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George Bush invokes eBAY
We tried, we really tried.
After spending all of last week highlighting (lowlighting?) the depravity of George Bush and Dick Cheney, we promised no similar material this week.
But we came across an item that is absolutely telling -- so we decided we HAD to feature it here. It needs no commentary, as you'll see. Have tissues or punching bag ready.
It's from Dan Froomkin's June 1 column in The Washington Post
A Caring Person?top
NPR's Michel Martin yesterday interviewed Elaine Johnson, whose son, Army Spc. Darius Jennings, was killed when a helicopter was shot down by Iraqi insurgents Nov. 2, 2003. Not long after her son's death, Johnson met with Bush.
"MARTIN: So when you left that meeting, did you leave with a determination to do something, or did that happen over time?
"Ms. JOHNSON: ... [I asked the president,] what's the mission? He couldn't give me an answer. I said well, I'm going to tell you what. I'm on my mission now. My mission has just begun. And my mission is to fight, to bring these troops home, to take care of these troops when they get home.
"Then he gave us a presidential coin.... And then after that, he told us 'Don't go sell it on eBay'. Now you tell me how insensitive that can be? What kind of a caring person is that?"
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