Thursday, February 02, 2006
The Great Sheehan Kerfluffle
Best Of The Web said it best
Frankly it is a no win situation, both the speech and the Sheehan situation. As I listened to the speech I could not help but think "too much." As BOTW said "small bore domestically." I think were I President there would be a written address that laid out the full agenda and the speech which would be no more than 20 minutes, maybe as short as ten that would just hit what really matters.
As to Sheehan, were she not taken out, you know as well as I do, misbehavior would have ensued -- she wouldn't have been able to help herself. Much as she has 12yo articulation she has similar impulse control.
There is no way, absolutely no way, in this day and age, to deal with such protestations without appearing somehow heavy-handed, no matter how inappropriate those protestations my be.
Alas all we can do is let the radical lefties bloviate and make their Nazi accusations, and rely on the increasingly unreliable common sense of the American people to see through the garbage.
While not illegal, Sheehan's (as her Republican counterpart) actions were incredibly, incredibly rude and tasteless. There is a place for decorum. Free Speech is not a license to be a jerk.
Related Tags: Sheehan, SOTU, protest, decorum, silly
But last night we realized just how forgettable the typical SOTU is.It was a fine speech, but in a couple of months, all we'll be talking about is the arrest, and release, of Cindy Sheehan. We will forget it was nearly bipartisan caution on the part of the Capital Police and Cindy Sheehan's status as anti-war icon will shine all the brighter, despite the fact she is about as articulate as your average 12-year-old.
Frankly it is a no win situation, both the speech and the Sheehan situation. As I listened to the speech I could not help but think "too much." As BOTW said "small bore domestically." I think were I President there would be a written address that laid out the full agenda and the speech which would be no more than 20 minutes, maybe as short as ten that would just hit what really matters.
As to Sheehan, were she not taken out, you know as well as I do, misbehavior would have ensued -- she wouldn't have been able to help herself. Much as she has 12yo articulation she has similar impulse control.
There is no way, absolutely no way, in this day and age, to deal with such protestations without appearing somehow heavy-handed, no matter how inappropriate those protestations my be.
Alas all we can do is let the radical lefties bloviate and make their Nazi accusations, and rely on the increasingly unreliable common sense of the American people to see through the garbage.
While not illegal, Sheehan's (as her Republican counterpart) actions were incredibly, incredibly rude and tasteless. There is a place for decorum. Free Speech is not a license to be a jerk.
Related Tags: Sheehan, SOTU, protest, decorum, silly
