WP: Bush* Turns to Part-Time Troops

[kskiska]

New Educational Benefits for Guardsmen, Reservists Proposed

By Dana Milbank

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Aug. 18 -- President Bush proposed new educational benefits for National Guardsmen and reservists on Wednesday, using a campaign appearance here to appeal to part-time troops disillusioned by extended tours of duty in Iraq.

Bush said those who serve more than 90 consecutive days on active duty in the Guard and the reserves would be given enhanced payments for schooling, and he said rules would be changed to make it easier for children in military families to change schools when the families move. "We'll continue to stand side by side with those who wear the uniform and with the family members of those who wear the uniform," the president said at an open-air rally for Republican faithful in western Wisconsin.

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Traveling with Bush was Karen Hughes, a key figure in his 2000 election who joined the campaign this week at a salary of about $15,000 per month. "I took the training wheels off today," said Hughes, who will travel with Bush for the rest of the campaign.

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In Hudson, two questioners told Bush they were praying for him, and one named an opponent rarely mentioned on the campaign trail. "The enemy that we need the greatest freedom from right now happens to be Satan," the questioner said. Bush rapidly changed the subject.

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[Odd Little Man]

1. When Satan was mentioned

"Bush rapidly changed the subject." I bet he did. The last thing he wants is voters focusing on his relatives.

[newyawker99]

6. Hi Odd Little Man!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[hadrons]

2. "I took the training wheels off today,"

only took 3 and 1/2 years :eyes: ... jeez, "our" President, the mama's boy

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. So much for Karen Hughes' "Family Values"

She left the Bush admninistration to "spend more time with my family" or something equally as unbelieveable.

Now here she is on the payroll of Bush's campaign. Does she get a pension from her work on the Bush Administration?

SHOVE IT! - Drop Bush Not Bombs! - Hero Kerry AWOL Bush
http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[UpInArms]

4. so now we know how much the ugly whore charges

to babysit:

I took the training wheels off today," said Hughes, who will travel with Bush for the rest of the campaign.

$15,000 a month - annualized that is $480,000 - I'm certain that she will come up with some spew to really touch the hearts of the economically disenfranchised.

:puke:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Er, that's $180,000 annualized.

Discount spew, I guess. :shrug:

[Kimber Scott]

7. How hard is it for kids to change schools when they're family moves?

What, are the military required to leave their kids at their old schools when they move, unless they get special permission from the government to take them with them? This is a ridiculous promise. It doesn't make any sense. These people amaze me more and more everyday. This "promise them things they already have" ploy really could work. Just play the headlines like a fiddle.

"Bush to Bring the Troops Home!" (just not the ones you think)

"Bush to Make it Easier for Families to Take Their Kids with Them When They Move!" (Woohoo!)

"Bush to Give Guard and Reservists Educational Benefits!" (Isn't that why they joined in the first place, for the educational benefits that have been in place forever?"

[Toucano]

8. Bet your sweet ass "Enhanced Payments" will translate to

smaller checks! Where does he expect to find the money to make the payments larger?

It's like "Healthy Forests", "Clear Skies", "No Child Left Behind", etc.