to speak to them.
Although that is kinda nutty.
I'm saying this because when you see her and hear her, you just instinctively know that she's a nut.

But now (from Drudge Report) comes a subtle confirmation from her family, who have obviously been trying to give her some room to live with her sorrow:

The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son's good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.
Sincerely,
Casey Sheehan's grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.

I love that phrase: "silently, with prayer and respect." Man, that says it all. How many people out there are silently supporting GWB, with prayer and respect?

Anyway, now you know a little bit about the background of meetwithcindy.org, and why she's suddenly interested in the Downing Street memos, and why her newest, bestest friend is a guy named David Swanson. Who, as far as I can tell, is just a little bit to the left of Eleanor Clift.