I know I'm only fanning the flames here, as most of you need no further reason to loathe our douchebag commander in chief. Nonetheless, I came across this little nugget yesterday morning on Politico, which should be sufficient in and of itself to convince even the most hardened observer and enthusiastic supporter of this man of his inherent amorality. The following is quoted from Politico.com.
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families.
“I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
Bush said he made that decision after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the top U.N. official in Iraq and the organization’s high commissioner for human rights.
“I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life,” he said. “I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, ‘It's just not worth it anymore to do."
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Yes, the horrors of war hit home for all of us differently. All gave some, some gave all.
Normally, I wouldn't be so nit-picky over one isolated statement, but this is the first time the president has addressed what has been a long standing criticism; his lack of compassion for the families who have lost loved ones in war. He says he doesn't pay attention to his critics, but he has to be aware of the criticism in order to address it. So it's safe to assume that he intended to come out swinging for the fence to kill the idea that he doesn't know what it's like to sacrifice for the cause. Bush sacrificing golf is his A-team defense. We're supposed to walk away from this saying, quite indignantly, "Listen! The man gave up his golf game; how can you say he doesn't know what it's like to sacrifice for the cause?"
Also, I found the following sentence particularly offensive to those of us who have progressed beyond the third grade reading level:
"I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life."
That's what a Yale education gets you, apparently. Getting killed must be some kind of sad side effect that occurs when murderers take good men's lives. Who knew? Maybe this man understands more than I give him credit for. Or maybe it's just a horribly contrived run-on sentence. On the other hand, it seems kind of silly to be making a fuss about the man's grammar after seven years of what can only be euphemistically described as "Bushisms." I report, you decide.
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