This article REALLY pisses me off!

[Texasgal]

Bush has bsacially spit on our troops!


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WASHINGTON - It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution.

This is an important time," Allison Barber, deputy assistant defense secretary, said, coaching the soldiers before Bush arrived. "The president is looking forward to having just a conversation with you."

Barber said the president was interested in three topics: the overall security situation in Iraq, security preparations for the weekend vote and efforts to train Iraqi troops.

As she spoke in Washington, a live shot of 10 soldiers from the Army's 42nd Infantry Division and one Iraqi soldier was beamed into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building from Tikrit — the birthplace of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

"I'm going to ask somebody to grab those two water bottles against the wall and move them out of the camera shot for me," Barber said.

A brief rehearsal ensued.

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More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq

[liberal N proud]

1. Well he has repeatedly shit on America so to him

spitting on the troops is nothing.

[Texasgal]

3. True...

You know it's bad when you have to fucking REHEARSE to make it look good.

I am just SEETHING over this right now.

[liberal N proud]

7. Most of America must be also

The amazing thing is how the media has covered it as STAGED.

[Kralizec]

2. He's been doing it for a long time... but now it is so painfully glaring

that some people (in the haze) are actually noticing it. *some*

Peace.

[MsConduct]

4. He only acknowledges our troops existence when he thinks it

will benefit him. There aren't enough words in the dictionary to describe what a low life he is.

[GalleryGod]

5. Yeah, don't forget the two water bottles in the background !

:puke: friggin' douchebag :argh:

[Texasgal]

6. How stupid is that?

Who gives a damn about the freakin water bottles!!

[bryant69]

8. If the message is setting up an appropriately heroic shot

You need to have everything just right. Course, one could argue that if President Bush were sufficiently heroic on his own, he wouldn't need such elaborate tricks.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Texasgal]

9. Kick for the night crowd!

:dem: