Feherty's Tour of Duty (CBS Golf commentator visits troops)

Golf.com ^ | Feb. 2008 | David Feherty

[Texas Eagle]

Be sure to e-mail Golf Magazine and David Feherty to thank them for supporting our troops.

[Rummyfan]

"The closer we get to Baghdad, the more I suspect that the smartest Americans are in Iraq, and they get progressively dumber the closer you get to Washington."

Love Feherty doing golf commentary and now love him even more. And he's not even an American citizen - I believe he has kept his Irish citizenship.

[max americana]

>>>Love Feherty doing golf commentary and now love him even more. And he’s not even an American citizen - I believe he has kept his Irish citizenship.<<<

You may be right. He’s my favorite Irishman when it comes to golf...probably the thickest Irish accent I;ve heard, even though he’s been in the US for a very long time.

God bless him. I still remember the funny stories he tells about John Daly and Tiger Woods that nobody’s even heard of.

[freekitty]

What a great article.

[george76]

“The closer we get to Baghdad, the more I suspect that the smartest Americans are in Iraq, and they get progressively dumber the closer you get to Washington.”

[Texas Eagle]

What a great article.

Amen. Here's my favorite part...

Then we met the legendary "SeaBees," Navy engineers who can build anything, anywhere — roads, bridges, fortifications, driving ranges — ahead of schedule and under budget (and can blow the crap out of anyone who tries to stop them.) We hit balls, shook hands, signed autographs, and heard from the grunts. "Tell everyone at home we want to finish this," one of them said to me. "Give us the chance, and we will." I thought to myself, At home, why is all the news bad?

[wizr]

He’s visiting the Dems sand trap. Aren’t we glad we’ve overcome it, and headed for the pin!

[freekitty]

Because the enemy amongst us wants it to be.

[NittanyLion]

BTTT. Great article.

[G8 Diplomat]

“The closer we get to Baghdad, the more I suspect that the smartest Americans are in Iraq, and they get progressively dumber the closer you get to Washington.”

Excellent quote! Tired of the insane liberal commie 'progressives' in DC? Go chill in Baghdad!

At one of my College Republicans meetings, we had some Iraq vets come to speak to us and one of them said "Being College Republicans, you guys are probably in more danger than us in Baghdad!"

[knews_hound]

bttt

[r-q-tek86]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks g76. I too loved the quote, and feel it bears repeating (this is at least #4 here):

"The closer we get to Baghdad, the more I suspect that the smartest Americans are in Iraq, and they get progressively dumber the closer you get to Washington."

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... nice way with words there.

[Fred Nerks]

I saw that and smiled, but as an Aussie, how can I agree, without hurting someone’s feelings...?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) You might tee someone off — for example, a green politician. They wood club you. ;’)

[r-q-tek86]

Thank you for posting this. The last couple of paragraphs made my screen a little blurry...

I wish I knew who was in that casket — one of the 3,887 Americans killed in Iraq as of December — so I could write to the family to tell them what an honor it was to be on the same airplane as their son or daughter, and to thank them. I owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces, not just because of what they are doing in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, but because of what they left behind.

The insurgents they face have left one barren, theocratic hellhole to go fight in Iraq. Big deal. Americans leave behind America, the best place in the world to live. The message that Tom Watson, Tom Lehman, Butch Harmon, Howard Twitty, Joe Inman and I bring home is right from the lips of people who, thousands of miles from their families, lay their lives on the line every day to protect our way of life, and to improve it for the inhabitants of wherever they fight. The worst thing we could do is make them come home before they have had the chance to finish their job. I am proud to write their message.

[Texas Eagle]

The worst thing we could do is make them come home before they have had the chance to finish their job.

Amen, bro.

Somebody ping Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.