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I got htis fwd email from my sainted mother.
George Bush Receives Purple Heart Award
By Richard Blair
Posted on April 29, 2007, Printed on April 30, 2007 http://www.alternet....
Did you know that George W. Bush was a war hero? I know that this development comes as a shock and surprise to many progressives who are familiar with Bush's military career, but he received a Vietnam-era Purple Heart award a few weeks ago in the Oval Office. Seriously.
28%-er Bill Thomas of Copperas Cove, Texas, decided recently to give George Bush one of the three purple hearts that he had been awarded in Vietnam.
Bush was so blown over by this gesture that he invited Thomas and his wife, Georgia, to the Oval Office for the presentation...
The medal was presented to Bush, and 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."
Soak that all in for a moment.
http://www.alternet....
Larry Gross
Professor and Director
School of Communication
Annenberg School
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281
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