Posted on 07/15/2006 8:13:08 AM PDT by SandRat
Garry Trudeau was inarguably the most famous person in the room Friday.
But the man behind the long-running comic strip "Doonesbury" said he felt a little chagrined as he stood before about 400 Vietnam veterans and their spouses.
"It's humbling to receive an award for storytelling in a room of people so filled with stories," the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist said.
Trudeau was in Tucson to accept the President's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Vietnam Veterans of America at the group's national conference, held this week at the Hilton El Conquistador Hotel, 10000 N. Oracle Road.
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Garry Trudeau bleeeeEEEEEEEECCCCHHH!!!
Used to read D-bury. Found it tedious and boring. Yes, I got the slants he was selling - he just is not good at his trade, IMO.
Maybe the Vets are playing a head game?
This just doesnt make sense. An award to Trudeau from Veterans? Are they some of John Kerry's veterans?
Some vets are ANTI-WAR!
I don't understand this award. What President? President of what? No disrespect to women who served in the military (my own daughter has), but when you have a gal who served in the Navy 1968-1970 praising Trudeau, makes me want to know if the true grunts of the war supported that award to him.
If the VVA is awarding someone that passing information for groups funded by George Soros and MoveOn....
I don't know what to say...
I have a Doonesbury book (Given by a friend when he was going to throw it away). I used it as reading material when I was "having a crisis". I figured I could use it as wiping material :)
Doonesbury was very politically incorrect. His storyline was to focus on the behind the scenes.
Why don't you contact them and ask ..??
I was looking for the satire notice.I was stunned to find out it was real.Hope the rest of my day doesn't go like that.
I'm going to ask a few. They are at convention right now (different convention). I will forward this when they are back.
Maybe it came from President should have Been Edmond Muskie.
OUCH!! hahaha
I believe that the VVA is a group of phoney 'Vietnam Vets' that are actually anti-war activists..
I don't have time to Google it right now but I think it was the same as the VV for Peace that Kerry was involved with.
I think that was the VFW that developed as an influence from the Vietnam Veterans against the War.
Although, I don't know the origin of the VVA, so maybe it does have a similar history.
I saw a magazine for veterans (am not one myself) in the locker room at my workplace and it mentioned the Trudeau
"honor", etc. Blecch.
wintersoldier.com has a timeline you may find interesting. Scroll down to 1978.
The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) has been around since 1899.
1978 -- Former VVAW leader Robert Muller founds the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA). The VVA also describes John Kerry as a "co-founder" of the organization. In the late 1980s, Muller and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) will split from the VVA.
1981 -- Muller leads a VVAF delegation to Hanoi, where he praises the communist leadership of Vietnam and lays a wreath on the grave of Ho Chi Minh.
1978 -- The original VVAW [Vietnam Veterans Against the War] splits when a minority breaks away to form Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist (VVAW-AI), with the larger faction retaining the original name. Both the VVAW and the rabidly anti-American VVAWAI remain in operation today.1978 -- Former VVAW leader Robert Muller founds the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA). The VVA also describes John Kerry as a "co-founder" of the organization. In the late 1980s, Muller and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) will split from the VVA.
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