As most of you know, Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, has been camping for over a week now outside the President's "ranch" in Texas asking to meet with him face-to-face. "War President" Bush plans to be on vacation for the month, the longest in modern presidential history, while others in Iraq continue to die, and has thus far flat-out refused to meet with Sheehan, instead sending aides in hopes of diffusing the situation. Even if the President won't meet with her, she still has the support of the American public, right? Mostly, but not from all. While she does have overwhelming support from many people across the country, right-wing partisans are attempting to smear Sheehan, knowing the public-relations problem her demanding answers creates for the vacationing Bush. One conservative commentator oraculated that Casey Sheehan, her son, wouldn't have wanted his mother to wait for an explanation from the president - absurdly professing to have better insight into what he would've wanted than what his mother does. Right-wing websites have taken past quotes of Sheehan grossly out of context (simply ignoring quotes that contradict their claims), and tried to paint her as someone who has changed her story - even though she has not done any such thing. Conservative TV hosts have mocked her and tried to belittle other mothers who defend her. Cindy Sheehan's personal pain is profound and can only begin to be truly understood by those who have lost loved ones in this war. The courage it takes to camp out on the side of a hot dusty Texas road in honor of her son and seeking answers into his death, is only matched by that of those who serve in Iraq. Those questioning her should be ashamed of themselves and should stop putting grossly partisan attacks ahead of common decency. Instead of supporting a mother whose son has made the ultimate sacrifice, they want to publicly trash her because the loss of her son and her wanting an answer as to why he had to die reflect poorly on the President. The President should meet with Cindy Sheehan - he owes it to her, the troops in Iraq, their families at home, and the American people.