May 14, 2008

ENTIRELY TYPICAL NOT TO HAVE MADE A SHOW OF IT:

President George W Bush quits golf in honour of the US soldiers killed in Iraq (Daily Telegraph, 14/05/2008)

US President George W Bush has revealed that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of American soldiers killed in Iraq.

"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," Mr Bush said in an online interview for Yahoo and Politico magazine.

"I don't want some mum whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them."

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 14, 2008 11:42 AM
Comments

I know that W has had families of soldiers/Marines Killed in Action over at the White House to talk with him. I understand that not more than a few fathers have given W a tongue-thrashing, and not more than a few mothers have wept along with W.

I have GOT to think there are video recordings of these visits. Don't you think W would've benefited greatly from releasing these videos? If not now, release them after W is out of office.

Posted by: Brad S at May 14, 2008 12:19 PM

Release the videos of Bush crying along with grieving mothers? Thankfully, Bush isn't Clinton and didn't do that.

Posted by: Bryan at May 14, 2008 2:14 PM

I'm not the crying type, but tears come to my eyes when I think of the blessing that is our president. I bet he doesn't play golf when he goes back to Texas either.

I hope there are no tapes and if there are, I hope there is a lock on them for at least 100 years. Play the tapes on television? What could be more vile.

Posted by: erp at May 14, 2008 3:06 PM

George Bush is a national treasure. Just think of what Hillary or Obama (or Biden, or the Silky Pony, or even somebody like Huckabee) would do in a similar situation.

Posted by: jim hamlen at May 14, 2008 9:53 PM

What do the greatest heroes of the GWOT think of our President?
I'll go along with Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell!
A really "must read" book!
Lone Survivor
http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivor-Eyewitness-Account-Operation/dp/0316067601/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210819933&sr=1-1

Posted by: Mike at May 14, 2008 9:56 PM
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