(In the name of compassionate conservatism.)
First Lady's Speech Interrupted By Dead Soldier's Mother
Woman Blames Bush For Son's Death
HAMILTON, N.J. -- First lady Laura Bush made a campaign stop in New Jersey Thursday.
The visit comes as her husband, President George W. Bush, gains strength against John Kerry in the Garden State.
"There is a lot of intrigue with this race in New Jersey. Imagine if we were competing at full throttle, and that's why the first lady came here today," said Sen. Joseph Kyrillos Jr., chairman of New Jersey's Republican party.
The firehouse trip was a first visit by Bush/Cheney campaign to New Jersey that wasn't a fund-raising event.
The visit didn't go exactly as planned. One woman was arrested and removed from the event.
Bush talked about more tax relief for businesses, healthcare reform and defeating terrorism. Many people in the crowd had lost relatives on Sept. 11, 2001.
"It's for our country, and our children and our grandchildren that we do the hard work of confronting terror and promoting democracy," Bush said.
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3 comments:
Unnecessary, illegal, pre-emptive war.
One man to blame: Dubya.
Thank you KENT.
When this woman's son signed up to be in the military he signed up believing that he'd only be asked to fight and perhaps die if it was aboslutely necessary to protect his country. He did not sign up to settle the president's personal grudge.
As for President Bush not "grabbing him by the earlobe" and pulling him into a war he didn't agree with, I agree that that did not happen, however penatlies for refusing to go to war once you are in the military are steep and dessertion carries the death penalty by law. Was he absolutely FORCED to go fight Bush's grudge match? No. Was there any other realistic option for him? No.
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