I’ve mostly kept my thoughts on Cindy Sheehan to myself. That’s not out of respect for her, because I have no respect for her. She is not a hero because of the unfortunate death of her son; her son is a hero. And I think we can tell pretty clearly, by their absence from the obscene loony-left circus, which part of the family had the biggest influence on him. Cindy, with her constant self-pity and attention-seeking, her loathing for America (and her frankly bizarre fixation on the President), is just odious.

Still, as a proxy for the off-the-reservation nuttiness that passes for consensus among the moonbats these days, it’s useful to examine the talking points she trots out from time to time. I found Saturday’s dispatch on Kos illuminating.

I shall try to refrain from pointing out the grammatical errors, and will skip over the myriad logical howlers, and focus on a couple of salient points that nicely reflect the (eternal, unchanging) narcissistic double-standard on the Left.

Now, lest anyone has forgotten, let me remind you that, according to Maureen Dowd, “The moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute.” But as Chrenkoff ably demonstrates, “apparently only if they also become mouthpieces for the angry left.”

But let’s see what Mother Sheehan, whose moral authority is “absolute”, has to say about such “absolute moral authority”:

I have been silent on the Gold Star Moms who still support this man and his war by saying that they deserve the right to their opinions because they are in as much pain as I am. I would challenge them, though, at this point to start thinking for themselves. … How can these moms who still support George Bush and his insane war in Iraq want more innocent blood shed just because their sons or daughters have been killed? I don’t understand it. I don’t understand how any mother could want another mother to feel the pain we feel. I am starting to lose a little compassion for them. I know they have been as brainwashed as the rest of America, but they know the pain and heartache and they should not wish it on another. However, I still feel their pain so acutely and pray for these “continue the murder and mayhem” moms to see the light.

“I have been silent” on the Gold Star moms who “still support this man”, she says. But now (by contrast), she says they need to “start thinking for themselves,” “I am starting to lose a little compassion for them,” “they have been as brainwashed as the rest of America,” and “they should not wish it on another” makes it pretty clear that Sheehan has declared it time to stop ‘giving a pass’ to these annoying moms who just don’t get it.

I am Cindy! My moral authority is absolute, d’ya hear? Absolute! Hear me roar! Wake up and be as smart as me!

Ah, well; self-examination and objective standards have never been the strong suit of the “Speaking Platitudes to Power” crowd.

The Kos link was via Goldstein, who, as usual, sums it up perfectly:

Sheehan said to her supporters today (I’m paraphrasing), “when the history books talk about the Camp Casey movement, you’ll be able to say you met Casey’s Mom�—proof positive that Cindy Sheehan believes her own press clippings and truly does see herself as a modern day Gandhi or King, Jr.
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The f***ing hubris of this woman. Astounding!