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Soldier's family cries with Bush
Rocky Mountain News ^
| November 30, 2005
| David Montero
Posted on 11/29/2005 11:56:53 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: California Patriot
How else do you propose the WH fight the leftist propoganda trying to make America lose the war?
This is mild, and show soldiers and their families that he is on their side and cares about them and their mission.
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posted on
11/30/2005 2:31:30 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: jmc1969
When a man sheds a tear over his own pain, it is weakness and self pity. When he shed a tear over anothers pain, it is a sign of strength and compassion.
A real man is not ashamed to cry over anothers pain. President Bush is a man.
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:29:09 AM PST
by
Frenetic
To: California Patriot
I guess you would have him take back the tears he shed amongst the Firemen and Police at Ground Zero?
LLS
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:38:13 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
To: California Patriot
I don't think the President cares what others think. He is sharing the pain of a family who has sacrificed a loved one in a cause that is greater than most people can understand. He knows that it is on his word that these noble warriors have stepped forward to place themselves between the terrorists and us and he carries that heavy weight every day.
This man has made sure that he sees the faces of those who have been left behind, it is a debt of honor he pays to them and it must be a heavy price he personally pays.
What you think, or what I think, or what the enemy thinks doesn't matter. He has been bearing this burden every day for over two years and it has not weakend his resolve. To see a debt of honor as a sign of weakness would be foolish indeed.
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:50:19 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Reporters write the truth, Journalists write stories.)
To: California Patriot
to have cried over one dead man. He's not crying over one dead man/soldier.
He's crying with a mother /father/grandparent etc. standing in front of him and talking about that son/daughter.
A son/Daughter that made the ultimate sacrifice
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:53:54 AM PST
by
vikzilla
To: California Patriot
No shouting, but I certainly disagree with you.
If Jeremiah, David, Paul, and the Lord Jesus are any indication -- and they are -- real men most certainly do cry appropriately. It's a sign of humanity, not of weakness.
Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:55:42 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: California Patriot
The Prez honestly cares about our troops - his tears are honest and clean. Real men cry over the losses of good men and women, fake men cry when the camera catches them laughing at the funeral of "a close friend".
Stuff it.
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:56:45 AM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: California Patriot
Everyone already knows this President cries. This isn't breaking news.
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:04:09 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: California Patriot
SO, what's the big deal about crying? It is human nature to cry. It doesn't show weakness or an inablility to lead just because one cries. In fact, it shows a sensitivity to the pain and grief of others. Had he stated that he couldn't take this any more and we should pull out, then I'd say...keep him away from the crying families.
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:08:00 AM PST
by
Shery
(S. H. in APOland)
To: California Patriot
You fault him for crying over 'one dead man'...and thinks it shows weakness to our enemies?
I don't understand where you're coming from....
..'one dead man' is someone's son, grandson...maybe husband, father, certainly friend.
My goodness, the President has a heart, and on his orders he set in place the battle to commence & this 'one dead man' stepped up to the plate ...to be counted.
Our President genuinely grieving over 'one dead man' is certainly more respectful than that previous president who shed fake tears at the drop of a hat.
To: Cobra64
"and when my wife sings a beautiful solo in Church, my eyes well up with tears of joy."
Very sweet indeed. My hubby's eyes also well up with tears when I sing....but there's no joy in them. ;-}
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:25:17 AM PST
by
Arpege92
("When the wise is pointing to the moon, the frog looks at the finger.")
To: California Patriot
No, just ignored for the jerk that you obviously are.
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:36:29 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(9/11 - "WE WILL NEVER FORGET!")
To: California Patriot; MS.BEHAVIN; Coop; WakeUpAndVote
Good grief!!
You win this hands down today...
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:36:40 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: Shamrock-DW
It only steels my determination to provide the best training these guys and girls could ever receive.As the sister of an Army Reservist OIF Vet, thank you!
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:41:52 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
He cries for them ALL... Yes, you said it!
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posted on
11/30/2005 5:46:08 AM PST
by
T Minus Four
(Some assembly required.)
To: California Patriot
I am shedding a tear over the hijacking of this thread.
President Bush has choked up, if not teared up, as he looks out over the troops when he addresses them at the various bases.
President Bush respects and honors those that serve our country and he grieves for those that have given their lives to ensure our safety and freedom.
Thank you Pfc. MacKenzie for your sacrifice. We will never forget!
Thank you President Bush for your determination and resolve.
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posted on
11/30/2005 6:19:13 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! WBB lives on. Beware the Enemedia.)
To: California Patriot
I may get shouted down for saying this, but I don't like these stories about the president crying.
Having a few tears, or moisture of the eyes, is not "crying". If some people don't know the difference, I can't help them.
I always get choked up - and often have tears - when "God Bless America" is sung.
If an individual is devoid of human emotion and compassion for suffering and noble sacrifice, there is something wrong with them.
It is the weak who worry about what someone may say about their heartfelt tears.
Don't confuse heartfelt emotion and compassion with the cold theatrics of those such as Bill Clinton.
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posted on
11/30/2005 6:25:53 AM PST
by
mtntop3
("He who must know before he believes will never come to full knowledge.")
To: jmc1969
Emmett MacKenzie, a 75-year-old Korean War veteran, said Bush reassured them that there would be no pullout of troops until Iraqis could provide their own security.
"He said we wouldn't quit, and we told him we didn't want to quit until the job was done," Emmett MacKenzie said. "We want to continue, and we're behind him 100 percent."Take that Momma Sheehan and your cadre of hate-America surrender monkeys.
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posted on
11/30/2005 6:36:51 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(The GOP has adopted the Chirac Negotiation Strategy: Posture, appease, surrender.(attribute to cgbg))
To: California Patriot
"I may get shouted down for saying this, but I don't like these stories about the president crying"
You are right. He has more important things to do than cry. If he is going to get weepy over every soldier killed he won't have the time (or be in the frame of mind) to make rational decisions of government. We would all be better off if he packed it in and brought the troops home if he is going to act like that.
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posted on
11/30/2005 7:00:54 AM PST
by
monday
To: jmc1969; All
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posted on
11/30/2005 7:03:51 AM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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