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September 27, 2005
Reality check
I have an ex-husband. My divorce was very emotionally painful for me because I watched a man I loved, married and bore children with change. After 15 years of marriage, during a time when he increasingly ignored me and the kids, refused to spend time with us, refused to participate in family life, I saw what his behavior was doing to the family and I gave him an ultimatum. He had to choose between continuing his behavior or his family. His ignoring of his family and marriage vows was an abuse of the promises and relationship he had committed to long ago.
He chose to continue his behavior and I asked him to move out.
In the comments under the last post on Mommy Sheehan, Brad was outraged that I characterized Cindy's treatment of her husband as "abuse." He said I was not "privy" to private family information. Yet, it is public record that her family has not been happy with her behavior, her husband wanted her home. And when Cindy continued with her behavior, he has filed for divorce.
How is what happened with her any different then what happened with me? I gave my husband the choice between the bottle or his family. Mr. Sheehan gave Cindy the choice between him and fame.
My sympathies are with him. I know how hard that decision must have been.
Posted by Darleen at September 27, 2005 01:05 PM
Comments
My sympathies are with the families of all the soldiers who have been killed and maimed in this unnecessary war -- and also with the families of the Iraqis who have been blown to bits because our President rushed to war without a plan to secure the country and thus win the peace.
At one time you pitied Sheehan, but I guess now you're all about ridiculing her in any way possible-- including presuming to know the intimate details of her relationship with her husband. How pathetic.
Instead of focusing on the reasons Sheehan and the 100,000 others (including me) marched last Saturday (HINT: it had nothing to do with supporting Saddam), you prefer to sneer and focus on divorce details. If I didn't know better I'd think you learned that tactic from Mr. Rove; but I'm not so naive to realize that ad hominem attacks are common weapons of anyone who doesn't have anything of substance to say.
Your blog is a waste of bandwidth.
Posted by: Brad at September 27, 2005 02:32 PM
Brad
Ask yourself why I pitied her -- I pitied her as a woman so berift by grief she allowed herself to be exploited by the "America needs to lose" crowd.
But she has now made conscious common cause with them. When she willingly engaged in anti-Semitism, when she willingly supports THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED HER SON, she stopped being an object of pity and one of contempt.
You seem to want "unilateral" peace.
Brother, that only exists if you SURRENDER to your attackers. The terrorists in Iraq are not fighting the "US occupation", they are FIGHTING by their OWN words, ANY government that is NOT THEM and their terrorist Islamist ideology.
Keep spinning Brad. The bandwidth is not wasted since I pay for it.
Who pays yours?
Posted by: Darleen at September 27, 2005 08:04 PM
she willingly supports THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED HER SON
That's bullshit Darleen. Total bullshit.
What you don't seem to understand-- and will never understand, apparently, is that we have already lost the war. We have already lost Iraq.
Remember that a decade from now when some future American President visits the Shiite theocracy in Iraq to renew diplomatic relations. Remember that thousands of young American men and women died for a lie.
Posted by: Brad at September 28, 2005 06:03 AM
How is it BS? She has said a number of times she doesn't blame the people who killed Casey. That she supports their cause.
Not to mention her kooky ideas about this being a "war for Israel", etc.
Posted by: Jewels at September 28, 2005 07:49 PM
I my wife went off her rocker like Sheehan I'd kick her to the curb as well. Life is too short to live in misery because one partner is a selfish bitch.
Posted by: Digger at September 29, 2005 08:33 AM