Afghan hero in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving: "Look!!!! Quickly. At the monitor.
Its our President Bush in Baghdad. He is soooo GREAT!!!!!
Her Royal Highness (D,NY): . $@#^%@^%^%$#%$#%@$%
Posted on 11/28/2003 5:54:01 AM PST by Maria S
While 600 G.I.s leapt to their feet at the sight of President Bush appearing onstage in Baghdad to praise their service and share their Thanksgiving, soldiers at Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan seemed considerably less enthusiastic to have New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in their midst.
"The G.I.s here at the Bagram base were reasonably excited, I think it's fair to say, to see the former first lady," reported Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera.
But in the next breath Rivera added, "They were even more impressed with their turkey dinner."
An African-American female G.I. seconded the Fox reporter's assessment, agreeing that the food was more of a morale booster than Mrs. Clinton. Another female soldier at the table concurred.
Meanwhile, back in Baghdad soldiers couldn't say enough about their encounter with their Commander-in-Chief. "I was totally shocked," one female G.I. told Fox News. "It was a wonderful moment. I think everyone there was so overjoyed just to see the president."
A male soldier told Fox that Bush's visit "really meant a lot to me personally, as I know it did to a lot of the other soldiers, that the Commander-in-Chief was here in person to talk to us on this day when he should be with his family . . . And here in Iraq, the first time ever that a U.S. president's been here."
The New York Democrat has lately taken to accusing President Bush of not appreciating soldiers' sacrifices, and even covering-up battlefield casualties.
Three weeks ago Sen. Clinton secretly visited wounded soliders at Walter Reed Army Hospital, then told Democrats gathered in Iowa that the troops she met were paying the price for Bush's "failed policy" in Iraq.
Clinton also has a spot airing on MSNBC this weekend where she delivers a Thanksgiving message of appreciation to the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This source preaches to the choir and thats about it.
I loved that; seemed Geraldo was the only one excited to see her;
. . . but he tactfully or unwittingly, made it clear that the 'real turkey scored' and the political turkey did not.
But I think Vice President Dick Cheney might want to do a repeat of this on Christmas day, to Kabul, Afghanistan for our valiant troops there, too. Get in quickly and quietly under cover of darkness, pump up the local morale, help the troops, serve 'em up some chicken dinners, cause liberal palpitations and suicidal tendencies back on the home front, and then get the hell out of Dodge for the long ride back home. Of course, this is not for lengthy open discussion, but its nice to try to plant some seeds.
Fox News probably hits about as many people as the New York Times. What makes the New York Times more important is that it influences the way the media spins the story. The New York Times is kind of the Talking Points paper for the liberal media.
Hillary has got a lot of work cut out for her to recreate her imagine in time for the 2008 presidential run. Unfortunately for Hillary, she is gonna have to be somewhat of a hawk in order to win. Of course Hillary is pissing off hardcore Democrats in this process and really hasn't convinced too many people she is tough enough to be President.
Afghan hero in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving: "Look!!!! Quickly. At the monitor.
Its our President Bush in Baghdad. He is soooo GREAT!!!!!
Her Royal Highness (D,NY): . $@#^%@^%^%$#%$#%@$%
I saw this. Coming from Geraldo, I was a little surprised. I guess he has to report the truth, though. And no comments from the troops about how wonderful it was that she chose to spend Thanksgiving with them.
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