As a member of the VFW , If i was at Bush's speech.

[pwb]

I would not have stood when he entered.
I would not applaud anything he said.
i would boo him and maybe even give him the finger.
I would not have even looked at him.

I would be interested in a view of the audience, not everyone in that room was applauding.

[Lowell]

1. I've been a life time member for nearly thirty years

I would have had the same reaction. I cannot fathom why they even allowed the miscreant in their midst. His service record was abysmal and he is the ultimate hypocrite.

If he was to speak at a meeting locally I wouldn't even bother to go.

An interesting sidebar is how much the general membership in the individual posts hate him. Yet the leadership continues to support him. It is time for a change in national leadership. The old "super patriots" days are numbered.

[pwb]

2. I agree. The VFW leadership represents the members like bush represents the U.S.