Bush heads to Vietnam next month

[Rose Siding]

President Bush heads to Vietnam next month, making a question about that upcoming trip a must-ask when former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes spoke at the National Press Club in Washington Wednesday evening.

It was during the 2004 campaign that Barnes acknowledged that as speaker of the Texas House he had found a National Guard slot for young George W. Bush, then the son of a Houston congressman, during the Vietnam War. Barnes said he acted at the behest of a Bush family friend.

Any advice for Bush as he prepares for his first-ever trip to Vietnam long after the Guard stint that kept him out of the war?

“It’s a lot safer than it was when he didn’t go the first time,” Barnes quipped.

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[Horse with no Name]

1. Can they keep him?

I mean it is only fair.

[leveymg]

2. AWOL, about 35 years

But, it's never too late to show up for formation.

[Monkeyman]

8. Yep

[stepnw1f]

3. Maybe He'll Step on a Landmine... (nt)

[IChing]

4. Well maybe he's going to Vietnam to figure out how to get out of

Iraq, since he got out of Vietnam so many years ago.

I can't wait for the editorial cartoons on this trip.

[sutz12]

5. What's his exit strategy? nt

[whistle]

6. Shrub is a little late

[reichstag911]

7. It's about time! (nt)

[calico1]

9. A little late isn't it?n/t

[MichiganVote]

10. Must be another Cheney deferment

[pwb]

11. wow man.. how you gonna act..??

there is no pride in you going there George. wait til he gets a whiff of that air ha guys ????

[Mnemosyne]

12. Took him long enough. ass*. n/t

[mcscajun]

13. THE case where "Better late than never" Absolutely Does NOT Apply

And Barnes! That fucker has some GALL cracking jokes about Bush's ABSENTEEISM from a War in which over 50,000 Americans were sacrified.



There are no containers big enough for our righteous anger over this.