The guy from lovelines has a political TV show?

He didn't rip into her. It was actually a very balanced interview of some depth.

@longde.

Badgering a lady about how she feels about her dead son isn't a balanced interview.

That was fucked up. Period.

Being a grieving mother is the reason why Sheehan has such a following; it's basically her justification for her activism. Questioning her raison d'etre is fair, and I think it was done respectfully.

I don't know why Ms. Sheehan would go on a health doctor's show and not expect to asked questions about mental health.

@longde His first question to her after asking why she didn't have faith in the government's version of events over Bin Laden was, "are you an anarchist? Are you a socialist?". She explained her position logically and sited examples as to why she might be right, yet by her questioning of official accounts, Cindy's political views are called in to question?

I for one think they did kill Bin Laden, since for him to show up alive later would be very embarrassing. But questioning that doesn't mean someone's character should be assassinated. These questions about her marriage break-up and how her cause has kept her from her children were hardly genuine inquiries after her health. Drew was impugning her abilities as a responsible parent and 'dutiful wife', just like they did with the Occupy mother.

Know a hit-job when you see one.

Moving this video to marinara's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

In rhetoric, logos takes a backseat to ethos and pathos.