Gov. Jeb Bush visits Florida troops in Iraq, Kuwait

[seafan]

Gov. Bush visits Florida troops in Iraq, Kuwait

April 15, 2006
The Associated Press


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Jeb Bush shared meals Saturday with Florida-based troops stationed in Iraq's war zone during his two-day tour of the Middle East.

Bush, joined by the governors of Indiana, Iowa and West Virginia, arrived in Kuwait on Friday, where he toured a military facility and had dinner with troops from throughout the United States stationed at Camp Virginia.
Bush then traveled from Kuwait to Baghdad, and had breakfast Saturday with troops. He then traveled to Balad, Iraq, where he toured a hospital and had lunch with Florida troops.

The Florida Army National Guard currently has 338 members serving in Iraq and 60 stationed in Kuwait.

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Bush was invited to visit the troops by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He began his trip on Thursday with classified briefings in Washington and a meeting with Rumsfeld.

Accompanying Bush on the trip were Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin.

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/FL_Bush_Iraq.html

[Ksec]

1. Too bad he isnt fighting with them

Instead of exploiting them for political reasons.

[Auntie Bush]

2. But he's Not running for president....... Oh yeah...tell me another one.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Or Senator?

The Repugs need someone to make up for the Harris fiasco.

[SoCalDem]

10. He will do an Arnold..

He will sit back and wait until the last possible moment, and then he will swoop in and enter the race.. he will claim how busy his schedule is, and what little time he has to prepare (as a way to weasel out of debates & such)..and with Diebold et al in his pocket and that felons' list still in place, he will "win"...and so starts the presidential run of jebbie bush 2012..

The United States if dumb-america WANTS dynastic leadership, and the "trifecta" of bush presidents is so appealing to them, this MIGHT happen:(

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Jeb will never get that far

he has too much baggage and we all know too much at this point.

[goclark]

15. His brother had a lot of baggage and he

carried it right into the WH.

They have no Honor, they are Mafia.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. That was then

and everyone was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he had no record and refused to talk about his past. Neither one can get away with that crap anymore.

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. The Bush name is toast, thanks to brainless one in the WH.

[goclark]

24. I really want to believe that America

could never be that dumb again.

But everyday I wake up and GW is still in the WH and he should have been having a few beers with his croonies.

[Blue_Tires]

37. agreed

after Arnold in Calif., there is NOTHING i put past the average american voter anymore

[seafan]

19. A few weeks ago, I really thought Jeb would step into the Senate race.....

but now, my thinking is that if he did, and was successful, he would then find himself having to get along/wrangle with 99 other Senators. Jeb ain't cut out for the legislative branch, IMHO.

Jeb enjoys being *the executive* too much.

I think he will just bag the Senate race, write off a GOP Senate pickup this round, and get back to his devious plans for being named somebody's VP for '08 and beyond. He may not *run* in 08 for the Presidency, but I'm sure it would tickle him to move into Cheney's bunker in the interim.

But, then again, I've been wrong before.

[WhereThereIsFire]

30. Charlie Crist is probably going to get the Repug guv nomination

[lutefisk]

33. Taking Cheney's spot seems the most likely to me

It's hard to imagine Cheney lasting all the way to '08. Once Dick is out of the way, Junior will need someone with proven leadership abilities, someone from outside the "beltway" he can trust to help lead the country in a time of war. After an exhaustive search, Junior will declare Jeb as the best person for the job. The rest of my scenario involves Jeb running with Dr. Condi in 'O8... but let's just hope none of this happens.

[seafan]

35. Yep, nepotism, cronyism, Jebbie's doing a heckuvajob..... can't wait.

Pardon me while I :puke:

[peaches2003]

3. Yup

He's running in 2008. What other reason would he tour Iraq now? To visit with less than 400 FL National Guardsman? Unlikely.

HIs term expires this year. Wonder what national job big brother will give him to build up his national resume before 2008.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. So is he bringing home pictures of all the good things that are happening

there?
Bet he has the most up-to-date body armor and the best armored vehicles!

[saigon68]

18. He could go to Abu Ghraib and torture a few POWs

Maybe then he could get an erection.

I've heard he needs violence to obtain arousal.

[BrklynLiberal]

27. That whole Bush Clan is bunch of sick puppies.

[William769]

5. I'll bet he has body armour.

To bad our fighting men & women don't.

[cureautismnow]

6. Please stay there, Jeb-boy.

Send everyone else back home, while you man the Iraqi fort. Fair is fair. Besides, it will give us a chance to fumigate the governor's mansion in Tally a year ahead of schedule. Yeah, that's the (one-way) ticket (to Iraq).

[SoCalDem]

8. ...and so it starts...

:cry:

[ShortnFiery]

9. Why aren't old Jeb's kids there in uniform protecting our freedom? n/t.

[leftchick]

12. one is a drug addict

another is an attorney? I forget what the last one is up to.

[WhereThereIsFire]

29. Druggie and sluggie

Actually, both his sons have been arrested ... one for copulating in the backseat of a car at Gov's Sq Mall here in Tallahassee and the other for slugging a police officer last year. And of course, Noelle is so screwed up with drugs, you just have to pity her. After all she did manage to smuggle (a skill gained from her mommy no doubt) drugs into her rehab program ... and she still got to stay in. Had she not been named booooshie she'd be doing hard time somewhere. I'm not saying that should happen to her. But, considering their reprobate children, these boooshie's have no leg to stand on when they try to say they run on FAMILY VALUES. Yeah, lack there of.

[MisterP]

13. I thought pork was unclean in the Middle East?

[peekaloo]

23. LOL

:D

[WhereThereIsFire]

28. Ahhhh, I'll move it here

Apparently the DU moderator didn't like my subject line on this same topic ... EASTER BUNNY - Prez Jeb Bush?? They called it a "duplicate" of this thread. I think my take on it is QUITE a bit different. But, since they decided to lock down my thoughts on this and make them unavailable (what a nice NAZI-Repug thing to do), I'll just repost it here, thank you very much. And in reply to those who'd asked question I wasn't allowed to reply to: 1.) No Jeb can't run again for guv, he's used up all his runs. 2.) There are two Democrats running - Jim Davis (I support him at this point) and Rod Smith. You can check out Jim Davis at www.jimdavis2006.com

Here's my recent post:

What a nightmare. I woke up and got my Easter Sunday newspaper to find Guv Jebbie Booosh's ugly mug above the fold in the headline story. They considered his visit to troops in Iraq headline material. With this buffoon's term as guv finally ending this year (Thank gawd! He has just about distroyed the state of Florida ... much as his brother has done to the country) he most definately has his eye on taking his brother's job. Now he is positioning himself as the heir apparent. Obviously reading polls isn't his strong suit ... or he'd know the booosh name has about as much value as a copper penny, probably less. This man, whose children have all been arrested for serious crimes, whose wife smuggled thousands of dollars worth of clothes in from Paris, who himself has been implicated in financial misdeeds prior to becoming guv, and who has used his office to push "privatization" (a code word used to suck money out of public treasury and into pockets of his good ol buddies) of as much as he can ... he obviously sees himself as the one who will continue to use the boooosh robbery skills to continue picking pocket's at a federal level beginning in 2009. If you have any doubts about this, remember Diebold is in their pocket ... our vote isn't likely to have much impact on the outcome. So, here's jebbet's message on Iraq. Quote from the fool, "I really feel it is important to be here at Easter." Why? Why on earth would anyone want him there, unless he suited up and volunteered as a soldier. And the hard copy on this was filled with a couple of pages of him "boots on the ground" with soldiers in Iraq. But, in "undisclosed locations". Hmmmm? These people have no shame ... they'll use anyone they can to get what they perceive as "positive press" ... I can still see him in those infamous photos of poor Teri Schiavo. Well, soldiers in Iraq are jebbit's new Teri:

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2...

[rodeodance]

14. I think most are fed up with Bushs!--the Bush name and all it stands for!

[fshrink]

17. 2008 PR #3.

[allisonthegreat]

20. i would not be surprised at any thing...

the bush regime does...

[quaoar]

21. Jeb says he's "armored up"

By STEVE BOUSQUET
St. Petersburg Times

TALLAHASSEE - Under top security, Gov. Jeb Bush is spending Easter in Iraq with troops from Florida, reuniting the governor with the National Guard soldiers who had helped out after hurricanes.

Bush planned to join troops for Easter religious services today before heading home. Accompanying him on the bipartisan mission were three other governors: fellow Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Tom Vilsack of Iowa, a potential 2008 presidential candidate.

Wearing an armored vest and helmet while flying on a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, Bush visited seven military bases in Iraq and Kuwait as part of the Pentagon-sponsored mission at the request of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Bush said he was “armored up” for safety, but did not feel unsafe.

[donsu]

25. wonder if he drank the water with those meals?

Halliburton was giving the troops treated sewer water

maybe he will inhale some depleted uranium while there. we can only hope.

[PhuLoi]

26. Oh please, oh please please please!

From the Dept. of the ARMY:

Dear Mrs. Barbra Bush,
We regret to inform you,

Your son is dead,
He won't be home,
He got it in the back at old Bagram,
Shot in the back with a two-two-five,
If he hadn't been running he'd still be alive.

A redux of an old Viet Nam ditty.

[seafan]

31. Pix from the trip at this link:

http://www.flgov.com/middleeast/

[DuaneBidoux]

32. Face it he's running for prez.

[DesertRat]

34. Jeb visits Iraq

[seafan]

36. More pix here. The shots of Jeb posing with private contractors irk me.

http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=8&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
Air Force Col. Hyde speaks to Governor Bush.


http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=1&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
Jacksonville, Fla., resident, Army Capt. Suzanne Love, speaks with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Saturday morning during a governors’ delegation visit to troops that also included the governors of West Virginia, Iowa and Indiana.


http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=4&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
From left to right: Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, W.V. Gov. Joe Manchin and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pose with Iraqi troops during a governors’ delegation visit to a forward operating base in Iraq.


http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=6&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
Governor Bush talks with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tricia Findley, a former Florida resident.


http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=15&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
Governor Bush and civilian contractors


http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CD&Dato=20060417&Kategori=PHOTOS03&Lopenr=417001&Ref=PH&Item=16&MaxW=600&MaxH=600&DsRadius=5
Governor Bush and civilian contractors


All pix from here:
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CD&Date=20060417&Category=PHOTOS03&ArtNo=417001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=20

[War Pigs]

38. That's President Jeb to you

:sarcasm: