Olbermann: Bush Gives Up Golf To Respect Soldiers' Sacrifice

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Keith Olbermann goes off on a rant addressing George W. Bush's attempt to empathize with fallen soldiers fighting in Iraq.... by giving up golf. Or has he?





The Guardian has an editorial on this:

George Bush has angered US war veterans by declaring that out of solidarity with those who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq he decided to make his own sacrifice: giving up golf.

In an interview with the Politico website, the president said he took the decision because of the war. "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

Brandon Friedman, a veteran US infantry officer who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, told the Press Association: "Thousands of Americans have given up a lot more than golf for this war. For President Bush to imply that he somehow stands in solidarity with families of American soldiers by giving up golf is disgraceful. It's an insult to all Americans and a slap in the face to our troops' families."

Friedman, who is vice chairman of the US veterans' organisation VoteVets, added: "It shows how disconnected he is from everyday Americans, especially those who are serving in Iraq."

Bush said he laid down his clubs after the August 2003 bombing of United Nations offices in Baghdad that killed the UN's top official in the country, Sergio Vieira de Mello. "I remember when de Mello got killed as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life. I was playing golf - I think in central Texas - and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, 'It's just not worth it any more'."

According to a database held by CBS News the statement is not entirely accurate. He did cut short a round of golf at the 12th hole on that day, but his last recorded game came two months later, October 13.

I smell a new Internet meme here... even better than "You forgot Poland!" Whenever you want someone to do something difficult or make a sacrifice, be sure to tell them, "It's not like you're giving up golf!"

 

tTpses...
Posted by Jpowell180 on 2008-10-12 20:23:35
So the freak WHAT?
WHAT is wrong with the President of the USA hitting a few balls here and there?
All other Presidents, including Frankling Roosevledt, did so. And lots of folks are so eager these day to portray him as a disciple these day (when in fact he was, in the long run, pointing us to deeper socilism, etc).
What counts is what our troops will deliver, shitting on Al Queida (only a shit-comiie-traitor would be against THAT) and doing the deed.

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