Bush to Meet With National Guard Members (in Louisiana)

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20040217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Bush to Meet With National Guard Members
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - After trying to quell stories about his Vietnam-era military record, President Bush is seeking to move beyond it by meeting with National Guard members in Louisiana.

Bush was spending Tuesday at Fort Polk, La., giving a speech to thank troops there for their service and sacrifice, White House aides said. Two soldiers killed by a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Iraq last week were assigned to Fort Polk. <snip>


After the speech, Bush was lunching with National Guard members at the base. Thousands of Guard troops have trained at Fort Polk in recent months.


The president's visit is bound to serve as a reminder of a story that consumed the White House last week: Bush's record of service in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s.


At issue is whether he showed up for service in Alabama after receiving permission to serve there temporarily in 1972-1973. Bush says he recalls serving there, but there is scant documentation proving it.

[leftchick]

1. The Arrogance of him* showing up with REAL soldiers continues to

astound me. Hopefully it will lead to his undoing. There has to be more than one soldier that recognises the hypocrisy. :grr:

[Matilda]

2. His timing is really lousy.

Hah!

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. So it's back to photo ops

with people who are ordered to clap for you.

I guess that Nascar thing didn't go so well after all.

BTW: Pictures of W in 2004 with the NG in LA will not take the place of the fact that W doesn't have any pictures of himself with the NG in AL in 1973. Not even photoshop can fix that problem?

[revcarol]

4. Those Guard members still have to clap for the "disgrace."

Would love to see them sit there stone-faced and clapping softly.

Oh, wait , we'd never see it.

Oh, is that a good idea, relieving us of the President's sound bites.

[PaDUer]

13. They should BOO him

right out of there quick...or aren't they allowed to read papers or listen to the news..

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[loudnclear]

6. I hope they boo the hell out of him

His arrogance is unnerving.

[CO Liberal]

7. Notice He Isn't Going To Alabama

Probably because no one would recognize him.....

[0007]

9. I would think that this guard unit is a little smarter than junior

and his package of Naional Guard lies.


"Let's Roll"

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Do you think they will give hime 'attendence points' to make up for some

of his missed time in Alabama?

[KansDem]

14. He'll make a quick trip to Alabama...

Just so he can say, "I was with the Guard in Alabama!"

When in doubt, obfuscate!

[Malva Zebrina]

12. this is in your face typical Bush arrogance.

He is going to show everyone who is boss--and shove it in your face--I say I served, prove I did not -- and off he goes, in a grand scheme to be photo oped with his military jacket on, addressing the troops, who will cheer and cheer and cheer--he has to display his arrogance of power and sense of entitlement as the unelected president, to those who accuse him of going AWOL. People will then surely believe he did not go AWOL--would he show up like this if he did? Well, the normal person might have a sense of shame or guilt, but not this prick. In fact, that is probably his psychology--people will say he is not acting like he did anything wrong.


But then, some will remember Nixon.

Too bad he has to use these troops like pawns in his campaign quest.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

15. Will that count as a drill for him?

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

16. Bush is the photo-op/fund-raising guy

That's all he's about...as multi-dimensional as a sheet of paper.