Bush Says He's Proud of Guard Service

[cjbuchanan]

LAS VEGAS - President Bush (news - web sites), his Vietnam-era military service the subject of dispute, said Tuesday he is proud of his stint in the Air National Guard and told members strained by today's wars that he is trying to make their lives easier.

"Nineteen individuals have served both in the National Guard and as president of the United States, and I am proud to be one of them," Bush said at the National Guard Association of the United States conference.

Members of the Guard are fighting in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites), and helping recovery efforts after Florida hurricanes, Bush said. "I am proud to be their commander in chief, and I respect and honor all of those who serve in the United States Armed Forces — active, Guard and Reserve."
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Everyone see what he is trying to do here. In the 70's the Guard was a place of safety. You got to stay stateside, unlike today. Yet bush is trying to make it sound like he was in the Guard of today. The ones who have to, thanks to bush, carry a lot of the water in his wars without the equipment needed to fight them.

Just sad.

More at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_el_pr/bush

[whistle]

1. Why shouldn't Bush be proud he did not have to serve and he...

...got away with it!

[cjbuchanan]

2. Excellent point

[GOPAgainstGW]

20. BOOZE, SEX, DRUGS HANGING WITH GW AT THE NG. HEY THE GOOD LIFE!!

OF COURSE 59,000 DEAD VIETNAM VETS DIDN'T HAVE IT SO GOOD!

[2Design]

26. that would be ok if he wasn't today taking citizen soldiers and

forcing them to fight his battle

old, young, mothers, he doesn't care that he is sending them to their deaths

[flordehinojos]

3. to say that he is proud of his service in the TAN G

is one sure fireway of not having to answer to the questions looming out there about his service...once again, bush is thumbing his nose at us and saying, "BECAUSE I CAN".

[Malva Zebrina]

4. He is disgusting

:puke:

Absolutely disgusting :puke:

[Skittles]

45. YUP

disgusting beyond belief

[Sparkle]

5. I'd be proud too if I was awol but didn't get in trouble for it!

[necso]

6. Prideful or haughty

seem better words.

[UpInArms]

7. ooohh - third person referral to himself!

"It is critical that the president of the United States speak clearly and consistently at this time of great threat in our world, and not change positions because of expediency or pressure," Bush told his applauding audience in a speech to the National Guard Association of the United States.

This thing makes me :puke:

(edited because my statement - now missing - was incorrect)

[MisterP]

22. does that mean he's endorsing Kerry?

[Jokerman]

8. I thought that Governors were the C.I.C of state units?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[yellowcanine]

10. They are unless the NG is "federalized" - then POTUS is CIC.

[lebkuchen]

9. There comes a time when even the basest of individuals reaches a limit

to his own lies and pretenses.

[Walt Starr]

11. He's so proud, he decorated himself with a ribbon he didn't earn!

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Translation: "When you attack my guard service ...

your attacking the National Guard and all who serve in it. Shame on you evil doers!"

He's trying to deflect the charges against him that he received special treatment because of his family connections by pretending his service was no different than anybody else's. He's insulting those who really do serve the same as he insulted Purple Heart Vets.

[0007]

13. What else can the mutt say? What do his Alabama buddies say

about this fraud (junior) they've never seen?

[A_Possum]

14. He has no right to be proud of it

He ought to be ashamed of it.

What a chickenshit American. "Hey, I'll stick around awhile, guys, until I've got somethin' better to do, like some hot chicks in Alabama!"

[karlrschneider]

15. Isn't Pride one of the 7 deadly sins?

:eyes:

[leesa]

40. Not AMERICAN pride, silly!

I see that right next to their fish symbol... "American Pride" and I think these people have NO IDEA what Christianity is all about.


They simply haven't a clue.

[gratuitous]

16. So . . .

Did you show up for your 1972 physical or not, Mr. Bush? If so, please provide substantiation (we don't quite trust your word, for some reason); and if not, please explain why not.

[olddad56]

17. of course he is proud of his accomplishments....

it is part of his mental illness

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-pe07.html

Tell me George Bush doesn't fit the criteria listed at the above link.

[soaky]

35. good call

speciall #5: has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

[tlcandie]

18. Just a reminder...

He's also proud of his medicare bill; the IRS tax adjustment; the Iraq invasion; the Patriot Act; Cheney and the rest of his staff; his mom and dad; his brother(s); his daughters; his God; his money; his status; his sWINdle of the 2000 election; his handling of 9-11; etc., ad nauseum.

My response to his being proud of anything is that the rest of us should be ashamed for him since he evidently isn't able to find within himself humbleness for the error of his ways or his wrongdoings.

[chelsea0011]

19. National Guardsmen showed up for this? Hard to believe? are they lemmings?

[LiberalFighter]

25. I wonder about that too...

are they that blind and deaf to what gw* has done?

Who attended that convention?

It wasn't any of the natl guards in Iraq or overseas!

[Maeve]

21. The term is "gold brick"

as a noun:

1. A bar of gilded cheap metal that appears to be genuine gold.
2. A fraudulent, worthless substitute.

and the verb "gold-bricking":

1.receiving payment for time not spent on work.

[Politicub]

23. I'm sure he is "proud" of his mediocre service

He's happy with being half-assed. There are lots of people like him in the world. I just don't want one of them as my president.

For president, I look for someone who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to achieve excellence. Not some schmuck who does the bare minimum and skates through life.

So - Bush may be telling the truth for the first time. He's proud of not showing up for duty, proud that someone else went to die in Vietnam in his place, and I'm sure he's proud that he had the connections to avoid showing up for guard duty while still getting credit for it.

That's a lot to be proud of, Mr. Bush. By that standard, I'm sure you're welling with pride over the shitty job you've done as president. I bet you're proud of the millions more who don't have health care coverage, the millions of jobs that were lost during your administration, and proud of allowing more than 1,000 Americans to die for your war in Iraq.

[meow2u3]

29. He's also proud to get away with desertion

nt

[liveoaktx]

24. He also thought Rumsfeld the Torturer was doing a superb job

[dave29]

27. then freakin tell us why you went AWOL

if you were so proud.

[Rose Siding]

28. He also said the Guard fought in the war "on" independence

...so I guess the speech was filled with lies.

[Lithos]

30. What likely is the case

He can't remember what he was doing back then. I'm sure Shrub's memory of the time he served is a drug-induced haze that he is filling in through pure self-compensating fantasy in order to deny how bad a problem he had/has.

[timefordrinking.com]

32. re: Shrub's memory

Hey! Just because he was stoned out of his mind doesn't mean he can't be proud of being being stoned out of his mind!:smoke:

[Infomaniac]

31. The 50 Grand Question

I wonder how many in that National Guard audience were thinking that they could use $50 Grand by proving Shrub was in the Alabama Guard. Half? Three-quarters?

[Infomaniac]

33. The 50 Grand Question

I wonder how many in that National Guard audience were thinking that they could use $50 Grand by proving Shrub was in the Alabama Guard. Half? Three-quarters? How can you be proud of something you didn't do?

[MsConduct]

34. What a maroon (I know it's moron, K?)

proud that he weaseled out and got away with no one finding out for so long? Bet he can't spell i-n-t-e-g-r-i-t-y. (did I spell it right? LOL)

Peace

[Spinzonner]

36. That's OK, don't let it Bugs you

[MsConduct]

37. Pretty punny, fer sure. LOL n/t

[Thor_MN]

38. They are delusional - they really believe the crap they spout

They wouldn't make a polygraph twitch, their belief is so strong. That's why these jackasses are so dangerous.

I think that * is applying the "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, if they can use the plane again, it's a great landing" standard to his life and his residency. Any term that you don't wind up in prison is a good term, if they can use the country again afterwards, it's a great term.

Assholes.

[leesa]

39. Well, I guess the guard doesn't care if they have a slacker for their CIC

I used to have respect for them.

[TankLV]

41. So what - he claimed there were WMD and Saddam was involved in 911.

He's a fucking liar and coward.

Why should we believe ANYTHING this criminal ever says.

We all know it's all lies!

[A_Possum]

42. Could anybody in the guard today skip out on their physical?

Just "cause" they felt like it? Had better things to do? "Hey, I don't really feel like going to Iraq, and I have this important campaign literature I have to forget to mail..."

[struggle4progress]

43. He cain't remember none a his 'Bammy buddies, so ya know ...

... he musta bin four sheets ta the wind. Ah guess yew might cud say that's somethin' ta be proud of.

[Mokito]

44. PRIDE COMES BEFORE THE FALL

LET IT BE SO!

[Bundbuster]

46. Picture worth 1000 words