A letter to Senator Smith

You should head over to Blue Oregon and read the letter from the heart by Todd Barnhart to undercover wingnut, Senator Gordon Smith. You should go read the entire letter but here are the concluding paragraphs.

This is why you must demand that this president end his foolish war in Iraq immediately -- and there are ways to do that without capitulating to the insurgents. You must demand that he bring our children home now. 1,800 of them are already dead, and for what? Could you in all honesty go to Cindy Sheehan and tell her that Casey, her beloved son, died for an honorable cause? That his death was worth it? Could you look her in the eye and unwaveringly tell her, "Cindy, Casey's death was necessary for our country's peace and freedom" -- can you do this? After what you have suffered, the pain you know of a child dead far too young, if you cannot look her in the eye and speak those words honestly, Senator Smith, then you must tell your president that his war is wrong and he must end it now.

And God help you, Senator Smith, if you can tell her that -- Cindy, your son's life was required for this just and noble cause in Iraq -- then I wonder what you have learned in this life. Please show us that you have learned the value of each and every human life. This is something of which your president appears to have no understanding. Perhaps, Gordon, you can explain to him the pain Cindy Sheehan has suffered. And then perhaps he will walk down his dirt road and talk to her with true understanding; then perhaps he will open his eyes to options that value life and not ideology.

A wonderful letter that will have no impact on A wingnut in moderate's clothing.