Why was there Gold Star Families at the FReeptard rally?

[buff2]

I thought Gold Star Families were for PEACE. Are there two different Gold Star Families? :shrug:

[donco6]

1. Gold Star is any family who has lost someone.

Gold Star for Peace is a subgroup of that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. So do we call the FReepers

Gold Star Families for War?

Or how about
Gold Star Families for Hate?
Gold Star Families for Death?

[donco6]

10. Ha! Take your pick.

They all sound about right to me!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. I am just going to call them all crazy

Crazy Gold Star Families. :)

[Vincardog]

2. Gold Star families are any family who has lost a member in the war.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Gold Star simply means they have lost a family member in combat.

Like the military itself, Gold Star families cover the full spectrum of political beliefs.

[msongs]

4. Bush tries to link gold star and right wing in voters minds its all

about framing:

gold star = love bush policies

Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm

[buff2]

6. Geez........

Have I told you lately how much I HATE that bastard? :evilgrin:

[buff2]

5. Thanks everybody!

:grouphug:

[JohnnyRingo]

7. As an aside, Blue Star Mothers are those that have an active

duty soldier in the family.

During the Viet war they were given a decal to display in the window.
I wonder if that's still a custom.

[HawkerHurricane]

9. Still a custom.

The Blue Star/Gold star thing can be traced back to WW1. My wife displayed a Blue Star in the window for me during Operation Iraqi Liberation. I'll show it for our future Son In Law when he deploys.

[donco6]

11. My grandmother had five sons in WWI at once.

Can you imagine? Remarkable woman. They all came back OK.

[HawkerHurricane]

13. Good to hear.

I know of two cases where a mother lost 5 sons to war, the Civil War and WW2 (the Sullivan brothers).

[kskiska]

16. My grandmother had 4 sons in WWII

and they all came back okay, but my dad was a POW in Germany for over a year.

[benburch]

14. Gold Star Families for Peace is a different group...

From Gold Star Families. And this has caused some to allege that Cindy Sheehan was lying about being a Gold Star Mom, as she is not a member of Gold Star Families. But they don't have any monopoly on saying who qualifies to grieve for a lost son in a war based on lies, though they certainly mean to say that Ms. Sheehan has no such right.

[Mend]

15. Did they notice that freeptards don't enlist?

do they remember that the freeptard-in-chief is a coward, awol, deserter?