When wingnuts attack

OK, so there's this wingnut email floating around about how some mom got a special paint job on her Hummer (yup) to honor her son's sacrifice in Iraq. Now, I don't have a problem with her doing this - I have a major problem in casting her as a true American mom who really supports the troops because she did this. Well, here's the email:

Step aside Cindy Sheehan. Here's what a true American Mom did for her son.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. ( March 2, 2006)
Karla Comfort received a lot of looks and even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton, Ark., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., in her newly-painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2. The vehicle is adorned with the likeness of her son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason, and nine other Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division who where all killed by the same improvised explosive device blast in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.

There's more to the email than this, but it's framed as anti-Cindy Sheehan, and closes out with this:

Support America and Support the Troops

Let us NOT forget......


My sister forwarded the email to me, saying how it "brought tears" to her eyes. Well...here's what brings tears to my eyes:





And then there's this:
USA Today: Editorial/Opinion
Posted 12/17/2003 8:47 PM
U.S. soldiers lack best protective gear

Notice the date.

And this:
USA Today: Editorial/Opinion
Posted 1/12/2006 8:53 PM Updated 1/12/2006 9:00 PM
For lack of body armor, troops die. Why the delay?

Again, notice the date.

Or this:
Cuts in veterans’ aid opposed
Cleaver, Moore join effort to block health-care cuts
By LEE HILL KAVANAUGH
The Kansas City Star
Posted on Thu, Apr. 20, 2006

I feel bad that the woman lost her son. But there are 2454 other mothers who have lost sons and daughters, or children who have lost mothers and fathers. And who knows how many tens of thousands physically or psychologically wounded. If you're going to support the troops, it takes more than platitudes like "support the troops", especially when the troops are somewhere they should not be, lacking clean water, food and equipment, coming home to collection agencies and cuts in benefits. True American mom who REALLY supports the troops? I guess you have to decide for yourself.




Personally, I don't think getting a custom paint job on a Hummer (of all vehicles, sheez) counts as supporting anything.