Bush isTerribly Mistaken...
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How Bush has stayed away from soldiers' funerals
By Andrew Buncombe
Published: 01 March 2006
More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died.
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone.
"It's not just me. Many, many people say the same thing," she said, speaking from her home near San Francisco. "He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
The White House said that as Mr Bush could not attend every funeral, it would be wrong to pick just one. He has met the families of killed soldiers.
But critics say his behaviour gives the impression he is out of touch. The President has also been criticised for refusing to allow the media to photograph soldiers' coffins being flown back from Iraq.
The directive was introduced in early 2003. An official said: "We don't want the remains of our service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice to be the subject of any kind of attention that is unwarranted or undignified."
More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died.
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone.
"It's not just me. Many, many people say the same thing," she said, speaking from her home near San Francisco. "He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
The White House said that as Mr Bush could not attend every funeral, it would be wrong to pick just one. He has met the families of killed soldiers.
But critics say his behaviour gives the impression he is out of touch. The President has also been criticised for refusing to allow the media to photograph soldiers' coffins being flown back from Iraq.
The directive was introduced in early 2003. An official said: "We don't want the remains of our service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice to be the subject of any kind of attention that is unwarranted or undignified."
Another one of G W.Bush's "UN-President-ED"-acts of selfishness...
GET HOTT OR GET BURNT!
By Andrew Buncombe
Published: 01 March 2006
More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died.
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone.
"It's not just me. Many, many people say the same thing," she said, speaking from her home near San Francisco. "He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
The White House said that as Mr Bush could not attend every funeral, it would be wrong to pick just one. He has met the families of killed soldiers.
But critics say his behaviour gives the impression he is out of touch. The President has also been criticised for refusing to allow the media to photograph soldiers' coffins being flown back from Iraq.
The directive was introduced in early 2003. An official said: "We don't want the remains of our service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice to be the subject of any kind of attention that is unwarranted or undignified."
More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died.
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone.
"It's not just me. Many, many people say the same thing," she said, speaking from her home near San Francisco. "He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
The White House said that as Mr Bush could not attend every funeral, it would be wrong to pick just one. He has met the families of killed soldiers.
But critics say his behaviour gives the impression he is out of touch. The President has also been criticised for refusing to allow the media to photograph soldiers' coffins being flown back from Iraq.
The directive was introduced in early 2003. An official said: "We don't want the remains of our service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice to be the subject of any kind of attention that is unwarranted or undignified."
Another one of G W.Bush's "UN-President-ED"-acts of selfishness...
GET HOTT OR GET BURNT!
^ Or it was fixed that Bush even got back into office. I heard Bush's brother was in charge of the recount and his father had his buddies handle the details. If that's the case, the corruption is evident. I'm not the biggest conspiracy theorist in the world but some say the elections are predetermined (computers that intercept votes) and there's only the illusion of democracy.
oneofmany said:
INFORMATION OF HOW THE VOTE IS FIXED AND THE VOTING PUBLIC FOOLED BY MANIPULATION AND COVERUPS...http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
IS WHY, IF YOU RECALL THAT KERRY LED IN EXIT POLLS...AND ALL THAT CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT LATE INTO THE EVENING WHEN IT WAS DECLARED THAT ERRORS WERE MADE AND LAWYERS WERE TO BE DISPATCHED TO SEVERAL STATES TO INVESTIGATE, THEN SUDDENLY RECALLED!??? HOW THEN, COINCIDENTALLY, WHERE, THE SAME PLACE THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE VOTE IN THE PREVIOUS ELECTION....NONE OTHER THAN FLORIDA!
WHY FLORIDA YOU ASK? THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, JEB BUSH IS GOVENOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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