Salem Statesman-Journal: President must make time for grieving mother

[dw]

This editorial is being published to a lot of reddish areas of Oregon...

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Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski attends every funeral, if he's invited, for an Oregon service member killed in the Iraq war.

No government meeting, no planned vacation, keeps the ex-Marine from that solemn duty.

Often he speaks at the services; always he talks with family members, calling them when he first learns of their child's sacrifice.

Kulongoski has participated in dozens of services and has made scores of phone calls. It's too much to expect the president to attend nearly 2,000 services. But why not one, or two, or 20?

And why not one more conversation with a grieving mother whose son faithfully followed the commander-in-chief's orders?

[Jensen]

1. And one that is just outside his door!

Shame on him!

[Gyre]

2. It's not a matter of time.

He's fucking afraid of actually meeting one of his victims. Pfft!

Gyre