Prez to "go on with life"

Golly but it's good to know our president is able to put life's little nuisances behind him and forge bravely ahead.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush, noting that lots of people want to talk to the president and "it's also important for me to go on with my life," on Saturday defended his decision not to meet with the grieving mom of a soldier killed in Iraq.

Bush said he is aware of the anti-war sentiments of Cindy Sheehan and others who have joined her protest near the Bush ranch.

"But whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else, there's somebody who has got something to say to the president, that's part of the job," Bush said on the ranch. "And I think it's important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say."

"But," he added, "I think it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life."

Perhaps I'd be happier with Bush's desire to get on with his life if he'd afforded the same opportunity to Casey Sheehan. If he'd afforded the same opportunity to Casey's 1,800+ dead comrades and their thousands of wounded brothers and sisters. If he'd afforded the same opportunity the tens of thousands Iraqi civilian dead. If he'd afforded the same opportunity the hundreds of thousands of US military and their families now putting their own lives on hold in pursuit of Bush's folly.

I'm guessing they'd all love to get on with their lives too, if only they had the chance.