President Bush sleights Cindy Sheehan

From DrudgeReport (not sure how long the link will work):

MOVE OVER, CINDY: BUSH SINGLES OUT OTHER MILITARY MOM

Wed Aug 24 2005 16:53:27 ET

NAMPA, Idaho -- President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the Iraq war.

Speaking to hundreds of Idaho National Guardsmen, the president singled out military mom Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho, whose husband and five sons have all served in Iraq.

"Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard: Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year her husband, Leon, and another son, Aaron, returned from Iraq, where they helped train Iraqi firefighters in Mosul.

"Tammy says this -- and I want you to hear this -- 'I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country.'

"And I guess you couldn't ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in. America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts."

The crowd, made up mostly of military family members, broke into cheers and chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!"

So let's review. Cindy Sheehan's adult son volunteered to be in Iraq and died in service to his country. The President met with Cindy, and she was initially very complimentary, saying how much he comforted her at such an awful time. Now she is waiting outside his gates to "talk with him" in a somewhat less concilatory way, and Dubya not only doesn't meet with her, but finds another family in a similar situation but with a very different outlook to talk about.

FYI, that's about as close as you get in national politics to a full on "in your face."