The Still-Raw Wound

It may be that way forever...

From Tim Grieve of Salon.com posted today (you have to register).

Sheehan's numbers? Better than Bush's

George W. Bush says that he's met with the families of a lot of fallen soldiers and that Cindy Sheehan "doesn't represent the view of a lot" of them. We have no way of knowing one way or another, of course: The meetings are closed to the press, so it's hard to know what family members have told the president, let alone what they actually think.

But thanks to the wonders of modern polling, we do know what American families think more generally, and it turns out that Cindy Sheehan does indeed "represent the view" of a lot of them. In a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a majority of Americans say they support what Cindy Sheehan is doing in Crawford.

The president can only dream about poll numbers like Sheehan's. While Americans support Cindy Sheehan's actions on Iraq by a margin of 53 to 42 percent, the latest AP-Ipsos Poll shows they disapprove of Bush's handling of Iraq by a margin of 58 to 37 percent.

Memo to the right: The demonization of Cindy Sheehan is working just about as well as the president's plan for Iraq. Perhaps it's time to reconsider both.

And for anyone who would still, at this point, take issue with Cindy Sheehan (yes, I know there’s a bunch still out there), I would submit this for your review (I don’t know exactly where this came from, but it sounds pretty legit to me).

Also, “Crooks And Liars” has a video of Perry Jeffries speaking up in defense of Sheehan (I’ll check it out later).