Explaining That Smile
A lot of us were wondering why Cindy Sheehan was smiling when she got carried away by law enforcement officers the other day. Well, over on the Huffington Post she explains the grin:
I had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested yesterday. I have received a lot of flak for smiling. Apparently I am not supposed to smile, but I had some really good reasons for doing so.
First of all, I was having fun. I was with a group of good-humored, cheerful, happy people. We were singing old protest songs and old Sunday school songs and clapping. I felt I had to be cheerful to set the tone. We didn’t want any trouble or to do anything non-peaceful. Secondly, when I got arrested and the officers lifted me out I was afraid that America would see my underwear and that tickled me.
That’s…pretty weird.
But as for her first reason, I have no doubt that she was having a good time. I don’t have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the insincere melancholy mugging she takes to whenever there’s a camera pointed at her.
For example:
Now contrast those with the picture in this post taken just a little while later.
This woman is a political opportunist, pure and simple. Tags: Politics
