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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:48 PM
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First Lady: Support the troops by supporting the mission

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/10/30/1st_lady_support_the_troops_by_supporting_mission/

First Lady: Support the troops by supporting the mission

MANCHESTER, N.H. --First lady Laura Bush rallied Republicans on Monday, praising the state's two GOP congressmen for supporting President Bush on the Iraq war.

Mrs. Bush said she and her husband have met with wounded soldiers and families of soldiers killed in Iraq.

"And from our troops and their families, the president and I hear the same request: that we honor the sacrifice of these men and women by seeing their mission through," she said.

She said American troops have freed Iraqis from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and made it possible for girls in Afghanistan to get an education.


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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:49 PM
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1. Did she happen to mention what the hell the 'mission' was?
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:36 PM
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18. She didn't mention, "They asked to go HOME!"
because they have no idea what they are fighting for...except to die!
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:32 PM
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28. WHAT NOBLE CAUSE?! (eom)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:50 PM
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2. What exactly is the mission, anyway?
:shrug:
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twilight_sailing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:52 PM
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7. What is "victory" supposed to look like? n/t
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:15 PM
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25. Here is Victory THIS GUY IS DEAD
There will be a lot more like him in the days and months to come.

This photo should be on her mirror in the morning so she can see the work of HER War Criminal


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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:50 PM
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3. oh what a load of crap
I wonder how she sleeps nights spouting these lies . . .
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:52 PM
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6. Ambien
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:51 PM
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4. From someone who is fighting this "mission"...
Laura, please, shut up and be the trophy wife you were meant to me. You don't know the first fucking thing about this "mission".
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Justitia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:51 PM
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5. What mission? Mission Impossible? -eom
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:53 PM
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8. Not on your life, Stepford Wife. nt
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:55 PM
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9. It he mission is 1,000,000 dead then let me off here.
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:57 PM
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10. Yeah, I'll Support the Troops,
which means supporting them to stay alive, which means

Bring 'Em Home!

:applause:

There. There's some support for ya.
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 04:59 PM
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11. Yeah, "We honor the sacrifice of these men" by
getting more of them killed.
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BigDDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 05:14 PM
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12. Send Barbara and Jenn over there
they can help out with the "mission."
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:17 PM
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26. Send her Spoiled Rotton Nephew Pierce Bush
THE FUCKING LITTLE WEASEL


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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:28 PM
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Don't Forget Jebba's Son, George "Pee-Pee" Bush.
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:28 PM
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33. Self-Deleted. DUPLICATE.
Edited on Mon Oct-30-06 09:28 PM by Anakin Skywalker
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 05:33 PM
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13. So...which "mission" are we in process of completing?...
Is this a different mission from the one that was "accomplished" over three years ago? You know... the one on that banner on the aircraft carrier?
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Malva Zebrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 05:48 PM
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14. The mission was accomplished three weeks after the invasion and occupation
remember Laura?

She is a pathetic reminder of her total zombie like obedience to an utter fool who kills with impunity and who led our troops into Iraq on lieS. Why? Where else would she get her livlihood and where else would it be so elitist, so up there in the eschalons of society, than to be a member of the Bush family? Without the Bush family, she would be a school librarian.
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:33 AM
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42. Speaking as a school library professional
I'd rather be me than her!
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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 05:55 PM
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15. That's the problem, Pickles ...
Edited on Mon Oct-30-06 05:56 PM by Akoto
Nobody knows what the mission is. It was Osama at first, then weapons, then an evil dictator, then freedom, and now ... Well, nobody's really clear.

What mission are we supporting? What are the criteria for victory?
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greeneyedboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:07 PM
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16. gibberish with jingoistic keywords, as usual, from the First Stepford Wife.
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John Gauger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:25 PM
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17. Remind me again what that even means?
What precisely does 'Support the Troops' mean? That phrase has been in use since 1991, but I have never heard anyone define it.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:38 PM
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19. The hell with the mission! Wars of aggression should never be rewarded!
Edited on Mon Oct-30-06 06:39 PM by IndianaGreen
Support the troops by not having them die for a pack of lies!

End the war NOW!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:39 PM
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20. Really? She didn't ask my military family
So she can stuff her bullshit back up her ass
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:51 PM
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21. Pearls of wisdom from the First Frump...
:puke:
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 07:05 PM
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22. Mission? What mission? I don't see a mission. Do you see a mission?
Laura, do you ever listen to yourself? Because if you did, you'd have to pop a dozen Xanax to keep your head from exploding.
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jseankil Donating Member (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 02:35 AM
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44. The mission was accomplished, don't you remember?
Haliburton and friends got the massive contracts and generations of the elite families have been taken care of. Mission Accomplished.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 07:38 PM
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23. Laura, honey, it's not support to leave them in the line of fire
Edited on Mon Oct-30-06 07:38 PM by geniph
for no goddam good reason. Supporting the troops means not sending them to fight and die for NOTHING, with no plan to bring them home safely.

Take a few more Klonopin and go lie down for a while.

Well, bless her heart.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:03 PM
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24. Support war crimes and an illegal war? She's INSANE.
NT!

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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:27 PM
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27. Uh.......................NO!
STFU, Pickles.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 08:44 PM
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29. So, they've met with wounded soldiers
How many funerals of the men and women that Bush sentenced to death have they attended?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:16 PM
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30. If it's so important, why aren't her kids in the fight? nt
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:18 PM
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31. While We Are at it, Let's Support Unflinching Stupidity Too!
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LetsThink Donating Member (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:27 PM
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32. Oh--Yeah. We freed them alright! They are free to rebuild ....
....and try to survive a civil war; survive day to day; avoid kidnapping; free to try and safely get to a hospital where there are death squads waiting.....

Are Afghani girls still getting an education- I mean something other than how to survive in a world of shifting allegiances and daily brutality ?

Hmmm- Oh, yeah. What was the mission, again?
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:28 PM
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34. Ah yes, the Mystery Mission. No one knows what it is, but we should
support it to our soldier's deaths.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 09:37 PM
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35. So... what's the mission, Laura?
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 10:12 PM
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36. As I have pointed out in the past,
Laura Bush's bovine face belies a twisted, evil soul.
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 12:35 AM
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39. I am still amazed she caused the death of a young man
through her negligence and was never charged with anything. It wouldn't happen here.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:44 PM
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37. Send the Twins and their cousins, why don't you?
Oh, right, people of the Bush's social class don't have to join the military to get an education. Only the "little people" join the military -- or pay taxes.

Hekate
:argh:

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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:55 PM
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38. She's coming to Asheville tomorrow
Today's headline in the newspaper: "First lady expected to draw thousands". Charles Taylor, for the first time in 16 years, needs some help. They love her here for some reason.
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Charlie Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 12:43 AM
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40. Another rich person who has never seen combat
and who will never know the pain a family endures when a loved one is lost in someone else's war.

I know where she can go.
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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:16 AM
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41. From "Stay the Course" to "See it Through"
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our next 3 syllable slogan to strengthen our resolve.
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TexasLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 02:05 AM
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43. What a load of basura.
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usaftmo Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 06:06 AM
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45. Wait a minute wait a minute...
Whatever happened to "we can support the troops without supporting the President"? That's exactly what helmet-head (Trent Lott) said about Clinton. WTF?!?!?!?!
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 11:36 AM
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46. Her handlers need to update her on the plight of women
in the Mideast since the U.S. invasion into Iraq. It's worse. Not better. The fundamentalist Islamists are waging their own war of terror on women. Females are afraid to venture out for fear of reprisal. "Honor" killings are making a comeback. And females are staying at home rather than attend school or work. Without the iron fist of Hussein crushing the fundamentalists, the mullahs are enforcing severe restrictions on women's rights.
Laura needs to educate herself.
But she might not have time since she's so busy "ending gang violence".
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 11:46 AM
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47. Let her eat cake! nt
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 03:58 PM
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48. :-(
Edited on Tue Oct-31-06 03:58 PM by saigon68
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