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BULLETIN, Washington DC. Bob’s Press May 14, 2008
That was a one line story in the news yesterday. No one made anything of it and by this morning the story was nowhere to be found. Apparently no one cared that the president quit playing golf out of respect for our soldiers in Iraq. Well, I care.
Why doesn’t he keep playing golf and quit the war — as a tribute to our soldiers in Iraq? He quit playing golf. When I was a boy attending school with the Nuns they said that to be a good Catholic you had to give up something for Lent. We all gave up the thing we liked the least, I gave up brussels sprouts. He quit playing golf.
How in the hell does that show any respect for the over 4,000 dead and the thousands wounded, some so seriously they are unable to function. He quit playing golf. How does that show any respect for anything other than the tortured greens upon which he flailed away. George W. Bush quit playing golf.
He never should have sent troops to Iraq in the first place but being as he did he could have done things like making sure the VA hospitals are clean and safe and offer the best medical care, but he quit playing golf. If our brave soldiers, the best in the world, had not been sent to Iraq the war in Afghanistan would be over by now. But George W. quit playing golf. Do you think he could look the parents or spouses or children of a dead solder in the eye and say, “Out of respect for your child, I quit playing golf?” I think not
I was fed up with Bush and his incompetent administration a long time ago. But this is the last straw. What will he give up out of respect to those of us who are saddled with $4.00 gasoline, depleted finances because of a bad economy and a dollar so weak, we need a box of them to buy a half gallon of milk. He will probably give up playing professional basketball.
Well, to show my respect for President Bush, I have quit eating brussels sprouts forever. He quit playing golf. What do you think? Please write and let me know.
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An update. Two days after I posted this blog MSNBC updated the story. They did an investigation and found that Bush had played golf again not long after he made the statement. Has he no pride, no integrity?
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