1415 Maybe there is no Cindy Sheehan

Her family doesn't seem to recognize her or her cause. They remember a brave soldier, Casey Sheehan, who volunteered, supported his president and the cause of Iraqi freedom. Her Casey seems almost unrecognizable, and I doubt he'd approve of his mother's camp followers prostituting his death. But maybe it's just her. Maybe she's been dreamed up by Moveon.org?

Kodee Kennings didn't exist and for two years people followed her story, too. (Although I think they were pro-war.) Two students thought her up and published her sad tale in The Daily Egyptian, school paper of Southern Illinois University. She'd lost her mom; now the 8-year old's sad letters to her dad in Iraq were published in the paper. But it was all phony--Jaime Reynolds pretended to be the girl's guardian and another little girl, Caitlin Hadley, posed for the photos thinking she was part of a documentary. Things were going along pretty good until they decided to "kill off" Kodee's dad. Then someone finally did some fact checking.

Daily Egyptian's acknowledgment of the hoax, but I didn't notice an apology.