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George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers (Obama visits Camp David)
AP ^ | Nov 7, 2009

Posted on 11/07/2009 6:32:19 AM PST by maggief

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) ― Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States.

The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center on Friday night. Bush spokesman David Sherzer said in an e-mail that the couple thanked Fort Hood's military leaders and hospital staff for the "amazing care they are providing."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; dubya; forthood; forthoodarchive; integrity; laurabush; leadership; luvya; presidentbush; presidentgeorgewbush; wia
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To: potlatch

Excellent, potlatch. This Lucy has the same reaction!


401 posted on 11/07/2009 3:06:00 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: Marylander

me too


402 posted on 11/07/2009 3:06:41 PM PST by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: LucyJo

Thanks so much LucyJo!


403 posted on 11/07/2009 3:09:37 PM PST by potlatch (Actions Speak Louder Than Words)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Yeah if it’s supposed to be a photo-op, as I read in one post, where are the pictures? Second, they accused him of never going to visit them when he was pres.! And that there, is one big, dirty, lie! Then they trashed Mr. Cheney and Liz, by saying that Mr. Cheney is a coward (?). Now how is he supposed to be a coward?

If it’s because he didn’t go into the service himself, and go to war; they can’t say a thing! Because neither Bill Clinton or Barak Obama were in any war, and were definitely not in the military, period!


404 posted on 11/07/2009 3:10:16 PM PST by dsutah
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To: maggief

Back when we had a real president.

405 posted on 11/07/2009 3:18:19 PM PST by GVnana ("Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical." Sarkozy)
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To: nuconvert

If he came to visit me I would have to insist he stay away from me. He makes me sick.


406 posted on 11/07/2009 3:19:54 PM PST by PA-RIVER (Don't blame me. I voted for the American guy.)
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To: retrokitten; maggief; STARWISE; mystery-ak; Miss Didi; Wolfstar; snugs; Kaslin; ohioWfan; DrDeb; ...
We can't count the times President Bush visited the wounded while he was in office. Any chance he had, anywhere he could, he was there. They were (and still are) the priority. Any time there was a national tradgedy, President Bush was there to offer comfort and support.

And he was at Ft. Hood today, while Obama was taking a nap at Camp David ....

What was it Peter Jennings said on 9/11? "Some presidents are just better at this than others."

Yeah. I agree.

From the book The Hunt for Bin Laden by Robin Moore:

Occasionally, a quiet and humble man brought his wife along to visit the wounded in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

In the rare moments when there was a small opening in his schedule, he would take the time to see his soldiers.

One day, on a visit kept quiet as usual for security reasons, the couple paused to see a soldier whose distraught wife had just arrived. Laura Bush hugged her close, not knowing what else to do.

After eight long years of neglect and embarrassment, the U.S. military finally had a real commander and chief.

That's what we used to have.

I don't know what have now, but it's definitely not a commander-in-chief.

Or even a decent human being.

407 posted on 11/07/2009 3:22:11 PM PST by silent_jonny (" ... lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven ... " Matthew 6:19-21)
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To: maggief

The TOTUS didn’t tell the _resident to go to Fort Hood....


408 posted on 11/07/2009 3:25:17 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: MajorThomas
You have to see it in this light.

Obama is a devout Muslim.

These infidel soldiers were just shot by a devout Muslim.

Subjecting them to Hussein Obama would be a cruel insult. Almost torture. Its best they keep the scumbag as far away as possible. In fact, it would not surprise me to find that the soldiers and their families requested that he keep his Islamo ass in DC.

409 posted on 11/07/2009 3:27:48 PM PST by PA-RIVER (Don't blame me. I voted for the American guy.)
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To: silent_jonny
“I don't know what have now, but it's definitely not a commander-in-chief.”

An Islamo Nazi with a Nobel peace prize.

410 posted on 11/07/2009 3:31:13 PM PST by PA-RIVER (Don't blame me. I voted for the American guy.)
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To: maggief

"Obama's aides were working to make way for Obama to attend a still unscheduled memorial service. The White House's top spokesman said Obama would attend that service and emphasized it would take place at the families' convenience and that it will not be dictated by the president's schedule."

"Obama stuck to health care and did not mention Fort Hood in remarks to reporters in the Rose Garden before departing to the presidential retreat at Camp David for a night away from Washington. He is to leave Wednesday for a 10-day trip to Asia."

So, his Ft. Hood visit will have to be done by Tuesday at the latest.

411 posted on 11/07/2009 3:35:40 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: TennesseeGirl
"I heard one of the networks say O would be attending the memorial service."

He perfected that approach when his grannie died during the campaign.

412 posted on 11/07/2009 3:44:37 PM PST by norton
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To: PA-RIVER

Yes.


413 posted on 11/07/2009 3:46:48 PM PST by MajorThomas
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To: maggief
Wow talk about contrast,I hope all you GW bashers out there will take a look at what a real potus looks like.
414 posted on 11/07/2009 3:47:34 PM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: silent_jonny

Thanks for the good cry, Jonny. I just got home from Mass. Not a word to pray for the victims of Ft. Hood, of course, and between that and the Deathcare vote going on tonight...I kept asking God to let this nightmare end.


415 posted on 11/07/2009 3:48:39 PM PST by Miss Didi ( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: maggief

Class.


416 posted on 11/07/2009 3:50:20 PM PST by FTJM
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To: maggief

Thanks Laura and George. I can’t believe how low rent what is living in the Whitehouse right now is!


417 posted on 11/07/2009 3:53:37 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: maggief
I have never met President GW Bush but I think that he does this not because of some political maneuverings but because he must.

perhaps that is one of the reasons that the media-left hated him? they cannot conceive of someone that does something for no gain to themselves

418 posted on 11/07/2009 3:57:10 PM PST by NativeSon
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To: maggief

Is that Obama kissing the hand of a Suadi Prince?


419 posted on 11/07/2009 4:06:02 PM PST by myfreepress
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Just when 0 couldn’t get more despicable as a human being , he does.


420 posted on 11/07/2009 4:07:01 PM PST by omega4179
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