Friday, August 19, 2005

Cindy Sheehan planning Crawford "Summer of Cindy" return


How long will this go on? Forget about her political stance. Does Cindy have bills to pay?

Yes, Cindy is planning to return to Crawford. What happens when President Bush goes back to Washington? Does she follow him? Will she replace that fishing hat with a wool cap after the first Washington frost?

Michelle Malkin has called this "The Summer of Cindy." Just as the summer of 2001 was the Summer of Chandra Levy, 2002 (I think) was the Summer of Shark Attacks, 2005 is indeed the Summer of Cindy.

In other words, it's the overplayed story that dominates MSM reports in summer, when news tends to be slow. People are on vacation, Congress and state legislatures are out of session. So is the US Supreme Court. Legal depositions are postponed for golf outings (Although lawyers will claim they're "working on other cases.")

Sports news drags. The baseball pennant races haven't peaked. Preseason football? Funny, by the second week, if not the first, who really talks about those exhibition games? MLS soccer? Well, the family members of the players are following the games closely.

Same in the business world. Slow. Pick up a newspaper and read the ads. Dominated by "Back to School Specials." Outside of sweaters and jackets, everything being advertised for those "specials" was available for the "Summer Heat" specials in June. The electronics industry, the toys and games sellers , book publishers, are all gearing up for the Christmas gift season.

Still, it's not a bad thing that it's the Summer of Cindy. Last year in Russia, the late summer terrorist attacks made it the Summer of Beslan there. Summer in Britain this year is the Summer of the 7/7 bombings.

Remember, Cindy and your followers, we're at war. Summer isn't over, and it still could end up being the Summer of the Minneapolis Nuke Attack. And if something like that happened, before long, it would be "Cindy who?"

And Cindy, those car payments of yours will still be due every month.

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