Zuni
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:13 AM
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from the Drudge report :rofl:
MOVE OVER, CINDY: BUSH SINGLES OUT OTHER MILITARY MOM Wed Aug 24 2005 16:53:27 ET
NAMPA, Idaho -- President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the Iraq war.
Speaking to hundreds of Idaho National Guardsmen, the president singled out military mom Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho, whose husband and five sons have all served in Iraq.
"Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard: Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year her husband, Leon, and another son, Aaron, returned from Iraq, where they helped train Iraqi firefighters in Mosul.
"Tammy says this -- and I want you to hear this -- 'I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country.'
"And I guess you couldn't ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in. America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts."
The crowd, made up mostly of military family members, broke into cheers and chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:15 AM
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:17 AM
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2. I can only hope and pray |
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Mrs Pruett never experiences the loss of a loved one because of an illegal, immoral war.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:18 AM
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3. Of course, all *her* sons are still alive |
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:18 AM
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4. New recruiting slogan? |
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"you couldn't ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in."
General Patton would heartily disagree.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:19 AM
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5. "America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts." |
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were we in danger of losing "our freedom"? good fucking god, the chimp can't even draw a direct connection in his speeches, let alone in his reasons for going to war. what a fucking moran
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Zuni
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:22 AM
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7. They hate us for our freedoms, you know |
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Thu Aug-25-05 12:15 PM
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16. I thought it was because of our internets. |
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Damn. I need to read LBN more.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:20 AM
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6. He couldn't even pick a Gold Star mother? |
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:56 AM
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13. No, he picked a mother with 4 boys who enlisted in the National Guard |
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because that is probably the only way they can afford college.
Hope she doesn't end up like Mrs. Sullivan from WWII.
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Thu Aug-25-05 12:12 PM
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15. Funny, I thought of her too when I read the story. |
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Though I doubt Mrs. Pruett will get a Hollywood movie if her sons are all killed.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:29 AM
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8. this is a wrassLin story Line right? |
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:32 AM
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Imagine, having to leave the Crawford Ranch to beg for support.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:34 AM
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10. This smacks of desperation |
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He's being forced to react - the slime they're chucking at Cindy obviously isn't sticking, so he needs to find another way to try and reduce her momentum. This one, however, is doomed for failure, just like the war.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:37 AM
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11. move over, bacon: here's something meatier. |
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:44 AM
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12. Joseph Wilson summed it up well: |
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He said
"The Bush White House and its right-wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families' vigil in central Texas in the same way that they always respond to bad news -- by unleashing personal attacks and smears against her."
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:59 AM
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14. Does this mean his daughters will be enlisting soon? |
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What greater support for America and their father's war than to put their lives on the line. :patriot:
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