[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[Herb Parsons]

Um sorry Rob. You're wrong. Go check the archives about the incident, 
and see what was said about Bush being a pilot. That's why Brad so 
strongly jumped in on supporting the President on the issue.


Rob Lowe wrote:
> Nobody questioned his service, Herb.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] This day in history
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>   
>> And, I'll add, bitch all you want to about his politics. When you insult
>> his service, you're being a jerk. THAT was what was pathetic.
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Rob,
>>>
>>> Herb's a big boy and can defend himself, so I'll let him.  I too feel
>>>       
> his
>   
>>> frustrations at times though.  The carrier landing was a celebration for
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> men and women who had been at sea for a good long while in support of
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> Iraqi liberation. They were honored to have been visited by their
>>>       
> Commander
>   
>>> in Chief and it showed on their faces.  President Bush didn't
>>>       
> immediately
>   
>>> rush for the Admiral's quarters, he spent a lot of time with the
>>>       
> 'grunts'
>   
>>> taking photos, hugging them, etc.  It was obvious they loved having him
>>> aboard and watching it live made me proud to be an American.  Was it a
>>> political event as well?  Everything a politician does is a political
>>>       
> event.
>   
>>> Today's newspaper is the first draft of history and often wrong in the
>>> reporting and analysis.  Go read a newspaper from 1948 to 1952 and see
>>>       
> how
>   
>>> popular Truman was at the time.  Some people are so jaded by their BDS
>>>       
> (Bush
>   
>>> Derangement Syndrome) that they can't see anything positive in anything.
>>>       
> You
>   
>>> are probably a classic case.  Bush's term is almost over and it might be
>>> time for everyone to move on to tomorrow's problems.
>>>
>>> Let me say this - when I think critics are taking delight in the
>>>       
> difficulty
>   
>>> and losses our military is encountering because it suits their political
>>> slant, it pisses me off to no end. Frankly, I don't think we should have
>>> engaged in 2/3rds of the deployments we did under Clinton, and I didn't
>>>       
> and
>   
>>> still don't like the Clintons.  That said, I want to see any engagement
>>> where we put our troops in harm's way to go well regardless of how I may
>>> personally feel about the commander.  My guess is, Herb gets upset for
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> same reasons I do.  Bitch about Bush is you want, it's a free country.
>>>       
> The
>   
>>> men and women on that boat that day risked their lives so you can do so.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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