White House aides say they worry about the precedent, should Bush see Sheehan again. "If the President meets with her, does he have to meet with every protester who camps out in Crawford or in Lafayette Park [in Washington]?" asks a Bush aide. "Does he have a second meeting with every mother or wife who asks for one?"
--Time Magazine, via Hoffmania
Counterpoint:
BARTLET
Toby, if we start pulling strings like this, you don’t think every homeless veteran would come out of the woodworks?
TOBY
I can only hope, sir.
--The West Wing, "In Excelsis Deo" Aaron Sorkin & Rick Cleveland
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