Kerry calls to console marine's family; Bush does not

[Glenda]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5007831.html

Last update: September 29, 2004 at 8:17 PM
Marine's family has sharp reprimand for Bush administration
September 30, 2004




Across the street from the Lake Elmo restaurant where Vice President Dick Cheney had finished speaking an hour earlier, the grandmother of Levi Angell spoke of "my precious grandson I lost to this useless, needless fix we're in."

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Levi Angell, a 20-year-old Marine from Cloquet, was killed April 8 when his Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
His father, Gordon, said he never received a condolence call from any member of the administration. "Bush was giving a speech 20 miles away and he never bothered to pick up the damned telephone and say 'I'm sorry about your son,' " he said. "From now on, I'm a Democrat after the way they treated us."

He said he got just such a call from John Kerry. "The only ones who seem to care about this whole terrible tragedy are Democrats," he said at the news conference arranged by the Kerry campaign.

Angell said Bush "has deceived the American public so bad, up there smirking on the TV."

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[molly]

1. I guess * is not such a commoner - huh?

that f'n sob - I will do everything in my power to remove his power.

[Carla in Ca]

39. And things like this don't get widely reported

Does everybody know he saved the life of a congressman?
I think it is Kerry's humanness that should be the main difference between them.

[Jack_Dawson]

2. Has Bush been to a Soldier's Funeral yet?

[qanda]

3. "Smirking on the TV"

Someone is noticing that Bush still smirks and it's the people who probably want to slap that simple smirk off his face. There's nothing funny about this terrible war and I hope more families start speaking out about how much they're suffering while the Republicans laugh about tans and purple hearts.

[pacalo]

4. I'm counting on him smirking his way through the debate tonight.

He is just stupid enough to do it.

[shanti]

10. he will

he can't help it.

[Cha]

5. Everyone I know ..thinks bush

"SMIRKS"! And now this poor father..what in world are they thinking by not letting bush give "condolence calls"?

Thankfully, Kerry has done this..and I'm not surprised.

[RaleighNCDUer]

35. By saying they're 'not letting bush give condolence calls'

you're suggesting that bush would consider doing so and they shot it down. I think he'd only make condolence calls if someone else specifically told him to -- compassion is not in his vocabulary.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. Quote of the day.

maybe the year.

[rumguy]

6. * doesn't give a rat's ass about the soldiers in Iraq

He uses them for photo ops and in his speeches - that's about it.

* is true human scum. He is a reprehensible monster. He's human garbage.

[reprobate]

38. Bush doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone but himself. a sociopath

[Gothmog]

8. Good Job Senator Kerry

Calling this man was the right thing to do. Too bad that Bush is too busy to call the parents of the soliders who have died in his stupid war.

[SemperEadem]

33. I'll bet he called those who contributed to his campaign, though...

Priorities, people!!! Priorities!

[leftchick]

9. The Day the RNC conv. in NYC ended.... funeral 20 min. away

for a US Marine killed in Iraq. 20 MINUTES from Manhatten! Not aWOL* or a single repuke made his funeral! :grr:

[Wapsie B]

16. Just wait.

They'll arrange for chimpy to make an appearance at one just before the election.

[LiberalFighter]

40. It wasn't at ground zero... therefore not good enough for gw*

[wicket]

11. John Kerry doesn't just use the troops as props

Bush makes me sick! :grr: :grr:

[goodboy]

13. or as poppy liked to call them..."fodder" nt

[wicket]

22. did poppy really say that??

[goodboy]

24. Yep..."one Fodder Unit" OFU...eom

[wicket]

25. How sickening!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[goodboy]

27. There's a symbolman or stranger flash on it at takebackthemedia.com

[goodboy]

12. kick...nt

[VegasWolf]

14. * is too busy learning to pronounce words for the "debate". n/t

[LiberalEsto]

15. But * is not the REAL president: Gore is

It's been said plenty of times before, but Al Gore is the real president of the United States, and he should make those condolence calls to our fallen soldiers along with Kerry.

It's pretty obvious that * doesn't deserve to be in the White House. He hasn't a clue how to behave like a president. He's a total fraud, a faker, a pretender to the oval office.

Oust * in 04!

[beyurslf]

17. Why should he bother his "pretty little mind" with things like

dead soldiers?

[DFWJock]

18. Maybe the Chimp's "filters"

havent told him that people are getting killed in Iraq, he still thinks they're only being hit with rose petals.

[Az_lefty]

19. Quotes of the day!

this Marines Grandmother and Dad are right on target with what they've said. It's time the rest of the country picked up on this.

[progressivebydesign]

20. I'm sorry for the pain of this family...

.. I don't know how I could bear it. I'm grateful that they can see beyond the hype, and despite their terrible loss, are motivated to help other troops.

[Catfight]

21. And hired a woman who's repug boss fired her for having a JFK sticker

on her car! YUP....Kerry, winning hearts one by one!

[Skittles]

23. I feel so bad for these families

I've felt a sense of sadness and outrage over this war but to actually have your child KILLED in it - I just cannot imagine the pain.

[TexasLady]

26. God,the Devil, SOMETHING

had better help that SOB* if we get that phone call. Thing is, that prick is too SCARED to call these families..because he KNOWS how stupid and unpopular and morally WRONG it is.. and he is too chicken shit to face the music.

Every day that these families get the call, I hurt so badly, because it just might be US next...

Bastard.

[faithnotgreed]

28. texaslady. i sure am sorry.

i can hear your pain and anger in your words. our hearts go out to you and your loved one(s) serving in the middle east.

the entire administration has been nothing short of a tragedy

were glad youre here and hope youll share with us how youre feeling.

[luaneryder]

29. Hugs to you TL

I've gotten that kind of call, but it was sudden. I wasn't waiting in agony for months or years afraid that the next call would be that one. I feel for you.

[llmart]

30. Kerry should make it a point......

to call every family of a dead soldier.

[DURHAM D]

34. Maybe he does . . .

[Booster]

31. Sent this article to Keith Olbermann as a suggested

segment on his show. We should send this article to all the news media. This is a story that should be reported before Bush comes out with his "compassionate convervative" bullshit.

[jwirr]

32. Levi was confirmed with

both of my grandsons in Cloquet. His lose is so tragic not only because of the Iraq war but because of the contribution he would have made to the world - he was an intelligent, caring, Christian young man. bushie took the good this man had to offer and squandered it on lies and deception. My deepest regards to his family - they gave the ultimate. Every death should have been acknowledged by the man who called for the sacrifice, instead it took a man who has been there - done that, to remember to call the family.

VOTE FOR KERRY/EDWARDS FOR LEVI AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED FOR A LIE.

[pinniped]

36. Everyone here knows * doesn't give a shit.

* isn't sorry either.

They are being sacrificed to further *'s masters' misguided agenda.

[llywrch]

37. A line Kerry can use tonight

``I have called & consoled some of those whose loved ones died in Iraq. I wonder how many has George Bush called & given comfort to?"

Since it's a rhetorical question (Kerry should know the answer before he utters it), the rules allow this.

Geoff