An Open Letter to Wealthy Patriots, from a Gold Star Mother
--A message from Celeste Zappala
George Bush will be speaking at the World Affairs Council in Philadelphia on Monday. Tickets for the event are sold out, however, the luncheon tickets that are closest to Mr. Bush were sold for $10,000. I would like to be at a table close enough to Mr. Bush so that he could meet with me.
I was one of the Gold Star Mothers who camped on the road side ditch in Crawford, Texas waiting to meet with George Bush. I watched him roll past me on his way to a local fundraiser. He never stopped to talk to the Gold Star Mothers.
On Monday he will be in Philadelphia, the City where I live and where my fallen son Sgt. Sherwood Baker grew up. I will be outside of the hotel where he is speaking hoping to ask again, "for what noble cause did my son die?"
I would like to be inside, I would wish to be seated at the $10,000 a seat table, with other patriots. Maybe then Mr. Bush would be willing to speak to me, look at my son's picture and tell me why Sherwood was killed looking for the weapons of mass destruction.
Thank you for your consideration,
Celeste Zappala
--Mother of Sgt Sherwood Baker, the First PA National Guardsman to die in combat since 1945, killed in Baghdad, 4/26/04 while protecting the Iraq Survey Group as they looked for the Weapons of Mass Destruction
IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA TICKET TO BUSH'S SPEECH IN PHILLY ON MONDAY AND WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. ZAPPALA, PLEASE DROP US A LINE
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