How long can Bush ignore the clamor?
by Joan Vennochi Link to Article America has a president, not a king. But just like royalty, the nation’s commander in chief can keep his distance from the common man or woman. Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a son who died in Iraq, is camped out in Crawford, Texas, trying to get a face-to-face meeting with the vacationing George W. Bush. She wants to tell the president that he should pull all American troops out of Iraq. Her son, Casey, was killed at age 24 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004. The police blocked her a few miles from the Bush ranch. On Saturday, two Bush administration officials were dispatched to speak to her. But Sheehan says she will not leave until she sees the president. “I plan on staying here the entire month of August or until he comes out to talk to me,” she told USA Today. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad5061a.cgi/v=2.1S/s
