Bush to meet with families of troops killed in conflicts

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Bush to meet with families of troops killed in conflicts
6/28/2005 2:16 PM
By: The Associated Press



President Bush will be meeting with the families of some US troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan ahead of his address on Iraq this evening.

White House officials said Bush will meet with the families of 33 troops. He'll then make his address before as many as 700 soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Bush is trying to ease Americans' growing doubts about the Iraq mission and the violence that has claimed the lives of more than 1,700 US troops.

But war opponents plan to protest outside the base.

A spokesman for the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition said there's a "groundswell" against the war.

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[AllyCat]

1. I trust they have been carefully screened to avoid any anti-war types

that wonder why their family members have died for a lie. Have to find the ignorant. Just wish that once, just once, a family would try to present that meme and then slam him on national television. That would be great.

[nicholieeee]

5. if that happened

i think rove would take a cue from men in black and whip out the neuralizer to erase everyone's memory.

[wtmusic]

8. He'd never meet with any families on live TV

Rove knows better. They may roll some videotape but there is too much risk of exactly what you described.

Truly pathetic.

[saigon68]

20. ROVE IS THE PUPPETEER

THE CHIMPANZEE IS THE PUPPET LAP-DOG WITH A SMIRK

I WONDER IF THE MOTHER-FUCKER WILL SMIRK TONITE?

[DoYouEverWonder]

32. I hate people

who laugh at their own jokes. Especially when their jokes aren't even funny.

Like ha, ha, I hit the trifecta.

3000 people dead is not fucking funny.

[saigon68]

35. I AGREE

[warrens]

30. Mr. Bush, we're tryin' reel hard tu have sum more kids for you to kill

We only had the one, but god bless you, sir, we'll try to have another one even if I AM 47.

[tridim]

2. Way to catapult that propaganda!

Fuck you Rove

[Supersedeas]

13. the families of the dead now become props just like those troops behind

the Shrub as he tries to convince us that a war based on lies is a good thing.

[Solly Mack]

3. Why doesn't he meet with Esther Macklin and tell her why

the Army dropped manslaughter charges against the soldier, whose "horseplay", killed her son? Tell her why they lied about his death for a year.

Why doesn't he meet with family members who don't support him or his war?

Other than the fact that he's a coward, that is....

[aquart]

4. Wow. It only costs a child to meet the President.

Everyone else has to pay cash.

[stevedeshazer]

27. Ka-ching!

They'll be mentioned tonight, no question.

Tomorrow, they'll be interviewed by Katie and Matt.

Next week, they'll have a movie deal.

[Dhalgren]

6. Wow! 33 out of 1936! Presidentin' is hard work!

[LiberalinNC]

7. He has so much blood on his hands, why would anyone who

lost a child/spouse in this war ever want to meet him, except to maybe spit on him.

[uppityperson]

10. My thought too.

If my son were killed by Mr.bush, I would love to meet him in person, but do not think they would let me.

[Spazito]

9. Geez, this couldn't be more disgusting....

using the families of the fallen only when it is expedient to do so but NEVER let the American public know they are honored by being there when their bodies are returned in the middle of the night.

I can only hope the American public are as disgusted with this obscenely obvious ploy.

[LiberalinNC]

15. I'm not surprised, * used every disgusting tactic in the past

why should he start changing his routine now?

[Not_Giving_Up]

11. Will Cindy Sheehan be there?

She should be!

[xxqqqzme]

12. the ONLY time he meets

w/ surviving family (he has to 'look those mothers in the eye' remember?) is when he delivers some speech in front of people who have been ordered to cheer his remarks ion other words the ONLY time is when he is on a military base.



Isn't it time 4 him 2 take another trip somewhere?

[antonialee839]

14. It takes his lowest polling numbers ever for

the Murder Monkey to finally meet with the families?

[Doctor_J]

16. he got out of his first ratings predicament by walking on the WTC victims

now he's going to step on the OIL victims to try to get past this one. What a loser. He's too ignorant to be ashamed, but Rove should be.

[Doctor_J]

17. Which is more disgusting - this or fake terror alerts?

god I hate these people :puke:

[donkeyotay]

18. Picky me. They weren't killed in a conflict. They were killed in wars

Two of 'em: Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq is a quagmire and China is going to relieve us of our oil success in Afghanistan. (They are going to kick neoCon butt in the Great Game.)

A conflict is like, "should I go to the movies or stay home? Should I wear the red shoes or the blue..."

[lebkuchen]

19. He should also meet with the families of those with severe injuries

with the soldier in tow. He needs to see what these families are up against, for the rest of their lives.

[Straight Shooter]

21. Operation Exploitation.

He's looking for some touchy-feely sound bites that he can include in his speech. Yes, the families will be screened, definitely, and there will be much talk of "my child died serving our great country, and for the spread of freedom." He'll shed a few crocodile tears, hug a few grieving mothers, fathers, widows, widowers, and half-orphans.

It's really nauseating how he uses anybody and everybody to further his agenda and prop himself up.

edit to include fathers and widowers, this is a war that's killing many men and women in the Armed Forces (as all wars do, of course)

[Patty Diana]

22. this fucker has balls the size of mt everest

[MichiganVote]

24. If that's true then why did he avoid Nam' like the plague

[jobycom]

28. He's actually like most bullies--an extreme coward in person

I used to know some cops that worked around him as security when he was governor. He's unbelievably cowardly in person, and terrified of death. What was he comment about 9-11? He said once that his first thought was "self-preservation." Not his children, not his wife, not his country (the correct order for a decent person, I think)--himself.

He's a piece of garbage in every way, politically and personally.

[Roland99]

23. I don't reckon the Tillmans will be among the families

[Say_What]

25. No doubt they'll hand pick the families just like they do everything...

miserable POS war criminal

[donheld]

29. Of course they will be hand picked.

Bush lickers only.

[Javaman]

26. Why doesn't he go visit Tilmans family, huh?

That would make for some good TV.

colossal jackass*

[David Zephyr]

31. He's doing "the hard work".

What an ass.

[anitar1]

33. Well, well, well. A most boring duty for him Imo. n/t

[Blasphemer]

34. But he's still going to avoid the funerals....

and hide the coffins, right? What BS!