It is Hard Work Consoling and Loving Families of Iraq War Dead.

[leftchick]

So hard in fact that chimpass* fails to show up for the daily funerals down the road in Arlington Cemetery....



Gunnery Sgt. Barry Baker, left, presents Thomas W. Mininger with the flag that was placed over the casket of his son, Lance Cpl. Robert Thomas Mininger, of Sellersville, Penn., during his funeral service at Arlington Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, June 20, 2005. Mininger, who was 21, died in Iraq from wounds suffered in an explosion during combat. Seated next to Thomas W. Mininger is the deceased's girlfriend Erica Lehneis and his brother Greg Mininger. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)





RIP Robert.....

[salin]

1. I remember a very sad post a year or so ago

from a fellow hoosier. There was a military/combat death from the community - and the local (bush supporters) were expecting a "call" of condolences from Bush (given his statements like the one above.) If I recall our DUer friend was trying to cushion the blow to those with that expectation - trying to get info that he didn't really make such calls.... I don't recall how that situation ended up.

[leftchick]

2. I would be willing to bet...

the only calls or visits he made were those few during the campaign that were nothing more than photo ops for him.

[leftchick]

3. a kick for Robert

and his family. :(

[leftchick]

4. he missed another funeral today...

Relatives, friends and military officials, gather near the coffin of Sgt. David J. Murray, left, during a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, June 21, 2005, in Arlington, Va. Sgt. Murray, 23, of Clinton, La., died June 9, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)



Joan Parker, center, mother of Sgt. David J. Murray, is handed the U.S. flag that draped her sons coffin, by Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, left, during a funeral ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, June 21, 2005, in Arlington, Va. Sgt. Murray, 23, of Clinton, La., died June 9, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Others at the funeral are, Sgt. Murrays father, Garry Murray, fourth from left, stepfather John Parker, third from left and Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey, back left. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)