The Side of Compassion Loses a Spokeswoman

It is incredibly sad that getting people like Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz or Gonzales to resign for their crimes is like pulling teeth, but a voice of compassion like Cindy Sheehan is forced to find some normalcy in her life because Bush won’t give her the time of day.

It is also interesting to note that Sheehan blames Democrats equally, because she is “disillusioned by the failure of Democratic politicians to bring the unpopular war to an end”.

From CNN:

Cindy Sheehan, the California mother who became an anti-war leader after her son was killed in Iraq, declared Monday she was walking away from the peace movement.

She said her son died “for nothing.”

Sheehan achieved national attention when she camped outside President Bush’s home in Crawford, Texas, throughout August 2005 to demand a meeting with the president over her son’s death.

While Bush ignored her, the vigil made her one of the most prominent figures among opponents of the war.

But in a Web diary posted to the liberal online community Daily Kos on Monday, Sheehan said she was exhausted by the personal, financial and emotional toll of the past two years.

She wrote that she is disillusioned by the failure of Democratic politicians to bring the unpopular war to an end and tired of a peace movement she said “often puts personal egos above peace and human life.”

• CNN: Anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan gives up her protest