Blogging for Max

BloggingforMax.com has uncovered a Sept. 22, 2005 article from FrontPageMag.com linking Athens Congressman John Barrow to anti-war fundamentalist Cindy Sheehan. The article, written when Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) agreed to meet with Sheehan at the height of her infamy, discusses the fervor created by leftist Democrats during “Mother Cindy’s” 15 minutes of fame.

The FrontPageMag.com piece lists a number of Democratic Members of Congress that followed Clinton in boarding the radical Gold Star Family anti-war tour:

No fewer than 17 Congressmen have heeded the call and scheduled face time with “Mother Sheehan,” including such Democratic Party statesmen as:

• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA;
• Sen. Robert Byrd, D-Kleagle;
• Sen. Russ Feingold, D-WI, another likely 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful;
• Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA;
• Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-GA;
• Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA;
• Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX;
• Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-CA;
• Rep. Fortney “I said you are a little fruitcake” Stark, D-CA;
• Rep. Shelley Berkeley, D-NV;
• Rep. John Barrow, D-GA;
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-TX;
• Rep. Frank Pallone, D-NJ; and
• Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-HI

So we are reasonably curious as to why Barrow, who feigns distance from the liberal cut-and-run club, would be begging for face time with Sheehan?

Perhaps he was – and still likely is – desperate for a chance to develop some form of identity. Was he just once again showing his spineless adherence to the Democratic Party line? Or has he joined Sheehan in forsaking our troops fighting the war in Iraq?

Whatever Barrow’s reasoning, we all know that actions speak louder than charlatan rhetoric.