Copperas Cove man to give president his Purple Heart

[meegbear]

Source: Killeen Daily Herald

History will be made today when Copperas Cove resident Bill Thomas and his wife, Georgia, present President George W. Bush with a Purple Heart at the Oval Office.

Thomas said he and his wife came up with the unprecedented idea to present the president with the Purple Heart over breakfast one morning a few months ago as they discussed the verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic, the commander in chief has withstood during his time in office.

"We feel like emotional wounds and scars are as hard to carry as physical wounds," Thomas said.

<snip>

He has drawn criticism from some locals who have learned of his actions, Thomas said. Nevertheless, he said he earned the Purple Heart and it is his to do with it as he sees fit.

<snip>

Read more: http://www.kdhnews.com/archives/results.aspx?sid=15367&q=purple+heart&t=def

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Words escape me.

[acmavm]

1. This just makes me want to hurl.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Well honestly

After how these freeper-types have degraded any man of honor, namely John Kerry with their bandaids, etc...the medal has been tarnished.
This just completes the devaluing.
What kind of insane world gives an dry drunk AWOL soldier a Purple Heart?

[acmavm]

14. That's what cracked me up the most. A guy who is a coward and

went AWOL when it was crunch time getting a pity Purple Heart from a guy and his wife who probably shouldn't be allowed to roam around without a keeper.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. They're his awards to do whatever he wants with

Which is exactly what I told people who were indignant about what Kerry did with his after Vietnam.

[John Q. Citizen]

13. I agree.

[frogcycle]

yeah, throwing them away or giving them to bush - same difference n/t

[soleft]

3. Copperas Cove is hard core Bush country

I have an aunt and uncle who live there. The cool aid comes out the faucette.

[Sabriel]

4. Words fail me.

Other than to say, "Did he mean a Purple Fart, and the WH people misunderstood?

[meegbear]

15. ...

:rofl:

[Monkeyman]

5. Is Bush Wounded anywhere that medal belongs to wounded or KIA's

They just sold out their honor

[DU9598]

7. Injured snorting coke

or perhaps the jaw grinding has resulted in tooth loss?

[hyphenate]

60. Or falling down too many times

from drunkenness?

[HuffleClaw]

8. poor misguided man

i expect he shall end up regretting doing this.

[Demeter]

11. I Doubt It

You have to be rational to feel regret.

[tularetom]

9. Did Mr. Thomas suffer a head injury in Iraq?

Just askin.

Here this asshole sends him to some godforsaken place where he gets majorly blowed up and he wants to give the asshole the award he got for his sacrifice?

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

37. He got it in Vietnam, not Iraq.

Here's a later story in the Cove Herald about the actual presentation.

http://www.thecoveherald.com/page3.html

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"We were just absolutely bowled over. Without reservation, it was one of the highlights of our life. He was such a gracious host," Thomas said. "It was just an incredible, incredible experience."

The couple was able to meet with President Bush for about 20 minutes to present him with one of three Purple Hearts that Bill Thomas received during his service in Vietnam.

"He said he didn't feel like he had earned it," Thomas said, noting the president looked thinner in person than on television.

The Thomases also were able to meet Barney, the president's Scottish terrier, and tour the White House Rose Garden.
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What a pair of delusional twits.

[Mike Daniels]

47. Well, for once Bush is right about one of his feelings....

"He said he didn't feel like he had earned it," Thomas said....

Damn straight he didn't earn it. Too bad Kool-Aid boy and his wife didn't have the intelligence to realize that themselves.

[Mad_Dem_X]

124. Exactly

W got that one thing right, at least - he did nothing to earn that purple heart!

[maxrandb]

126. You know what pisses me off the most?

A man of decency, honor and integrity would never have accepted a Purple Heart Medal that honors troops who have spilled blood in battle for so-called "wounds of an emotional nature".

Here's a clue George. When someone tries to give you something you don't fucking deserve, you politely decline the gift.

George accepted this medal, because somewhere in his black, foul, putrid, cold, diseased heart....he really believes he fucking deserves it.

After all, he did tell us the "presidentin' is hard werk".

Why don't you take that fucking Purple Heart and give it to the widow of the soldier who fucking hanged himself at Walter Reed, you sick-fuck!?

[crossroads]

130. Hear Hear!! n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

137. Excellent post!

"A man of decency, honor and integrity would never have accepted a Purple Heart Medal that honors troops who have spilled blood in battle for so-called "wounds of an emotional nature"."

Says it all...

[allalone]

76. ok my head is exploding

He said he didn't feel like he had earned it,"

you didn't, you DF. for Christ's sake, will we ever get any relief from this idiot?

[Richard Steele]

10. Nothing like PISSING on every non-deserter who EARNED that medal, eh, B*shkissers?

Really shows what things like "duty" and "sacrifice" and "honor"
actually MEAN to these people: not a damn thing.

[Raven]

12. Well, that's the only way George is going to get anywhere

near a medal honoring bravery and sacrifice.

[Judi Lynn]

16. Any harsh words which have come Bush's way were more than deserved a very long time ago.

"emotional wounds and scars???"

The man could not conduct himself as he does if he were easily injured by righteous outrage from the human race.

Bill Thomas is desperately disoriented. He shouldn't be operating heavy machinery, or baby sitting any kids.

He should also step away from his Fox TV News, and re-acquaint himself with reading.

[Canuckistanian]

22. And talk about self-inflicted wounds

First off, I don't think he gives a damn about any criticism. He seems to have a thick, impenetrable shell when it comes to media critiques.

But if he was insulted, he deserved it.

Not too many get to stand in front of him and deliver that criticism. But the few times it's happened, it was for richly deserved reasons.

[lpbk2713]

17. As a veteran (65 - 69) I find this disgusting beyond words.

If this AWOL son of a bitch goes through with this publicity stunt I will not be able to contain my revulsion. He wouldn't even come out of his bunker house when Max Clelland came to Crawford to talk to him but yet he will accept this medal that is normally presented to people who earned it. This asshole has not a bit of shame and there is no limit to how low he will stoop if he perceives it might gain him some advantage. Well, in my eyes this has backfired on him big time.

[hyphenate]

62. The presentation

has already happened, according to the second article.

[UrbScotty]

18. Where's Clinton's? (nt)

[Bryan Buchan]

19. I honestly feel sick...

...to my stomach after reading that. Ugh.

[Cleita]

20. Well, they just made an honorable medal cheap.

I guess we are going to have to come up with something else to give to real heroes, maybe a scarlet heart, not only for actions beyond the call of duty, but for obeying the orders of the commander-in-chief according to their oath, even when the commander-in-chief is cleary nuts.

[Tempest]

32. The Repugs cheapened the medal in 2004

When they attacked Kerry over his during the election.

[Cleita]

33. They tried to make it look cheap.

This time they turned it into a real whore.

[Horse with no Name]

21. I have a big steaming pile of dogshit that I found in my yard this morning

I think Bush is deserving of that...I wonder if they would let me present it to him?

[Mad_Dem_X]

125. !

:rofl:

[dave123williams]

23. AWWWW Poor BUSHIE.

What...a twat.

[The Stranger]

24. Poor fucking imbecile.

[LostinVA]

25. This disgusts me -- that medal is EARNED by men and women under fire

REAL fire. Not from some AWOL cokehead.

UGH.

[Retrograde]

29. yeah, but it's just for any band-aid type wounds

The GOP started devaluating Purple Hearts at their 2004 convention (remember the bandaid lady?). This is just another way of downplaying and disrespecting the people who earn them, IMHO.

[rateyes]

26. Oh great, feed that idiot's martyr complex...

that's all we need. Dumbasses, all of them.

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Giving a Purple Heart to a deserter is an insult to my uncle, killed in WWII and all others

that have received them for being wounded in the service of their country.

[saigon68]

40. Yes he is the AWOL CHIMP

[w4rma]

28. What a puff piece.

:puffpiece:

[Cass]

30. OMG. What an insult to those who have received this medal or to those who

will receive it. This turns my stomach. I hope someone with half a brain in that WH counsels Junior to refuse this.

[Marnieworld]

31. he certainly would never get one any other way

People like this guy should be studied by a team of scientists. We really need to know how someone could be so deluded and clueless and misguided. I'm talking about the person who earned the Purple Heart in case you couldn't tell.

It's amazing. These are all the GOP and Fox News has left.

[Cleita]

34. Why don't they just give him an Iron Cross,

It's closer to his heart anyway and Hitler had one so why not Bush?

[Frank Cannon]

61. Hitler didn't bail on his military obligations and he actually...

saw some heavy action in the war.

I hate to say it, but this is an insult to Hitler.

[Cleita]

73. Yeah, he got sprayed with mustard gas, went blind for awhile,

got his iron cross and displayed it like the real cross when he stole his way into power.

[brentspeak]

35. This guy's an idiot. And there are plenty of severely wounded vets who never got a Purple Heart.

Vets paralyzed or otherwise permanently disabled due to injuries suffered in non-combat situations don't get Purple Hearts. So why doesn't this Bush a$$-kisser give his Purple Heart to one of them?

[PatGund]

36. *gag*

Wonder if the people giving Bush this purple heart were the same ones mocking Kerry, McCain, and Cleland's purple hearts......

[unhappycamper]

38. A bandaid would be a better choice.

[Az_lefty]

44. perfect...bush and that witch deserve each other.

:puke:

[momster]

45. Worst Dentures in the World!

Lady's name was Pat Peale. Ick.

Karma's gonna getcha if you...don't...watch...OUT!

[CANDO]

39. And he's going to accept it?

That would be callous beyond words. He sends our fighting men and women into battle, many come home dead or missing half their bodies, and he thinks it somehow cute or fitting. There should be an uproar within the military about this.

[walk softly]

49. THAT IS THE ISSUE!

This is just another media feeding frenzy concocted by KR & Co. - unless he accepts it. You don't really think KR would really allow that? Do you?

[flaminbats]

51. it looks like Bush has accepted it!!

wow...a hand-me-down purple heart, this is enough to give the Bush loyalists a national erection! :blush:

[bjobotts]

41. Purple Heart to a Draft Dodger With No Conscious--Ass Kisser

Didn't even know or care about the real wounded at Walter Reed and now to give Bush a purple heart is just Disgraceful. Sending troops without proper protection equipment, overworked and overcharged by Halliburton war profiteers into a civil war, the man has proven his lack of concern for the soldiers and some ass kisser looking for his own pr medal is giving this traitor a purple heart...how deluded and ignorant can these people be?

[bjobotts]

43. Maybe Senator Kerry Should Award It to Bush

One earned it and the other got it in a photo op. It demeans the whole honor behind receiving a purple heart. The logic goes beyond any understanding. The donor is pathetic and has lost any respect he may have earned from getting the heart in the first place. Like getting wounded saving a pal and then committing treason later on. Just an insult to all who received this honor through bravery in action.

[underpants]

42. I can honestly say that is, if real, is the worst thing I could have even imagined

I don't know how to even respond. I am completely numbed by this.

[Orsino]

46. Context is all.

I can imagine applauding loudly if every vet wounded in *'s war mailed him his Purple Heart.

This story is sad...but I can't imagine * daring to capitalize on it by being filmed accepting the award. Wonder how it will play out?

[daleo]

48. If Bush had class, he'd say "thanks, but no thanks"

It seems bizarre to actually accept someone's medal.

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It is like giving your university parchment to a non-graduate, because he strikes you as a pretty smart guy. Sure, you can transfer ownership of a piece of paper (or metal), but the title doesn't go along with it.

[moondust]

86. Tacky to the max.

The giggling murderer has no shame whatsoever.

[VegasWolf]

50. I wouldn't even give bush my used toilet paper. nt

[truthisfreedom]

52. How embarrassing for fearless leader. A used purple heart... he was never in battle anywhere at any

time. Hey bush! Remember these?



You sure had no qualms about the attacks on Kerry for receiving the real thing.

[sakabatou]

53. ::puke::

[StarryNite]

54. Well he does seem to fall a lot.

But I didn't know you could get a Purple Heart for accidents which occurred do to being in a drunken stupor.

[youngdem]

55. This poor, poor brainwashed douche bag

what a fucking TOOL.

[Earth_First]

56. This violates UCMJ in SO many ways that it is not only illegal by military standards...

ask a veteran who EARNED his or her Purple Heart how they feel about this. I'd be willing to bet my salary this year that you'd be hard pressed to find a majority that supports this action.

The FBI investigates individuals on fraudulent military awards all the time. This one bears no differently in my opinion.

Signed,

-Earth_First (military veteran)

[TexasLawyer]

57. The closest Bush will ever get to a medal for bravery

A gift from some misguided kool-aid drinkers! And Bush asked that it be "awarded" in person.

Thomas said he drew up a citation and he and his wife signed it before dropping it and the medal off with Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, to forward to President Bush.

Carter later called Thomas to inform him that the president was very moved by the gesture and would like the couple to present it in person.

[kitty1]

58. He'll probably hang it up next to Saddam's pistol.. n/t

[hyphenate]

59. Jesus christ

What a fucking moron. Yes, the idiot's been pummeled by lots of vicious attacks, but the goddamned bastard deserves every single one of them. This tells you how fucking whacko some pukes can be.

[badgervan]

63. What An Utter Disgrace...

...to my fellow vets who have EARNED their Purple Hearts. This is so wrong.

[jamesinca]

64. I didn't know they gave the Purple Heart for self inflicted

I thought one was more likely to be punished for a self inflicted wound, not given a medal.

"verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic, the commander in chief has withstood during his time in office.

'We feel like emotional wounds and scars are as hard to carry as physical wounds,' Thomas said."

On the other hand, will this rat bastard think of giving a medal to President Clinton for all of the attacks Clinton took, ones not self inflicted or invited?

[wageslave71]

65. My grandpa served 46 months in WWII.

He was in the South Pacific, slept in a foxhole most nights. When daylight came in the mornings, they found out who had gotten their throats slashed or their brains beaten out during the night. They adopted the strategy of sleeping (if you call it sleep) with their helmets at their feet, because the enemy would creep in and feel for the helmet to locate the head. My grandpa had his foot broken one night in this manner. He didn't get a purple heart, never heard him mention a purple heart. I doubt he felt like he deserved one in light of the atrocities inflicted upon others during his years spent there.

I cannot find the words to express how this story makes me feel when I consider the multitudes of people who made sacrifice after sacrifice for our country. Just when I thought my opinion of someone could sink no lower...

[Blue_Tires]

66. welcome to the site!

great story...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. You should send this story to the Killeen Daily Herald

and any other newspaper that prints this story.

Your grandpa must have been an amazing man. :patriot: I salute him!

[piedmont]

67. words escape me too.

:wow:

[ProudDad]

68. Just goes to show

there are many different loony ways to get your 15 minutes of "fame"...

[porque no]

69. Did that toad actually agree to this?

He is going to accept a Purple Heart from a Vet because he got criticized?

Holy Shit! I can't believe after all I've seen from these punks that I am astonished again.

Damn. I still can't believe it. He's actually going to accept it?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

70. He wants to give a Purple Heart to the asshole who was AWOL while he bled on the battlefield?

Obviously this poor guy suffered brain damage in that battle.

I'm deeply sorry for all those vets who earned their Purple Hearts through service to their country, though. I hope they don't feel that Thomas' thoughtless presentation besmirches the honor justly given to them.

[kitty1]

71. Maybe he'll give it to Poppy for putting up with Barbara all these years

[CrazyOrangeCat]

81. indeed.

[Irreverend IX]

74. How about a Purple Heart for the Constitution?

It's suffered some critical wounds during Junior's administration. It's hard for me to imagine the kind of robotic thinking that would lead someone to do this.

[Zhade]

75. If only their world actually existed.

How can people be that disconnected from reality?

Brain damage?

[knight_of_the_star]

77. Honorless swine!

How dare he cheapen a decoration given to men and women wounded and killed in battle putting their lives on the line for the country while this scumsucking no good son of a Jotuun and Fomorian dares to suggest Bush even deserves to sully such an honor!!!! He can rot in Jotuunheim along with his buddies for all I care!

[MaryBear]

78. meegbear!

The california bear is coming east! The female one! Let's get together.

K&R btw.

[meegbear]

118. When are you in town?

PM me.

[MaryBear]

136. Done. nm

[Lasher]

79. Another medal he didn't earn, to wear on his costume.

Junior wore medals he didn't earn.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x647661

I wondered what happened to Walt Starr and found that he had been tombstoned on March 11 last year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2507034

[SpiralHawk]

80. "I really don't deserve it. I mean really." - Commander AWOL

[ComerPerro]

82. some people, like this guy, were born to be kiss-ass sycophant losers

[krkaufman]

83. I sure do hope that Bush accepts it.

If Bush accepts it, I gotta believe it will be looked upon unfavorably by the military ranks.

[many a good man]

84. He deserves more than one

[The Backlash Cometh]

85. Why don't we give a purple heart to every whistle blower who was

undermined by this Administration.

[Robb]

87. Well, the upside of this is maybe it'll work:

;)

[LibDemAlways]

88. By giving the chimp his Purple Heart , Bill Thomas

demeaned the sacrifice of every other Purple Heart Recipient.

The WH knows better than to draw attention to this, and it remains an item in an obscure newspaper. However, I'm sending this thread to Keith O. At the very least the cowardly chimp deserves a "Worst Person in the World" citation for accepting someone else's award for bravery in battle.

[samsingh]

89. shrub has no dignity, but if he did he would not accept the purple heart

[jasmeel]

90. After all that * has put the soldiers through and how little * has done

in comparison to the soldiers who normally receive the purple heart there are no words. * SHOULD NOT accept this purple heart. If he has ANY shame AT ALL. Of course we've seen that shame doesn't exist in the * repuke world.

OMG! I just remembered how they made fun of Kerry because of his supposed minor wounds in Vietnam with purple heart band aids!!! This pisses me off. I guess ultimately though this fundie idiot can do whatever he likes with his purple heart. What a fuckin brainstem!!

[bleedingheart]

91. I think Mr. Thomas is clearly delusional to give a medal away to a deserter

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

92. Wow, soon service medals won't have any significance or meaning either

We can just throw them on the pile with the American flag and the Bill of Rights.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

93. Bush Accepts Unearned Purple Heart

Source: The Cove Herald

WASHINGTON – Bill and Georgia Thomas reported they were elated Monday when they met in the Oval Office with President George W. Bush to present him with a Purple Heart...

The couple was able to meet with President Bush for about 20 minutes to present him with one of three Purple Hearts that Bill Thomas received during his service in Vietnam.

"He said he didn't feel like he had earned it," Thomas said, noting the president looked thinner in person than on television.

Read more: http://www.thecoveherald.com/page3.html

---

This IDIOT just devalued the Purple Heart to a mere trinket.

For those who do not know, the Purple Heart is not only awarded to those who recieve wounds in a combat zone, it is also awarded to those who DIE in a combat zone.

At first I thought it was absolutely shameful that Mr. Thomas would even consider awarding his medal to someone who hadn't ever seen combat, let alone been wounded, but then I realized the REAL shame - the President accepted the medal!!!

As a veteran, I am absolutely aghast!!!

Please visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com

[maddezmom]

94. wonder why * didn't use this as a photo op

[shain from kane]

95. He deserves a purple heart bandaid, delivered by that woman with the ugly teeth.

[KansDem]

96. "He said he didn't feel like he had earned it."

Well, that's one thing the president and I agree on!

[no_hypocrisy]

101. Yeah, I did a spit-take on that one.

[fshrink]

106. What did he ever earned?

Aside from the world's contempt.

[LiberalFighter]

110. If he really didn't feel like he had earned it then why...

Carter later called Thomas to inform him that the president was very moved by the gesture and would like the couple to present it in person.

[fryguy]

97. wtf??!?!?!?

fuckin'-a right he should feel like he didn't earn it, 'cause there's no way on god's green earth that he did! what sort of horseshit is this?

[BOSSHOG]

98. Another anti-bush veteran chiming in here

Its obvious bush and any other conservative have no shame. What next, a field promotion for cheney? A CMOH for limbaugh. Conservatives making a mockery of our men and women in uniform.

A Purple Heart given to a drug addict who deserted his unit to avoid a drug test. How incredibly sad and unpatriotic.

[Bozita]

99. That medal should burn a hole through Bush's hand

Somebody ought to photoshop a Purple Heart into that pic of Lt. GW Bush. The one of him seated in his dress uniform.

[Name removed]

113. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[jwirr]

100. Low, lower and lowest.

[Buttercup McToots]

102. puke

:puke:

[MessiahRp]

103. The purple heart is meaningless to Bush

If he doesn't give a shit whether or not Soldiers DIE, he certainly could give two fucks about those that were wounded and awarded for such.

Rp

[sinkingfeeling]

104. Of course, Bush hasn't earned it! He has yet to earn the respect of the American

people or those of the world!!

[InvisibleTouch]

105. Disgusting.

I'm not sure which is worse - his accepting it, or an idiot stupid enough to give him one!

[LiberalFighter]

107. Mr Thomas is showing disrespect to those that received the Purple Heart

He dishonors those that have died in the service of their country.

[LTR]

108. So, when are the Swiftnuts coming out to protest this?

Like they did with Kerry?

[shain from kane]

115. 2 more, and he's tied with Kerry. Paper cuts in the National Guard?

[DaveJ]

109. Is this the only way to approach *Him*

Presenting extreme sacrifice combined with blind devotion apparently is the only way the king will accept an audience with the common man.

[sandnsea]

111. Aghast

There's the word.

It is a shameful betrayal to all vets, but especially to Vietnam Vets since this asshat used daddy to get out of serving and then pretends he was a war hero.

This proves beyond all doubt that the man is a sociopath.

[Ilsa]

133. This is the post I was waiting for. Says it perfectly. We need a letter

writing campaign from veterans and families about how demeaning it is that this man would give a war criminal and coward his medal. Where do we start?

[Gregorian]

112. 100% phony.

Just another ratchet away from reality.


It doesn't bother me in the least. It's just more proof at how empty the man is.

[xxqqqzme]

114. guess good ol' bill 'n georgia

are part of that 29% that just love chucklenuts. They must sweat kool-aid.

good god man, the rat bastard was AWOL while you were getting those purple hearts. There is just no accounting for true blind ignorance!

[mcscajun]

116. So, a couple of hundred years from now, will some Bush descendent

claim that * earned a Purple Heart? Or will it take a much shorter time for a Bush to lie through one's teeth about it?

Dollars to donuts it winds up in the Bush Presidential Library.

[acmavm]

117. What's really ironic is that Republics can't bitch. They don't

serve.

[DinahMoeHum]

122. Can't someone prosecute this pissant under the Stolen Valor Act?

http://www.house.gov/salazar/Stolen%20Valor.shtml

Just sayin'.

:evilfrown:

[Skittles]

129. this absolutely disgusts me as a veteran, as an American

Mr. Thomas has disgraced himself by giving this noble award to an incompetent, warmongering chickenhawk - this is bush whoring at its worst. :puke:

[OneAngryDemocrat]

119. Cove veteran presents Purple Heart to President Bush

Source: The Cove Herald

WASHINGTON – Bill and Georgia Thomas reported they were elated Monday when they met in the Oval Office with President George W. Bush to present him with a Purple Heart.

The couple was able to meet with President Bush for about 20 minutes to present him with one of three Purple Hearts that Bill Thomas received during his service in Vietnam.

"He said he didn't feel like he had earned it," Thomas said, noting the president looked thinner in person than on television.

Read more: http://www.thecoveherald.com/page3.html

---

This IDIOT just devalued the Purple Heart to a mere trinket.

For those who do not know, the Purple Heart is not only awarded to those who recieve wounds in a combat zone, it is also awarded to those who DIE in a combat zone.

At first I thought it was absolutely shameful that Mr. Thomas would even consider awarding his medal to someone who hadn't ever seen combat, let alone been wounded, but then I realized the REAL shame - the President accepted the medal!!!

As a veteran, I am absolutely aghast!!!

Please visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com

[Democrat 4 Ever]

120. THAT asswipe, he finds time for. DimSon loves him pandering. eom

[bdamomma]

121. Oh this is sickening.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

123. Bump...

Bump...

[Zuiderelle]

127. "the President was very moved by it, and would like us to present it in person"

So, they quietly send him the medal, and he decides to use it as a publicity stunt. No surprise there.

Thomas said he drew up a citation and he and his wife signed it before dropping it and the medal off with Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, to forward to President Bush.

"Congressman Carter called me last week and said the President was very moved by it, and would like us to present it in person," Thomas said.

[Habibi]

128. Good. Fucking. Grief.

[crossroads]

131. Wonder Where this Kiss Ass got that PH to begin with? nt

[KamaAina]

132. What exactly did Bush** do to get a Purple Heart? Was it this?

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[jmowreader]

134. I'm totally confused

Mr. Thomas claims that all the "verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic" that Shrub has brought on to himself since he stole the White House have caused Bush emotional wounds and scars.

If Bush was a normal human being, being called everything from chimpanzee through war criminal to terrorist and mass murderer probably would wear him down. It would have to. Bush, however, is the most expressed psychopath in American history. That shit hasn't affected Shrub in the slightest.

Besides, they don't give the Purple Heart for emotional wounds, mainly because anyone who goes near a combat zone has them. It's a medal for people who the enemy put holes in.

[maddogesq]

135. This disrespects my own father. I am pissed off!

My dad:

WW2
Battle of Bulge
Purprle Heart
Combat Infantry (He is most proud of that one.)
Bronze Star

Fuck these people. I dispised them, but now I truly feel hatred.

By the way, dad is 81, lost 97 percent of his hearing, has bad feet, hips and a lot of other stuff.

The Dog is a growling big time!

[closeupready]

138. Do Bush fans feel that he can't take what too many of them dish out???

And do they speak out against people like Coulter and others of her ilk? Yet, people like Dixie Chicks get crucified while exercising their free speech. That's what I'd like to know.

:D On edit, I realized that this wasn't the clearest post ever - what I'm saying is, the guy in the story says that Bush has been criticized and that he feels this has probably impacted him negatively. Does it occur to people like him that criticizing Linda Rondstat and Natalie Maines and Michael Moore ALSO hurts THEM, and they didn't even declare war on bad intelligence - they were just expressing their minds. Do they also deserve purple hearts??