Bush Meets with Families of Troops Killed in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.kten.com/article_print.asp?id=9773

Bush Meets with Families of Troops Killed in Iraq

DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) - President Bush ends a visit to Idaho today by telling troops and military families the sacrifices made by US forces in Iraq are worth it.

The president will speak to personnel from the Idaho National Guard and Mountain Home Air Force Base at a rodeo and concert venue near Boise. Afterward, he'll visit privately with families who've lost loved ones in Iraq.

Nearly half of the Idaho Guard is currently deployed there.

This will be the third time this week Bush has argued anti-war protesters camped near his Texas ranch are wrong. Yesterday, he told reporters the immediate pullout from Iraq that Cindy Sheehan and others are seeking would harm US security.

[KyndCulture]

1. this makes me so angry.

cherry picking people who agree with him is NOT compassion...

[karynnj]

9. Luckily for the opposition,

he didn't do this the day Cindy announced her intention to go to Crawford. If he had seen a family or two every day (or even less frequently - unscreened, he could have won or at least gotten a draw in the PR war.

He would say he HAD met with Cindy and was continuing to meet with families. They could be unscreened because, by and large, most people are two awed by the circumstances to coherently attack the President. (Cindy didn't in her first meeting)

Now, it's clearly a response to Cindy.

[Roland99]

14. I just read a Newsweek article this morning that was sickening.

The fawning over his crying with families was making me want to :puke:

[KyndCulture]

15. Don't these people see he is USING them? nt

[Roland99]

16. One woman, in particular, struck me by how she got snowed over.

She was wanting to confront the Propagandist and level some hard-hitting questions. The article mentioned she is about 5' and her brother was 6' 7" and would pat her on the top of the head and it would calm her.

She said the Propagandist did the same to her (patted her on the head like a little child, I'm sure) and it disarmed her.


Something struck me about that and I got to thinking of these faith healers and how they lay their hands on people's heads. I think the Propagandist thinks of himself in the same way as one of these faith healers.

He's a charlatan, at best.

[SpiralHawk]

17. ChimPee has a THING for petting bald men on the head

I had no idea he was into petting women's heads, too. Maybe he really is for equal rights, in his own queer way.

[Roland99]

19. Well, he may be but not for Iraqis

:(

[mom cat]

26. Please no not disgrace the word "Queer" like that!

:evilgrin:
Nothing about * rises to the level of Queer!

[Kukesa]

20. I read that too,

and am real close to canceling my subscription, but I'll wait until I receive the next few issues and see if the LTTEs side with us.

[Roland99]

21. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Could have been written by Meelyman

[hyphenate]

22. Oh, I wouldn't rule that out yet

Think about it. He doesn't know those families, so how does he know that they won't appear totally docile and agreeable until they actually experience what Cindy went through? I think we might need to have a wait and see philosophy, because some of these families might surprise the chimp in a way he's not going to forget for a very long time.

[Doctor_J]

2. Yeah, hand-picked, sympathetic,

thoroughly screened familes.

LOSER

[hang a left]

18. Yep.

I wonder how long the questionaire is that must be passed before getting an audience with the SOB.

1. Do you love the POTUS?

2. How much do you love the POTUS?

3. What church do you regularly attend?

4. Who is your favorite talk radio personality?

5. What is your favorite cable news channel?

6. Are you caucasion?

7. Are you against the torturous murdering of embryos?

8. Are you still mad at Osama for attacking us on 9-11?

9. Are you gung ho on those private accounts?

10. Do you feel that activist judges are ruining our country?

11. Will tort reform save the country?

12. Are you ecstatic that we are fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here?

13. Do you think I work too hard and deserve more vacation days?

[Bob3]

3. So you can only see the president if you are rich or you

agree with him.

such courage and compassion.

Swine.

[Solly Mack]

4. I know for a fact the crowd is carefully chosen. Been there. Done that

I even got the t-shirt.

[Child_Of_Isis]

5. Don't worry, someone will go "Cindy" on him. eom.

[msongs]

6. Bush is a coward. pass it on. n/t

[PunkPop]

7. It looks like Karl's vacation is over at least.

What kind of idiot would actually believe that the death of their loved one in dumbass's phony war is "worth it"?

When are these military families going to stop enabling this kind of PR bullshit by meeting with this monumental failure?

[sakabatou]

8. Compassionate my ass...

[global1]

10. You Can Bet Your Cowboy Boots That The MSM Will Play......

this up big. These families will be interviewed and they will say that * cried with them during their private time with him and that he has alot of compassion for them and those lost in the war. They will denounce Cindy and others in Crawford. They will support the pResident and the war effort. More totally manipulated news for the sheeple to buy into.

The Choreographed Presidency - the Choreographed War

[unrepuke]

11. No time to walk outside and meet Cindy ---

>> The president will speak to personnel from the Idaho National Guard and Mountain Home Air Force Base at a rodeo and concert venue near Boise. . .

>> This will be the third time this week Bush has argued anti-war protesters camped near his Texas ranch are wrong. . . <<

Funny he can't say these things to the people who are asking him, he has to go hundreds of miles away to say it to a hand picked audience.

[tuvor]

12. No mention of the "Noble Cause" yet, I see.

You'd think if this (nonexistent) cause were so fucking noble, it'd be a talking point.

[Javaman]

13. Wonder how many people he* just "met" with, will join Cindy?

That would be the icing on the cake if they suddenly wanted to join Cindy after meeting with the coward*.

colossal failure*

[LibDemAlways]

23. They'll probably first have to sign a loyalty

oath, just like the robots who attended his election rallies.

[TankLV]

24. Ahh - the "I had other priorities" crowd strikes again!

Just gave the axe to all his excuses on why he can't/couldn't meet Cindy, doesn't it?

[leetrisck]

25. Why would any one of these families want to meet with

bush (& I'll include Cindy in this). There is nothing to talk to him about. Does anyone really want to hear him say "I understand." No, he doesn't and he never will and never can. Neither can I imagine that anyone would want bush at a family funeral. Why would they? Token visits here and there and to Walter Reed - no way - stay out of the way bush.