Bush Turkey Trot...soldiers pre-selected...

[Nazgul35]

It seems that the Bush photo-op in Bagdad was set up with soldiers who were preselected by their commanding officers...the Washington Post reports:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57870-2003Dec11.html

With the Pentagon just recovering from that(the poll showing low moral), Stars and Stripes is blowing the whistle on President Bush's Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad, saying the cheering soldiers who met him were pre-screened and others showing up for a turkey dinner were turned away.

The newspaper, quoting two officials with the Army's 1st Armored Division in an article last week, reported that "for security reasons, only those preselected got into the facility during Bush's visit. . . . The soldiers who dined while the president visited were selected by their chain of command, and were notified a short time before the visit."

What a surprise....I never would've guessed....

[gmoney]

1. Nobody below rank of Sergeant...

...and probably no registered Democrats either, although I'm sure Dixiecrats would be OK.

"And be sure to send in those absentee ballots early and often, boys and girls!"