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| 2004-05-06 |
| This site shows a picture of George Bush quietly keeping a promise to a wounded soldier. Picture the media circus surrounding Kerry doing this. Character counts Staff Sergeant Mike McNaughton, Louisiana National Guard, stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan Christmas 2002. President Bush came to visit the wounded in the hospital. He told Mike that when he could run a mile, that they would go on a run together. True to his word, he called Mike every month or so to see how he was doing. Well, last week they went on the run, 1 mile with the president. Not something you’ll see in the news, but seeing the president taking the time to say thank you to the wounded and to give hope to one of my best friends was one of the greatest/best things I have seen in my life. It almost sounds like a corny email chain letter, but God bless him. CPT Justin P. Dodge, MD Flight Surgeon, 1-2 AVN RGT Medical Corps, U.S. Army |
| Posted by:RWV |
| #8 RE: Steve and Frank' posts: Those are two of the best reasons that I'm backing that man, and will be voting for him come November. Economy is important, war on terrorism is important, domestic issues are important. What is more important to me is that the man in those photos is at the front. This is a man, a father, a husband, a Christian - who happens to be president of the United States. Please tell the cynical media that I don't care if he, "ummm..."s a lot when he's speaking. When it comes time for action, even spontaneous moments like the one that Frank linked us to, there are no "ummm"s in sight. There may be slicker, better coiffed, men out there, but none of them could make the face as genuine as the ones in those photos. They could make the most eloquent public proclamations, but when president Bush was adressing the workers at the world trade center and said that the "ones who did this are going to hear from you also" it sounded like a man who meant it. That's not a president - that's a Leader. May G-d bless our leader, George W. Bush. |
| Posted by: Ken 2004-05-06 12:16:04 PM |
| #7 Hank - Yeah, you're right. I definitely know what a worry wart is - lived in Texas about 30 yrs! At the moment I'm not as confident as I was a couple of weeks ago - Fallujah. We'll see how it goes, but I feel very strongly that they have made a serious mistake, there. Najaf, Karbala, Kut, etc - dealing with the Madhi stupidity and Shitstani's constipation - is now looking more encouraging. "Firebrand cleric Al Sadr" - yeah, right, wotta load of shit, eh? I have a saying I think applies to how we conduct ourselves in the WoT in general, but most certainly in how we deal with Arabs: "If you walk around with your hat in your hand, somebody will put your head in it." Corny, just like me... but accurate. Frank G - Thanx - that's one I'll pass along to the reality-challenged people I know. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-06 12:03:33 PM |
| #6 Hank is a neo-con but explains things in a down home nutshell. |
| Posted by: Sam 2004-05-06 11:52:37 AM |
| #5 Yes, The Pres comes across as real. "Frenchy" John comes off as pompous. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-06 11:36:32 AM |
| #4 keep this in mind as well |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-06 11:28:10 AM |
| #3 .Com - you are a pessimist. Folks round here would say worry wart. This here adventure in Iraq and Afghanistan is to spread freedom and some of the ole down home values that made us what we are. It aint done for profit. It's an optimistic adventure to spread freedom, and it aint been done before. In the process, it'll help us here too. Keep your chin up. |
| Posted by: Hank 2004-05-06 10:30:49 AM |
| #2 To a dwindling few, keeping your word actually means something. An even smaller percentage knows when to give it, understanding what is important in this world. In another way, most live down to the lowest common denominator - a few choose their own values, tough-choice values, and then live up to them. Dubya is, indeed, such a man. The elitists and LLL are so benumbed by their own determined efforts to rip every last shred of decency and "corny" values from the body politic, they will never even see, much less comprehend, the difference. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-06 6:54:43 AM |
| #1 Win or lose in the fall, I'm going to keep that picture in mind when I think of GWB in the next 10 - 20 years. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-05-06 1:02:57 AM |