Bush to amputee soldier: "I’m so, so sorry"

[sabra]

http://www.newsherald.com/free/article.display.php?id=67019

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During the past few weeks, several special visitors came to see Sgt. Joshua Cope in his hospital room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning, the first lady and the president of the United States have stopped by to visit with the wounded veteran from Panama City Beach.

“He (President George W. Bush) said, ‘I’m so, so sorry’ with tears in his eyes as he left,” said Cope’s mother, Linda. “They (the Bushes) are the humblest people.”

Joshua Cope, who served in the Germany-based 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, lost both of his legs and his right arm was injured in Iraq on Nov. 13, when his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device, or IED. Linda Cope said her son’s legs were amputated on the field. His left arm sustained second-degree burns.

[WinkyDink]

1. Another gull.

[MUAD_DIB]

4. He's not sorry.

Sociopaths only feel emotion for themselves and not others.

[Tellurian]

15. Wondering if * has an ownership

in the prosthesis industry?

I don't know how to ck up on that..

The government does fund the cost for artificial limbs, don't they?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Sorry?

Jeez. "Sorry" just doesn't cover it, does it?

[undeterred]

3. Crocodile tears.

Let him see Jenna or Barbara or Laura with a few limbs gone and then he'll really get it.

[Wickerman]

5. Sorry that he cut VA benefits?

:shrug:

[SpiralHawk]

8. No, Commander AWOL and the republicons are not sorry they cut VA benefits

They are only sorry that they need to spend time away from the Imperial PIG Farm Upon Crawford.

[Monkeyman]

14. Wait till you see the 2008 VA Budget cuts

[Avalux]

6. HUMBLE?????

:rofl:

I suppose it's not appropriate to laugh - but as a mother, I find what this mother said quite rediculous. Her son has lost his legs and has suffered terrible burns. If she doesn't get it by now - that Bush LIED and started a war for profit and her son was fodder for his selfish greedy bullshit, then she's hopeless. There is nothing humble about Bush and he's certainly not sorry about her son's condition.

[Ron Green]

7. "They are the humblest people"

This is exactly what the evil masters want the masses to believe, and they've done a brilliant job of fooling most of the people most of the time. Even those who are finally awakening to the truth about the policies are still fooled by the fake folksy act.

[PA Democrat]

9. "They (the Bushes) are the humblest people.”" HUH????

I could come up with many adjectives to describe the Bushes. None would be even close to "humble." The man who crowed about being "a WAR president" and "the DECIDER", the man who has never admitted to being mistaken about Iraq is many things, but he is NOT "humble."

[hobbit709]

10. He's sorry alright

He's a sorry sack of fecal matter.

[madrchsod]

11. they are the humblest people?

i`m sorry linda but they are not. they are evil people who lied to you. your son, and this nation. your son`s legs were sawn off in the field because of his lies.`i'm so ,so sorry' does`t make his lies go away...

[blueButGlad]

12. Jan 1, 2006: Bush insensitive with amputees

Jan 1, 2006: “Happy New Year to you all. Thanks. I can't think of a better way to start 2006 then here at this fantastic hospital” President Bush says, visiting wounded troops at the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The president added “As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself - not here at the hospital, but in combat with a Cedar. I eventually won. The Cedar gave me a little scratch”. Poor George.


Excerpt from the Jan 1st entry of the 2007 Bush-fact-a-day calendar www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com

[bullwinkle428]

24. How that SOB did not get reamed out by the media for that remark

the way John Kerry did for a fumbled joke still remains a mystery to me!!! :grr:

[Rageneau]

27. There's no mystery. The MSM is STILL covering for Bush.

If Chimpy got the coverage he deserved (or one-tenth the negative coverage that Clinton got) he wouldn't even have a 25% approval rate.

[Drifter]

13. The only thing he is sorry for ...

is the fact that this persons injuries are making him look bad.

Cheers
Drifter

[Lugnut]

16. Gag me

Humble? Where? When? Ugh.

[acmavm]

17. And the Academy Award for best actor and actress duo goes

to...

[pacalo]

18. Humble??? Show that mom the video of Mr. Humble "looking" for WMD.

The WMD Mr. Humble knew were non-existent when he sent her son to Iraq.

[Javaman]

19. "now watch this shot" nt

[sarge43]

20. "humblest people"?!

Ms Cope, sorry lady, but if you truly believe that, you're a cheap date.

[KamaAina]

21. Well, at least he got to meet Alonzo Mourning

Mark my words, within five years, Mourning's autograph will be selling for more on eBay than what's-his-face's.

[THUNDER HANDS]

22. "I am so, so sorry............now watch this drive."

[RedStateShame]

23. A Bush crying is as common nowadays as a story about Lindsay Lohan being drunk.

Whenever 41 thinks about losing power, Jeb thinks about his blown political aspirations, or when Babs Senior feaers she's surrounded by minorities, the water works are turned on. Except for Laura, of course, as she had that treatment that the Joker offered in the first Batman movie.

[Solly Mack]

25. Know how the WH Press releases stories about Bush reading?

And doing "chores" like any Joe/Jane Blow would do? Stories meant to show he's "one of us" or "just like us"? Stories showing him wrapping gifts or handing out water? To make Bush seem human? Well, this is one of those stories...to make Bush appear human.

Fails miserably.

[Imagevision]

26. Bush cuts vets benefits - then says he's sorry? -- can you get any lower then this?!!

[alarimer]

28. I would have told the President "Fuck you".

I don't know if the SS can arrest you for that but if I were sitting there in front of him with no narms or legs because of an illegal war he started, that would have been my response.