Creepy sidebar to the veto

[Lobster Martini]

Creepy sidebar to the veto: the veto was signed with a pen given to Bush by the father of a dead reservist:

Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the father of Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Dustin Derga, who was killed in Iraq on May 8, 2005. The elder Derga spoke with Bush two weeks ago at a meeting the president had with military families at the White House.

Derga asked Bush to promise to use the pen in his veto. On Tuesday, Derga contacted the White House to remind Bush to use the pen, and so he did. The 24-year-old Dustin Derga served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 25th Marines from Columbus, Ohio. The five-year Marine reservist and fire team leader was killed by an armor-piercing round in Anbar province.

Thanks for getting my son killed. Please use my pen to prolong the war so that someone else's son can get killed too. How creepy is that?

Full post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070501/us-iraq

[rodeodance]

1. Many families have to believe that what they are doing in Iraq is good. I feel

for these families.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Very creepy considering that the extra money in the bill would have provided more

armor and those newly designed trucks for the troops.

[Supersedeas]

5. Bush supporters are all about personality identification, not policy details

[AtomicKitten]

3. At some point I hope the military families will catch on

... to the fact that Junior has been using their sons and daughters as props in photo-ops and doesn't give a rat's ass about their welfare.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

4. Who Needs Ink?

Here's a pint of my dead son's blood. Sign with that.