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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (50220)	8/26/2005 3:21:47 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 59480

The Associated Press brings us a Sheehanoid blast from the past: Among those defending Sheehan are former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, who believes his wife's identity as an undercover CIA operative was leaked in retaliation for his criticism of the Bush administration in a 2002 New York Times op-ed piece. "The Bush White House and its right-wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families' vigil in central Texas in the same way that they always respond to bad news--by unleashing personal attacks and smears against her," Wilson said in a statement released Wednesday. Actually, Wilson's op-ed ran in 2003, not 2002, but the point is it was so long ago, who remembers? And he isn't the only erstwhile Angry Left celeb trying to steal a piece of Cindy Sheehan's 15 minutes of fame: Coleen Rowley and Downing Street have both made appearances as well. It would be funny if it weren't so sad. As for Wilson, the Los Angeles Times devotes more than 5,000 words to retelling the story of the Valerie Plame kerfuffle, which he set off all those years ago. Don't they realize this sort of thing only encourages him?