Bush 'moved' by casket photos

[Q]

White House: Bush moved by casket photos

Administration stands by publication ban

Friday, April 23, 2004 Posted: 5:42 PM EDT (2142 GMT)

NAPLES, Florida (CNN) -- President Bush was "moved" by recently published photos of caskets containing U.S. military personnel slain in Iraq but stands by his policy barring their publication, a White House spokesman said Friday.

"We must pay attention to the privacy of the families. That's what the policy is based on," White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters, describing that as "our first priority."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/23/bush.caskets/index.html

[greatauntoftriplets]

What moved?

(Excuse me) his bowels?

[icymist]

6. LOL.

Right before scrolling down to your post.

[aquart]

1. Would he were moved to Texas.

[Maat]

5. What cr*p!

If my daughter were killed in a war, I would want everyone to see her casket (not her mutilated body)! I would want people to get motivated to stop the madness! It is utter bullcr*p that the Bushies are not allowing these photographs out of concern for privacy. I take that back -- they are concerned about privacy -- theirs -- so they won't be hated about bringing us to war.

[kixot]

2. If by "moved" you mean pissed and furiously bathing in tons of CYA

Then, yeah, sure he's moved. Moved like Ted Bundy was moved.

[Q]

3. Privacy of the families?

- No one knows who is inside the caskets/transfer tubes. How could this be about the 'privacy' of the families?

[pinkpops]

7. no kidding

just boxes with flags. Symbolic, but not grisly. No names, no pictures. Me thinks the chimp doth protest too much.

[MrSlayer]

4. How is showing a coffin invading on the privacy of families?

It's not like they are showing corpses. What bullshit.

[Q]

8. This makes about as much sense...

...as anything George says.

- Are Americans dumbed down to the point where they actually believe this dribble? Is it about privacy? Or an in your face indication that Gilligan's* war is going badly?

[DAGDA56]

9. MOVED!??!?

Like he hasn't been aware of this before now? That stone cold Bastid! (as they used to say in Milford MA)

[cornfedyank]

10. Moved, like he did not know people were dying at his command.

jerk

[DAGDA56]

11. Like it was one big, elaborate video game...

...the asshole...

[cornfedyank]

14. there should be an amendment that the president has to have served.

i want the person running the show to have seen what's in those caskets and buried on those soccer fields first hand. then maybe after seeing the carnage and feeling the fear they won't make jokes about WMDs under the coffee table.

we sure don't seem to run out of wars.

[AlFrankenFan]

12. If he's so damn moved

Attend the funeral service to one of those soldiers or at least welcome them home.

[NMLobo]

13. Keep in mind

* didn't say he was moved, his spokesman said he said was moved.

* was apparently too moved to say it himself.

[cornfedyank]

15. too tough a question...to much pressure...homer simpson has more feelings

[greenbriar]

16. he is "moved" alot

wish someone would just "move" him back to crawlford