The Sheehan Shuffle

From the Drudge Report:

The mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch - has dramatically changed her account about what happened when she met the commander-in-chief last summer.

Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, California, who last year praised Bush for bringing her family the "gift of happiness," took to the nation's TV outlets this weekend to declare how Bush "killed an indispensable part of our family and humanity."

CINDY 2004:

The Reporter of Vacaville, CA published an account of Cindy Sheehan's visit with the President at Fort Lewis near Seattle on June 24, 2004:

"'I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis,' Cindy said after their meeting. 'I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.'

"The meeting didn't last long, but in their time with Bush, Cindy spoke about Casey and asked the President to make her son's sacrifice count for something. They also spoke of their faith.

"The trip had one benefit that none of the Sheehans expected.

"For a moment, life returned to the way it was before Casey died. They laughed, joked and bickered playfully as they briefly toured Seattle.

For the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again.

"'That was the gift the President gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy said."

CINDY 2005 :

Sheehan's current comments are a striking departure.

She vowed on Sunday to continue her protest until she can personally ask Bush: "Why did you kill my son?"

In an interview on CNN, she claimed Bush "acted like it was party" when she met him last year.

"It was - you know, there was a lot of things said. We wanted to use the time for him to know that he killed an indispensable part of our family and humanity. And we wanted him to look at the pictures of Casey.

"He wouldn't look at the pictures of Casey. He didn't even know Casey's name. He came in the room and the very first thing he said is, 'So who are we honoring here?' He didn't even know Casey's name. He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to hear anything about Casey. He wouldn't even call him 'him' or 'he.' He called him 'your loved one.'

"Every time we tried to talk about Casey and how much we missed him, he would change the subject. And he acted like it was a party."

JAS ADDS: Three words: follow the money. Nobody changes their tune about so profound an issue in the wrong direction that abruptly without having an angle behind it. Somebody from the seditionist Left got to her, pumped her head full of political poison and dancing dollar signs to be had from it, and now she's pulling trademark goofy, and execrable, left-wing publicity stunts.

Oh, yeah, somebody got to her big time.

And I don't mean Dick Cheney.