[scottybk]

One each to:

1.) Micheal Moore
2.) Bruce Springsteen
3.) Barbra Steisand

[paudio]

Frank, great. Bremer, good... Tenet? Isn't he the one who said presided over 9/11, the 'slam dunk' WMD, etc.?

[Texaggie79]

Freedom medals. F#@$ YEAH!

[RWRbestbyfar]

When Tenet shows up for the medal, Bush should say "Despite being given slam dunk intelligence that the medal was here, we cannot find any medal of freedom" and send Tenet home.

Payback.

[MinuteGal]

I think we should give General Tommy Franks the Free Republic Medal of FReeperdom.

Tenet and Bremer leave me cold. I don't trust them 100%. They did ok here and there, but they're not keepers.

I hope by getting the medals it will encourage them to keep their mouths shut in the future.

Leni

[montag813]

George Tenet??? Outrageous. An incompetant ass whose parting shot is to all but blame Condi Rice for 9/11? Will Bush give a medal to Ted Kennedy next year? I am so sick of the stupid "new tone".

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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911 Remembered: RICK RESCORLA was a Soldier

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/978534/posts

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[cyncooper]

Good grief. Look at the contortions the writer takes.

[CheneyChick]

Presidential Medal of Freedom

On his last morning in office, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom to twenty individuals, including Bob Hope. Bob Hope's citation noted that, "With his gifts of joy to all the American people, he has written his name large in the history of our times."

[FreedomCalls]

Excuse me, but what has Tommy Franks done since leaving the service to deserve a Medal of Freedom? If it is for something he did while in service, that should have been covered by his Army medals (three Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Distinguished Service Medals, and four Legion of Merit awards among others). The Medal of Freedom is for civilian service.

[cake_crumb]

Franks definitely. Bremer is a good idea and a nod to State. But TENET?? Look, he's definitely a scapegoat for the "intelligence failures" mantra. His budget was gutted and his staff cut in half. He tried to fight for more but Clinton refused to return his calls. He was doing his best in a bad situation.

HOWEVER, he's a Democrat who doesn't understand business management. When your profit margin (in this case intelligence gems) is tanking you DO NOT get rid of the BEST people and keep the bureaucrat SUCKUPS. THEY'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

[KMC1]

Fine selections of good men!

[Hank Rearden]

Politicians handing out medals to each other. Even the screwups like Tenet get one.

I'm so proud to be an American. I wonder if these guys are on the clock when they cook this stuff up?

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

My initial reactions:

Gen. Franks-- Hell yeah!
Paul Bremer-- maybe.
George Tenet-- WTF?

[eleni121]

Can someone please help me understand why Tenet could ever be given any award much less the PMF?

[Angry Republican]

Franks was a good choice.

[Jim Noble]

Not JimRob?

A travesty!

[filly]

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