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Chris Matthews is doing a very respectful job interviewing Tammy and Amber Pruett. What a fine woman. More people should be like her.....

RUSH: Let me go back. I want to just putting something here in chronological order because the president was in Nampa, Idaho, yesterday, and he took a... What would you say? He took a direct shot at the squatters down in Crawford by singling out a war mom who is very supportive of what's going on. Yesterday, actually a couple days on this program, this is a point that a made over and over again on this program. RUSH ARCHIVE: Over 1,800 brave men and women have lost their lives in Iraq. The nation knows the name of only one...

NAMPA, Idaho - In a bid to shore up support for the war in Iraq, President Bush gathered an arena full of men and women in uniform and loyal Republicans to hear his speech. They didn't disappoint. The standing-room-only crowd punctuated the president's 40-minute address regularly with applause and nearly 20 standing ovations. Bush used his friendly audience as a backdrop for comments aimed to turn flagging public support for the war and beating back questions from skeptics, including some soldiers' relatives. "A heavy burden falls on our military families. There are few things in life more difficult than seeing...

NAMPA, Idaho -- President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the Iraq war. Speaking to hundreds of Idaho National Guardsmen, the president singled out military mom Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho, whose husband and five sons have all served in Iraq. "Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard: Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year her husband, Leon, and another son, Aaron, returned...