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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phluck]
#2163819 - 12/06/03 09:40 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think it's odd that people seem to be ignoring the larger symbolism of this entire gesture.
first the fake contact with british air, then the fake turkey.
what's next?
we find out those weren't really troops and that wasn't really iraq?
sure, so what it's fake, BUT WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF POSING WITH A FAKE TURKEY IN THE FIRST PLACE?
you can say we're being lied to by the media who took the picture, but christ, the president is still allowing himself to post for contrived photo ops and allowing the lies surrounding them to be perpetuated.
and what of the soldier's funerals?
not one of you flag waving patriots is the slightest bit concerned or curious as to why our president is the first, especially in wartime, not to attend at least ONE soldier's funeral?
sure, all these little things like outing CIA agents, blocking investigations, stonewalling information, invading countries, giving handouts to old business partners and outright lying to voters, on their own all seem small issues, but when taken in sum...this guy is a fucking SCUMBAG!!!!111
ps. economic recovery borrowed against future taxes and present debt is no recovery at all...this is like going on a shopping spree using your credit card...your standard of living goes up briefly until your fiscal day of reckoning comes.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phluck]
#2164032 - 12/06/03 11:20 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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You guys will defend him until the minute you?re pushed onto the cattle cars
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: afoaf]
#2164105 - 12/06/03 11:44 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think it's odd that people seem to be ignoring the larger symbolism of this entire gesture.
Sorry but what's odd is that anyone gives a shit.
You've never posed for a pic?
Really man, hatred will harm you far more than it'll ever harm Bush.
Worry about something that matters. This sure as hell doesn't and merely makes you appear petty.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Learyfan]
#2164108 - 12/06/03 11:46 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Learyfan said: You guys will defend him until the minute you're pushed onto the cattle cars
The Hitler comparisons make you seem even more petty.
There is nothing wrong with posing for a pic.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phred]
#2164111 - 12/06/03 11:48 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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What's too much and too funny is the incredible amount of energy the Angry Left is assigning to this.
When they get as desperate as this, they'll whine about anything.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#2164292 - 12/06/03 01:25 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tax dollars, intelligence, and our leader to fly the president into our enemy's capitol city. To help troop moral maybe... but not for a presidential campaign!
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phluck]
#2164294 - 12/06/03 01:26 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Phluck writes:
So he didn't serve anyone turkey, big deal.
You're right about this being a tempest in a teapot. But just to set the record straight one more time --
He did get behind the counter and serve turkey dinner to some troops. He did not carve up the display bird and serve it to anyone.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#2164311 - 12/06/03 01:32 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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White House officials do not deny that they craft elaborate events to showcase Bush, but they maintain that these events are designed to accurately dramatize his policies and to convey qualities about him that are real.
There's posing for a picture, and there's creating a self-serving photo-op that possibly puts people's lives in danger. With the behaviour demonstrated by Bush so far, I know which of the two it looks like to me.
But other soldiers grew angry that their departure from the airport was delayed for an hour, while they waited for Air Force One to leave. Finding the door barred, about 50 troops got into a shouting match with the soldier blocking their exit. The streets of Baghdad were too dangerous to delay their departure any longer, they shouted.
"Do you have any idea how many IEDs are on this road?" one soldier who didn't give his name shouted, referring to improvised explosive devices or roadside bombs. "I have to get back to my base. I don't want to lose a soldier because the president wants us to sit here."
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phred]
#2164373 - 12/06/03 02:05 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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i was glad when i heard he visited baghdad.
but it kind of bugs me that he does something good for our troops and then slips in a little photo op for himself.
its not really a big deal.. i think i just want my president to be more selfless and modest.
shrug.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: ]
#2165003 - 12/06/03 07:04 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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So you would have been happier about the whole thing if they had not allowed reporters to accompany him.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Phred]
#2165061 - 12/06/03 07:34 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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maybe moreso if it seemed a little more sincere and a little less contrived.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: afoaf]
#2165067 - 12/06/03 07:36 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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How did you get the impression that it was contrived, and not just a picture of Bush holding a holiday decoration? Would you have felt better about it if it were one of those crappy paper turkeys. I wonder if that was a standard military thanksgiving meal decoration, or if it was flown in especially for this one event.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#2165152 - 12/06/03 08:02 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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no, the whole ordeal, not just the turkey thing.
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Re: Turkey Bush held was a fake [Re: afoaf]
#2166994 - 12/07/03 04:32 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thih can only mean one thing.. Bush is barely qualified to hold let alone cut a real turkey..
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