Rob's Politics Blog

Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside Bush's Crawford ranch began as high drama, but is rapidly turning into something no one wanted to see: the spectacle of a human lost in paroxysms of grief. What else is one to make of her recent statements? It certainly isn't fair to expect Ms. Sheehan to be stoic in her grief, but there is something demeaning about televising her agonized declarations that Bush killed her son, even if she has sought this attention herself. Her protest has emotional resonance, but it seems increasingly to be the flailing laments of someone lost in grief. Someone needs to stop the cameras, stop the circus, and let this woman and her family begin the process of healing.