Posted on 10/08/2005 4:27:01 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: With the President and Mrs. Bush (and the dogs) spending a much-deserved quiet weekend, a terrible earthquake struck South Asia. The President issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The people of the United States offer our deepest sympathies for the loss of life and destruction caused by the earthquake that struck outside of Islamabad. Our initial deployments of assistance are underway, and we stand ready to provide additional assistance as needed. My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this horrible tragedy.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Excerpts from the Presidential Radio Address, Saturday, October 8, 2005.
Harriet Miers was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where she attended the public schools. When illness struck her family, Harriet went to work to help pay for her own college education. She stayed close to home...to attend Southern Methodist University, and received a Bachelor's Degree in mathematics.
She remained at SMU for law school and earned a place on the law review. After graduation, she was hired for a prestigious two-year clerkship for a federal trial judge. From there, she went on to an extraordinary career in private practice and public service.
In her law practice, Ms. Miers handled hundreds of cases in state and federal courts, from massive commercial litigation to criminal cases to civil disputes. She served in local government on the Dallas City Council, and later held office in state government.
Beginning in the 1990s, Harriet Miers was regularly rated one of the top 100 lawyers in America, and one of the top 50 women lawyers in the country.
Because of her skill and record of remarkable achievement...I asked her to work in my administration. For the past five years, Harriet Miers has served our nation in critical roles, including White House Counsel, one of the most important legal positions in the country. As counsel, Ms. Miers addresses complex matters of constitutional law, serves as the chief legal advisor during regular meetings of the National Security Council, and handles sensitive issues of executive-congressional relations. She has led the effort to help nominate outstanding judges for the federal judiciary [and] was in charge of the process that resulted in the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts.
And no Supreme Court nominee in the last 35 years has exceeded Harriet Miers' overall range of experience in courtroom litigation, service in federal, state and local government, leadership in local, state and national bar associations, and pro bono and charitable activities.
At this stage of my life, I'm not a person who cries easily anymore, although there are plenty of tears locked inside. Yet, even as I began reading the Author's Notes, tears wanted to flow. Why? I could not help but think of the one man on whose shoulders the responsibility fell for getting us, as a nation, through the horrific ordeal of those immediate minutes, hours, days and weeks. It was the most searing national event any of us has ever known, with the possible exception of those who are old enough to remember Pearl Harbor.
At 8:46:31 a.m. that morning, as the first plane slammed into the north tower, George W. Bush had been President of the United States just 7 1/2 months. He had taken the Oath of Office that past January 20th, when he borrowed from Thomas Jefferson to speak of an angel in the whirlwind directing "this storm."
Indeed.
Only presidents Washington, Madison, Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt faced times of comparable danger to the nation. Yet the fact that the United States was a mature, secure country -- the world's only superpower -- which had not experienced an attack from a foreign source on any of its states in 193 years, made what George W. Bush faced on 9/11/01 unique, and on some levels, more difficult than the challenges faced by his predecessors.
How fleeting a thing is human memory in the short term, and yet how exceedingly long over history's passage.
This week we have witnessed some of the worst of human nature as invective, fickleness, and downright cruelty were heaped on the President and Harriet Miers, his Supreme Court nominee from people who purport to be his supporters. Nevertheless, history will have the last laugh. President George W. Bush is a great man. A genuinely great man. His place in history was secured by the dignity, grace and courage with which he handled the cards dealt him during his presidency. He has seen his nation through some of its darkest times - the 9/11 attacks; anthrax attacks; one of our most catastrophic natural disasters -- and has brought it through strong, healthy and, yes, even self-confident enough to return to stupid partisan politics as usual over a Supreme Court nominee.
Although it could happen at any time, the fact is that we have not been attacked here at home in the past four years. There has not been another, wider bioweapons attack. The history of the Middle East is being changed for the better right before our eyes. This is GWB's legacy, and it is one for the ages.
Domestic politics will always be with us, and it will always stir transitory passions among ideologues. If this President has not met every domestic policy challenge as well as some might desire, I would still say he has done more than enough. More than enough between January 20, 2001 and October 8, 2005 to deserve the eternal gratitude and admiration of the American people. But even if every other person in this land of my birth should desert him, I never will. He has earned my trust, my loyalty, my admiration and yes, my love, forever.
Pinging you to the Saturday Dose.
Good evening.
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Hi, Wolfstar - thank you (AND ALL DOSE POSTERS) for the ping!
God Bless Bush.
God Bless Bush.
The media gathers around President Bush and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary in the Oval Office Friday, Oct. 7, 2005.
President Bush with Maria Hines of Albuquerque, N.M., in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, where he honored six recipients of the President's Volunteer Service Awards, as part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
GWB in the WH Red Room with recipients of the President's Volunteer Service Awards. From left to right with President Bush are John Diaz of Crowley, Colo., Manuel Fonseca of Nashville, Tenn., Marie Arcos of Houston Texas, Maria Hines of Albuquerque, N.M., Eleuterio "Junior" Salazar of Bradenton, Fla. and Dr. Elmer Carreno of Silver Spring, Md.
Well put~
"I count it a privilege to stand in the presence of men who were sent into battle by President Franklin D. Roosevelt...and who, by your courage and honor and devotion to duty, helped to win a war and change the course of history," said the Vice President told the soldiers, widows and family members who attended the ceremony. The 526th AIB is the sole remaining, separate armored infantry battalion from World War II. Its soldiers defended the Belgian villages of Stavelot and Malmedy on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge.
Yesterday was a chilly, rainy day in Washington.
Amen to that!!!
I'm beyond *sick* and *tired* of the putrid lashing these individuals are spewing. For shame.
Oh...good evening Wolfie and thank you for the Dose. :o)
God Bless Our President (my inspiration on a daily basis) George W. Bush.
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