Why did Bush spend over 3 hours with the families yesterday?

[Norquist Nemesis]

Anyone heard anything about what came out of it? Were some of them yelling at him, or were they getting Rapid Response Troop combat training to fight the dirty DLI (Domestic Liberal Insurgency).

[Beelzebud]

1. He only did it to catapult some propaganda,

that he actually gives a shit about American families.

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. The WH staffers must have kept pushing this little tidbit

Yesterday afternoon (and evening) on CNN, Dana Bash kept reminding us how he's on the clock with the grieving families. She also has the lingo down as "Families of the Fallen".

Really raw stuff there, Dana. :rolleyes:

[ohtransplant]

2. I'm sure it's "proof" that he feels their pain.

Wait for the spin. It's coming.

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. No doubt about it.

I'm expecting it will be in his next speech. They were probably doing a little data mining for propaganda.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. It's called CYA (cover your ass).

Now he can prove just how compassionate he is. You can bet your sweet ass that if he spent that much time, they were very carefully vetted to make sure none of them would ask any embarrassing questions like "Why did my son die for your lies and your war?".

[cdb]

4. When will he go to a soldiers funeral??

That is the true test of his make-believe give-a-shit act... how low will the poll numbers have to go for that to happen?

[Norquist Nemesis]

10. Undoubtedly!

He probably turned it into a fundraiser for the GOP! Next thing you know, he'll be promoted as the President that can do two things at once!

:puke:

[marbuc]

5. I think it makes him look worse

Three hours with families that support? What's a half hour with a mother that lost a son at his apathetic hands?

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. I'll at least give some credit that the WH Snoozecorps

are saying Bush is on the offensive (ironic choice of words). You can also see their joy in being players in the game.

I agree. He's met Pruitt twice now (Sheehan once). Pruitt with five sons and a husband serving, all living (Sheehan four children, one serving now dead). Pruitt, GOP/Bush promoter (Sheehan 'far left').

What's wrong with this picture?

[librechik]

15. FYI, Cindy has three living adult children n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Sorry

My bias got away from me and you are correct. Thanks!

[ClayZ]

6. Bet * was wearing disposable underwear!

He is having a hard time controlling his temper. Three hours is almost more than he can take. Especially if he is giving up his precious bike riding time.



:kick:

[Norquist Nemesis]

14. He's worn those for a while....remember the uniform bulger?

:rofl:

[Imagevision]

7. Bush desperate, talks to familes, what else can a failing president do??

As his popularity continues to go down the toilet!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[KoKo]

11. Here's a report of his meeting with Families, from Idaho Newspaper:

It goes on an on with families saying Bush and Laura cried, gave them lapel pins, yadda, yadda. If you want to read it. Here's a snip from one of the last comments plus one of the Bush demonstrators. I wonder what those who weren't interviewed thought of Bush. Surely not every family was as extatic as those mentioned in this newspaper. Idaho is Bush's strong state with current support for his WAR. So, one wouldn't expect them to give the whole picture.

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(BARF ALERT)
'He put his arm around us and said 'thank you' '
President Bush touched faces, shed tears and prayed with a family of Idaho women who lost a soldier in Iraq.

De Ann, Rachel and Tanna Isenberg of Moscow said they left a private meeting Wednesday feeling that George W. Bush genuinely felt their family's loss.

Sgt. Benjamin Isenberg died in Taji, Iraq, in September after an explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Isenberg was a member of the Oregon National Guard's 162nd Infantry.

"The president walked right in with Mrs. Bush behind him — with smiles and tears," said De Ann, Benjamin's mother. "He sat on the couch and put his arm around us and said 'thank you.' "

Bush inquired after Benjamin and Rachel's two young boys and produced large, presidential coins for Rachel to give her sons, Jeremiah, 5, and Kraig, 3.

The three women received special lapel pins with Bush's signature engraved on the back.

"I thought, what average Canadian girl gets to meet the president of the United States?" said Rachel, who is working toward American citizenship. "He said 'You need to tell me the truth. How are you doing, really?' "

Tanna Isenberg said she initially worried about what to wear to meet the president. But her anxiety melted away when she got to talk with the president about her big brother.

"He's so real and down-to-earth. I instantly felt comfortable," said Tanna, 17.

The president and Laura Bush also accepted photos of Benjamin and his sons, De Ann said.

"He wasn't the president. He was a man who cared about this loss," she said.


BUT , MEANWHILE OUTSIDE THE ARENA:

‘There’s a tide turning and this administration is not paying attention’
Emilie Fothergill of Boise stood on a sidewalk outside the Idaho Center in a rented chicken suit. She carried a sign reading, “Chicken George — Scared of Cindy?”

Fothergill said the president should meet with anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, even though the president visited with her a year ago after her son died in Iraq. Bush met with the families of fallen servicemen and women Wednesday after his speech in Nampa, seeing at least one military family a second time.

“There are more families now that would like to have answers,” said Fothergill. “There’s a tide turning and this administration is not paying attention. People are starting to see why we went to war, and the fact we shouldn’t have done it.”

[Imagevision]

13. Bush: speeches still require mandatory pre-screening for attendee's

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[ClayZ]

16. ..women received special lapel pins with Bush's signature engraved..

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. Anatomy of a news article

Put the Who, What, When, Where, Why at the top. Write in the manner that less important information follows than the previous information allowing editor to cut from bottom up.

Guess which part will be edited for distribution...