So, Cindy Sheehan got arrested last night and hauled out of the House of Representatives chamber shortly before the State of the Union Address commenced. You will forgive me if I lack a much sympathy. Certainly, the handling of the entire situation leaves much to be desired, and the situation was arguably a violation of the Constitutional right of all Americans to get their panties in a bunch in the time and place of their choosing. However, Ms. Sheehan did not just fall off the turnip truck yesterday. She knows, better than many, how this particular incarnation of the government views dissent. She must have realized that there was no way on God's Green Earth they were going to let her sit 6 rows behind the First Lady wearing an anti-war t-shirt, particularly when dress code for the evening was full business attire.
I can't be the only one who has noticed that she's toeing a line about a hair's breadth from the legal definition of "stalking" under the laws of both Washington, DC and Texas.
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