President Bush has announced that he has backed off from his initial hard-line stance against any meeting with grieving anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan. In a statement that was released by the White House early this morning, Bush said that he has “reevaluated the situation from a different  perspective” and that he now sees the “potential for good that high level meetings between the two sides” could bring. 

In what Republicans are hailing as “a stroke of genius”, and Democrats call “premeditated murder”,  Bush has chosen brothers Eric and Lyle Menendez to meet with Mrs. Sheehan.

Political experts say that Bush’s hand was forced in this matter as Sheehan has been riding high in the wake of the results of a recent poll.

The details of the meetings are still to be worked out, but the White House has released this set of guidelines:

• Sheehan must agree to adopt the brothers first.
• The meeting will occur in a secure, yet unannounced location of the President’s choice.
• Sheehan will spend the first several days talking to Lyle and Eric about a variety of topics including: their hair, keeping their cells clean and finding the right girl someday.
• The two sides will keep to a tight schedule that will include very little time for sleep and eating.

Bush went on to praise the Menendez brothers for their “strong track record in the past with regard to parental relations.”

In a related story, The White House is said to be brokering a deal that could see Maureen Dowd marrying former NFL great OJ Simpson.

Thanks to The Political Teen, Mudville & OTB.

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