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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-04 02:39 PM
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Bush military service -- the proof!
Smirk!


http://www.theonion.com/onion3911/bush_bravely_leads.html

BUSH BRAVELY LEADS 3rd INFANTRY INTO BATTLE


IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER—As the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division began its ground assault on Iraq Monday, President Bush marched alongside the front-line soldiers, bravely putting his own life on the line for his country by personally participating in the attack.


Above: A weary Bush marches through enemy territory near the Iraq-Kuwait border.
"Bush is the real deal, and when he talks about fighting for freedom, he means it," said Pvt. Tom Scharpling, 21. "He'd never ask one of us grunts to take any risks for our country that he wasn't willing to take himself."

According to reports from the front, many of the soldiers were initially suspicious of the president, doubtful that an Ivy Leaguer who once used powerful family connections to avoid service in Vietnam had what it took to face enemy fire head-on. However, Bush—or, as his fellow soldiers nicknamed him in a spirit of battlefield camaraderie, 'Big Tex'—quickly overcame the platoon's reluctance to having a "fancy-pants Yalie" in its ranks.

"Bush is the best soldier I've ever had the honor of fighting alongside," said Pvt. Jon Benjamin, 23. "I'd take a bullet for that man, because I know he'd take one for me if he had to."

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Bozola Donating Member (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-04 02:47 PM
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1. Bush as Sir Robin?


The not-quite-so-brave as Sir Lancelot – who almost fought the dragon of Arnor! Who almost defeated the vicious chicken of Bristol! And who personally wet himself at the battle of Badon Hill.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-04 02:59 PM
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2. When danger reared it's ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled. . .
brave brave brave brave Sir Robin!
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-04 03:06 PM
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3. More likely comparison would be the Duke of PLaza Toro
Edited on Tue Feb-10-04 03:15 PM by Mikimouse
who led his army from behind.

On edit: I believe that the line quoted above is from the same poem. Kudos for the first hit!
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Bozola Donating Member (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-04 03:24 PM
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4. Good ol'Gilbert
You're right, it's very appropriate.

In enterprise of martial kind,
When there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from behind
(He found it less exciting).
But when away his regiment ran,
His place was at the fore, O-
That celebrated,
Cultivated,
Underrated
Nobleman,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

In the first and foremost flight, ha, ha!
You always found that knight, ha, ha!
That celebrated,
Cultivated,
Underrated
Nobleman,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

When, to evade Destruction's hand,
To hide they all proceeded,
No soldier in that gallant band
Hid half as well as he did.
He lay concealed throughout the war,
And so preserved his gore, O!
That unaffected,
Undetected,
Well connected
Warrior,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

In every doughty deed, ha, ha!
He always took the lead, ha, ha!
That unaffected,
Undetected,
Well connected
Warrior,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

When told that they would all be shot
Unless they left the service,
That hero hesitated not,
So marvellous his nerve is.
He sent his resignation in,
The first of all his corps, O!
That very knowing,
Overflowing,
Easy-going
Paladin,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

To men of grosser clay, ha, ha!
He always showed the way, ha, ha!
That very knowing,
Overflowing,
Easy-going
Paladin,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!
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