Woman Continues to Wait for Meeting With Bush: Meeting Highly Unlikely in Texas

It is highly unlikely that President Bush will meet with the activist mom who is camped outside of his ranch.

Why should he?

Every Tom, Dick and Harry (and Sally) who has a particular grievance will also do the same thing in the future if he decides to meet with her.

It's bad enough that she lost her son in Iraq. But she's making her own cause worse by using her platform to comment on other issues that have nothing to do with hers. She's gone from grieving mom who wants to meet with Bush to discuss what the meaning of "is" is to anti-Israel activist to a host of other comments on Bush policies. The rabid anti-Bush group MoveOn.org has gotten into the act too.

Any political credibility that she might have had is being rapidly depleted.

It almost looks like she's running for office while she's got the spotlight.

Ordinary people do not have meetings with the President of the United States on demand. That's not how the system works.

Still, she did lose her son. It's impossible not to be sympathetic to what she's going through and that she's losing her marriage. (Her husband filed for divorce on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences). Many marriages do not survive long after the death of a child.

What should she do now?

She should go through Congress to get her meeting with President Bush at the WHITE HOUSE, not in Texas, not with supporters and not in front of the TV cameras.

Bush's neighbors didn't do anything to deserve all-day and all-night protests for thirty non-stop days. I'm sure they'd appreciate an end to the protests and counter-protests and would enjoy hearing of a quiet meeting in Washington.