1423 Behind Cindy Sheehan

According to Byron York, Lisa Fithian, an anti-war radical, is the organizer and planner behind Cindy Sheehan who was just a grieving mother before Lisa applied her expertise.

She said in an interview with NRO, "I guess my biggest thing is that as people who are trying to create a new world, I do believe we have to dismantle or transform the old order to do that," Fithian continued. "I just fundamentally don't believe it will ever serve our interests as it's currently constructed."

These days, Fithian's tactic for dismantling the old order — at least her tactic for the moment — is Cindy Sheehan. On Wednesday, Sheehan will begin her cross-country tour, winding her way toward Washington. And Lisa Fithian will be with her."

But even Comrade Fithian probably can't keep Cindy from making those gaffs on TV, so it may be her plan that gets dismantled. Today I saw a clip where Cindy said to a crowd, something to the effect, "You can tell your children you met the mother of Casey Sheehan," or something like that. How self-serving and self-aggrandizing is that?