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2003-11-26 Home Front

Sen. Clinton to spend Thanksgiving with troops

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-11-26 7:09:34 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, I hope the lads at least get better chow then normal because of Billary showing her ugly mug.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 7:24:36 AM|| 2003-11-26 7:24:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how they'll pick the units which will be ~~forced to put up with her~~ honored with her presence. Think they have an HQ ~~shit~~ honor list they'll work from?

Posted by .com (Abu Welcome Committee, Not!) 2003-11-26 7:31:44 AM|| 2003-11-26 7:31:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Look, Sarge, the Senate sent us a turkey for Thanksgiving."

Posted by Mike 2003-11-26 8:13:09 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:13:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com, look for all the pc decorations. They'll need to find a soldier of each different race & ethnic background, females, and even a homo if they can find one. LOL. I'm sure HRC's staff will ask that any Jewish or Puerto Rican soldiers be present for photo ops as she'll definitely want to score the points. Trust me, I've seen this stuff asked for. Even if the combat unit she visits is 90% white & male, it will not look that way in the photo for her constituents - just an observation from experience.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 8:30:44 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:30:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 They're going to be hard pressed to get Hillary into a combat suit. It would alienate her left-wing voters if they thought she was pro-american.

Posted by Charles 2003-11-26 8:40:26 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:40:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Same thing happened in Saudi when the Clown Prince came to visit Aramco - all the expats were told to put important-looking shit on the screen and get out. Then properly connected and dressed (in dresses, of course) Saoodi's were herded in to sit at the computers. They were told not to touch anything! I guess His Royalness didn't ask for a demo, it certainly would've been a disaster if he had. All the press photos Aramco distributes show these sycophants giving their best "ah hah!" or "serious deep thought" looks while gazing at computer screens or blueprints of refineries. SOS the world over!

Posted by .com (Abu Pure PR) 2003-11-26 8:41:39 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:41:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 .com --

Today's NY Post says Hillary is going to "spend time" with guys from the 10th Mountain Division. That's because they're from Fort Drum, NY. She'll pretend to care about them just like she pretends to care about all of us NYers.

Posted by growler 2003-11-26 10:20:16 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:20:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Growler, and I'm sure the 10th Mountain lads will be asked to pretend to care about her as well. LOL.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 10:30:12 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:30:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Oooooo ~~raw meat~~ real voters! She'll be beside herself - and one was already one too many! Poor guys. (Sorry LH, but Freedom sez it's OK) Their cumulative kharma must be negative. Prolly got an unusual clustering of serial killers from previous lives in there. ;->

Posted by .com (Abu Bad Luck) 2003-11-26 10:33:55 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:33:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Jarhead, Yes look for the PC. Even if the unit is almost snow white it will 'become' the most diverse unit in the military (for at least a few hours). Look for Black, Latino, Muslim (gotta cuddle up to them too), Asian, lots of women and mothers of course. All will be pretty and hansome and 'photogenic'....

And of course Hillary carving the turkey 'taking care of the men and women which Bush put in harms way based on a lie...'. Interviewing people (women and children) who lost their parents or relatives to american imperialism.

You wont see her at any re-constructed schools or hospitals or any mass graves or interviewing any torture victims though... Wont want to show us in a good light or Saddam in a bad light you know.

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-11-26 12:06:19 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:06:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I always HATED when these yahoo's would show up during the holidays. We spent way too much time painting and cleaning. Also whenever they had a reception for the honored guest it was ALWAYS on my time off. I natually had to forgo any sack time so I could go listen to how much they love us. BLAH! Unless she brought a lot of hard liquor or some cheap hookers (or both) these guys could care less about the visit. And also we had to spend unit funds to cover the cost of the visit, which if these two had there way would not have passed.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-26 12:39:05 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:39:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 What the hey! I thought I posted this early this am. Hmmm, Fred, wot happened?

Posted by Steve White 2003-11-26 12:49:19 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:49:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Sarge, good point. Troops do not give a flip if these people show up. We know the deal. Unless they're bringing great-home cooked chow, presents, and good liquor, stay home. Waste our time w/their half-hearted speeches & dog/pony shows.

BTW - All you Rantburgers have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 12:52:35 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:52:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 #12 Steve - You posted it last night. It's a dupe. Rather than ditching all the comments that were on it, I left it in...

Posted by Fred 2003-11-26 1:06:17 PM|| 2003-11-26 1:06:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I remember a couple of these "visits" during holiday times in Germany. Mostly they hit the Army units, and left us alone. That was good, because we'd practically have to shut down to let one in the door. We did have one show up - a congressman from somewhere, don't remember now. He wanted to visit for the sole reason that he'd been a member of the unit 20 years earlier, or something. Turned out to be an all-right guy who understood not only the work, but the skill and dedication of the people doing it. Even had a few good 'war stories' to relate - things that were still going on much the same twenty years later.

Hillary should visit the soccer field in Kabul, the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq, and the City Council in Mosul. Maybe spend a bit of time with the REAL troops in all three places (yeah, even the non-US military providing the peace and security the Iraqi people are beginning to enjoy). If she's really there on a 'fact-finding mission', that's about the extent of what she needs to see. My bet is she spends the entire time trying to score propaganda points, and only end up alienating anyone that had to put up with her sh$$.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-26 2:26:24 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-26 2:26:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I hope she gets in a photo with a couple of Burqua Babes (in donk blue).

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-26 4:14:25 PM|| 2003-11-26 4:14:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Those diddly damn donkeys just boil me to the b'Jesus-belt!

/Flanders

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-11-26 4:20:34 PM|| 2003-11-26 4:20:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 You know it just came to me! Hillary is going to personally lead an attack in Afghanistan and capture Bin Laden. Then she is on to Iraq to find and kill Saddam. After that she will zip on over to Israel and help them and the Arabs finally find peace. Then she will stop by Sweden and pick up her peace prize. Finally, she wings it back to the states, picks up the Democratic nomination, and the rest is history.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-26 5:10:09 PM|| 2003-11-26 5:10:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Sarge, even all that wouldn't get her my vote.

Posted by Matt 2003-11-26 5:16:53 PM|| 2003-11-26 5:16:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 If Hillary didn't visit the troops then the troops would create a ThanksGiving 2 feast for being spared of the presence of Hillary.

Posted by JFM 2003-11-26 6:04:15 PM|| 2003-11-26 6:04:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 #18 Cyber Sarge: man, what HAVE you been smoking? That has to be some powerful stuff!

Hillary couldn't find her butt with both hands in Afghanistan. She's kaffir, woman, and has absolutely no inckling of how to read a map, much less find anything. I can just see her - grabbed by Mullah Omar, crammed into a burkha, and traded for a donkey.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-26 6:07:31 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-26 6:07:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 OP: now that would be a great trade. You can at least train a donkey. The animal, not most of their party.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 8:13:04 PM|| 2003-11-26 8:13:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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