Wishing Won't Make It HappenBut that doesn't stop the editors of the
SF Chronicle:
But the scrappy protest of the Vacaville mother could be the catalytic event that might help build a significant movement against the war.
Opinion polls show widespread opposition to the war, and to Bush's conduct in promoting it. Peculiarly, this unhappiness has yet to translate into anything that could be called an anti-war "movement."Hmmm, maybe because aligning yourself with the movement means aligning yourself with these folks?
Rich Lowry
has similar thoughts.
In the end, it isn't that Bush is lucky in his opponents so much that his opposition is poisoned by its own noxious passions. It's not an accident that the antiwar movement throws up leaders like Michael Moore, the dishonest filmmaker, and Cindy Sheehan. They reflect its own inability to distinguish between legitimate criticisms of the war and unhinged but emotionally self-satisfying attacks that will turn off most Americans.
