Originally posted by banana
Bodhi 
No, your extension is still valid. This is just a debate among friends.
Now, as to your arguments.....
I will grant that making a spectacle of yourself at a public speech is not the most politically correct thing to do. On the other hand, though, how many audiences with bereaved parents or wives of deceased soldiers is President Bush granting? None? I thought so.
How else is the woman going to get attention from the administration? By sending a polite email and requesting an audience?
The point is.....she lost a son, and wants some answers to some tough questions. The Republicans don't want to acknowledge the loss of life during the re-election campaign, because it's bad for vote garnering.
I would argue that instead of DIShonoring her son, she is honoring him by keeping his memory alive, and by demanding that his President, who sent him into battle, be held accountable.
I agree, to some of the points, but I disagree that there are no parents or family members at any of the rallys who have lost loved ones. As you know I live in Colorado. While I was unable to go, some friends went to Bush's appearence in Denver, with a man whose son was killed in Iraq. He still supports the president. He is devastated over the loss of his son, but also realises that his son died doing what he believed in, so.... to say that all parents who have lost children do not believe in the cause in Iraq is wrong. Some look at it differently, and try to make bigger issues.
I am sorry the lady lost her son, but she is going about it the wrong way. Hell, there are plenty of CBS reporters that would love a chance to help swing the election, why not call them?
