Infinite MonkeysIf you're against the war and have a personal stake in how it's waged — like, say, for instance, you're Cindy Sheehan — you have absolute moral authority to criticize the war and will have virtually unlimited access to a fawning media.
If your'e for the war, and have a personal stake in how it's waged — like, say, you've fought in it — you don't have absolute moral authority to support the war. Even if you're war veteran John Kriesel, and you lost both legs in a blast near Fallujah in December 2006, and you want to promote the fact that you support the war — MSNBC tells you to drop dead.
Not only can't the good people at Freedom's Watch get the kind of fawning press coverage Sheehan and her fellow shriekers enjoy, (the coverage Freedom Watch gets is sneering and patronizing), they can't even buy free speech on MSNBC in the form of an ad.
Repeat: Two missing legs. Supports the war. Media says, "Drop Dead."
Shame.
Posted by Dr. Zaius at August 29, 2007 01:45 AM