Biker Group Presses Bush to Aid Vets

[unhappycamper]

Biker Group Presses Bush to Aid Vets
May 26, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Members of the Rolling Thunder motorcycling group roared into town for a White House visit May 25, where they presented President Bush with his own cowhide vest jacket and pushed for increased veterans benefits.

"Mr. President, we'd like to make you an honorary member of Rolling Thunder," said Artie Muller, the group's executive director, to a delighted Bush, who shed his suit jacket to don the vest and pose for pictures.

"You've done a lot for the country, and the troops appreciate you, and the veterans appreciate you, and your president appreciates you," Bush told the group.

For 21 years now, Rolling Thunder has led a "Ride for Freedom" along the National Mall during Memorial Day weekend, a full-throttle demonstration in support of soldiers held captive or missing in action. On May 25, riders began at the Pentagon, rode across the Memorial Bridge and gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Rolling Thunder members also revved their engines up to the White House's driveway along with several of the president's aides. Bush, who was returning in his chopper back from Camp David, greeted members near the South Lawn. Bush said "it was a magnificent sight" to see the thousands of motorcyclists come to the nation's capital to pay tribute to veterans.


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uhc comment: Ah, what a man. Love the leathers on chimpy.

[Tippy]

1. Look momma they gave me this really neat leather vest and cap...n/t

[MH1]

2. Help me out here. Is Rolling Thunder led by idiots or frauds?

One of the ugliest things I saw in 2004 was a rally by "Operation Rolling Thunder" where they were spreading the lies and smears about Kerry.

Interestingly, I remember VERY clearly that they said they didn't like Bush much either, but thought he was better than Kerry (cue more lies and smears).

So now why are they sucking up to Bush so much? Unless they are idiots or frauds they know Bush hasn't done shit for veterans and isn't going to. "Honoring" Bush with one of their jackets makes me want to puke, except that I know that it ain't worth shit either, after what they did to Kerry in 2004 - and let's not forget WHAT THEY DID TO VETS IN 2004 by helping Bush be "re-elected".

And where is that Morin a-hole from American Legion, while we're on the subject? I haven't seen him calling out Bush on the GI Bill thing. Yet Morin (who falsely calls himself a Vietnam veteran when he is a Vietnam-ERA veteran) was all over John Kerry's "botched joke" in 2006- which was a made-up right wing bit of bullshit that had no actual effect on the troops. (Except to be used by the right-wing to get the military pissed off at Democrats). So when I went to the Legion website to see what this Morin creep was about, I saw that one of their main "priorities" in 2006 was passing this new GI Bill. So the Dems are getting it done but now the Republicans are standing in the way. Where's Morin?

Yeah, I saw this Rolling Thunder article at msnbc.com and it pissed me off. Can you tell?

[wordpix]

3. "You've done a lot for the country"---$9 trillion deficit, Iraq War, negligent homeland security,

ruined environment, wrecked economy, $4+/gal. gas, vets living on the streets, 40K vets wounded in Iraq, Walter Reed fiasco, shredded Constitution, ignoring FISA law, putting people in jail for political reasons, torture, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib...
:puke: :grr:

[ThatsMyBarack]

4. Motorcycle gangs make me nervous.

They make me think of those Gatherings of Eagles, spreading their love for * wherever they go. :scared: