Cindy Sheehan is making some wild statements. First we have her saying she will not pay her 2004 taxes:
"My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004," Sheehan told an audience of Veterans for Peace. "You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny. ... You give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me [for back taxes] and we'll put this war on trial."
Sheehan is also saying we should surrender to the terrorists and give them their victory:
"And the other thing I want him to tell me is 'just what was the noble cause Casey died for?' Was it freedom and democracy? Bullsh--! He died for oil. He died to make your friends richer. He died to expand American imperialism in the Middle East. We're not freer here, thanks to your Patriot Act. Iraq is not free. You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," she said.
And the Democrat Party is still embracing the above positions:
As her protest outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch enters its second week, Sheehan, called for Bush's impeachment for "war crimes."
"And now I'm going to use another 'I' word - impeachment - because we cannot have these people pardoned," she complained. "They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail."
Even as Sheehan's comments have grown increasingly bizarre over the last week, she has picked up the support of Democratic Party movers and shakers.
In a conference call organized by Joe Trippi and Bob Fertik, Sheehan blasted the U.S. government, saying that without the Internet, "we would already be a fascist state," according to National Review Online.
Trippi managed Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean's presidential campaign in 2004. Fertik is co-founder of Democrats.com.
Sheehan has also attracted the support of the radical left-wing Democratic group MoveOn.org.
And Bush-bashing conspiracy filmmaker Michael Moore is featuring extensive coverage of her protest on his Web site.
This is not going to help the Democrats and only add to their weak on national security reputation.
