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• Pandagon (#): ... We all know Dear Leader has no shame, but here’s yet another example of his terror alert leash jerking and fearmongering, intimating that electing a Democrat will lead to disaster if the U.S. withdraws from Iraq. ...
• American Street (#): ... Our current president sends signals and supports our troops by giving up his incompetence at golf . And still the snake-oil peddlers continue their con. There’s only one intelligence decision that we really await: yours. ...
• Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog (#): In the new Politico/Yahoo interview with The Cretinous One: For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf. “I don't want some mom whose ...
• The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen (#): ... The president has made all kinds of head-shaking comments over the years, but I’m really not sure what to make of this . For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families. “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander ...
• Lawyers, Guns and Money (#): Like the President, I gave up golf in order to honor the sacrifice of our soldiers in Iraq. Last year, I gave up non-diet pop to honor our soldiers in Afghanistan. In 2006, I gave up fried cheese in order to honor our soldiers in Portugal. ...
• The Reaction (#): ... But now Dubya insists that he, too, has sacrificed for the “war effort.” How? He tells Politico reporter Mike Allen that he’s given up golf. ...
• Scripting News: 5/15/2008 (#): ... Meanwhile President Bush predictably, desperately threw FUD at the process, warning that if Obama is elected there could be another major terrorist attack on US soil. Thanks for the terrorism, Mr. ...
• A Tiny Revolution (#): ... To honor the sacrifice of US soldiers killed, maimed, blinded, disembowelled, decapitated, castrated, rendered insane, and otherwise shattered by the war in Iraq, President Bush made the solemn announcement today that he was giving up... golf . — Bernard Chazelle Posted at 07:48 PM ...
• Brains and Eggs (#): ... He doesn't play golf any more . For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families. “I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in ...
• Under The LobsterScope (#): ... With the ghosts of Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower looking down, President Bush finally admitted today that he has been touched by the true cost of war : For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf. “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see ...
• FunctionalAmbivalent (#): President Bush, in the days after 9/11, called upon his nation to fight terrorism by going shopping. Now, after all these years, he reveals that he, too, has sacrificed for the war: “I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. ...