Spot the Bias

Mr. Ronin and I have stumbled across this "fair and balanced" gem from the liberal establishment media... Or rather, Fox News, about an apparent clash between anti-war protestors and pro-war... uh... protestors [?] in Cindy Sheehan's home town of Sacramento, California, where Sheehan has retreated for the moment due to her mother's stroke and illness. Let's play a game of "spot the reportage bias:"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of President Bush clashed with anti-war activists as they wound their way through California after rallying in the hometown of Cindy Sheehan (search), the mother of a soldier slain in Iraq who started a protest camp outside Bush's Texas ranch.

Conservative activists and military families embarked on the tour Monday, calling it "You don't speak for me, Cindy!" A verbal confrontation erupted when the caravan arrived in Sacramento and was met by anti-war protesters chanting for Bush to bring home the troops.

Sheehan supporter Dan Elliott, 71, confronted caravan members by waving a sign reading "Death is not support" and heckling one of the tour's organizers as she addressed the crowd.

"You are ruining the morale over there," responded Greg Parkinson, a Bush supporter.

Note the cinematic entrance of Mr. Elliott, old, grizzled, embittered by a life-time of Lefist hatred for the Right. His whole purpose in life, or at least in this story, is to pester the patriotic Right, those guys who protest the protestors in support of... I'm confused. Or rather, I'm not. The patriotic Right simply refuses to admit that the actions of the protesting and mobilized left are patriotic. Hell, you'd think that the 56% of Americans that are not in support of this war [but DO support their troops] were "extremists" the way that they talk about us. Oh wait. As MSNBC anchor Nora O'Donnell believes, we are. [Note to Self: redefine "majority" to equate with "extremist."]

Onward:

The pro-Bush caravan planned rallies in several California cities before heading to Crawford, where Sheehan opponents have formed their own camp.

"It's time to lay down the anger. We need to continue to uphold those people over there, to uphold those men and women with their boots on the ground," said Deborah Johns (search) of the Northern California Marine Moms, who helped organize the caravan and addressed supporters outside the Vacaville Reporter newspaper in Sheehan's hometown.

"It's time to lay down the Anger." And get to the warrin'! "let all that anger and frustration goooo. You hyperactive violence-mongering Leftists!" Yep. News Flash, kids: Fox News prints opinions that communicate that A) anger is unjustified emotional reaction when your children are killed in war and B) going to war is a good, peaceful, reasonable response when a country does... nothing to you.

Shit man. With war-mongering hatred-filled 71 year old Liberals and the ultra-angry Leftists behind them, I'd half expect the Right to start flinging around nonsense supposed epithets from a cold-war era in self-pitying defense. I'd expect them to call Sheehanites Communists or something.

Oh yeah:

Some caravan members called the anti-war protesters communists and said they were "aiding and abetting the enemy." Those comments enraged Sheehan supporter Dee Ann Heath, who said she has two sons serving in Iraq and another preparing to leave.

"I don't support the war, but I support my sons," she said. "I simply want them to come home."

But I am sure that all of these comments came only after the ultra-aggressive septegenarian Dan Elliott practically assaulted these peace-mongering protest protestors. Right? Certainly it wouldn't have occurred the other way.

Be sure to read the rest of the story, and all of Fox News' coverage on anything and play your own game of Spot the Bias!