Temple man at odds with Crawford protest
Gary Qualls, 48, of Temple on Wednesday removed a cross bearing the name of his son, Louis Wayne Qualls, from the roadside memorial of the anti-war demonstrators near President Bush’s Crawford ranch.
“They have the right to protest,” he said of the followers of Cindy Sheehan. “But they are not there for a just cause.”
Sheehan has gained a lot of attention for saying that she wanted to speak to President Bush, even though published reports said Bush met with Sheehan two months after her son Casey was killed in Iraq.
Qualls said he has given several media interviews, including one with CNN. Today he is supposed to go back to Crawford for a CNN television conference that he said would be broadcast worldwide.
“I’m just trying to support our troops,” he said. “Our sons and daughters are true fallen heroes and their names do not need to be used in any personal vendettas.”
His son, a Marine lance corporal, died last year in Fallujah while protecting his convoy during an ambush. Qualls is himself a military veteran, and participated in the evacuation of Saigon when the United States withdrew from Vietnam.
“I’m standing up for my son,” he said. “For all soldiers of the military services, all fallen heroes and President Bush.”
This is wonderful! Patriotism is alive and well in America and our President is not losing popularity as the "polls" and the MSM & MSP would like you to believe.
Shoulder to shoulder Americans, show the insurgents here and in Iraq it is they who are losing!
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