PHOTOS: "Marriage is between one man and one woman!" (George W, Bush)

"Marriage is between one man and one woman!" (George W, Bush)>>>>>

"Children need both mothers and fathers, and marriage is society’s way of obtaining them." (Republican Party of Texas in their "Talking Points on marriage" brochure) >>>>>>

"It's appropriate that our lefty friends should be leaping to the defense of single moms right now. What better time to celebrate single motherhood than in the run—up to Fathers' Day, celebrated this year on June 19th? Liberals seem to like nothing more than spoiling other peoples' holidays. But we mortal folk may as well go ahead and celebrate fatherhood anyway." ("American Thinker") >>>>>

"Strengthen Families and Protect Our Kids!" - (The GOP's 'Contract With America') >>>>>

"Activist courts are threatening the institution of marriage!" (George W. Bush) >>>>>>

"The family is society’s central core of energy!" (Republican platform, 2000) Bring families TOGETHER! >>>>>

"Here we can respectfully disagree and still be patriotic, still be American, and still be good Republicans." - Arnold Schwarzenegger >>>>>>>

"The highest priority is rebuilding the family." (Republican Senator Brownback) >>>>>>

"Children with absent fathers are more likely to drop out of school, become teenage parents, develop drug or alcohol problems, or become involved in violent criminal behavior." (The Republican 'National Governor's Initiative') >>>>>>>

He's the new Butcher of Baghdad, that's for sure. Outsourced Saddam's job in the other direction, you could say.

I hope whenever it is that he goes to his "reward," that he's followed by piles and piles of photos like these - of grieving widows and father-less children and tearful graveside ceremonies with the presentation of those nice folded flags. I hope they festoon his own gravesite, the way all those bouquets and Valentines and cards and handmade posters piled up around the mourning spots for Princess Di. THAT will be your legacy, george.

only in America could you get an alcholic, and a coke head as President, fucking stupid Bush and the assholes who put him in office twice!

and for what?

damn chickenhawks

to keep the ol' war propoganda machine smoothly oiled.

Powerfully presented. recommended.

Very nicely done. Thank you.

I think I've learned a lesson here. These quotes sound so imbecelic by casting liberals as the devil (we love to spoil other people's holidays??), I think from now on when I criticize their brainlessness, I will avoid the political labels.
They are just plain stupid people.

Nicely done...and very sobering.

I am crying....

WHAT have those monsters done? And WHEN will it end? :cry:

Sorry to deviate from a more poingnant point, but it's what popped into my mind when I read the title.

and her husb--the president.

What an indictment of these hypocrites. K&R.

And I've spent the last hour trying to find it, to no avail. Has someone archived it?

It made the rounds on the DU a few months ago, a dramatic picture of a woman, a war widow, clutching desperately at her husband's grave while in the depths of the blackest despair.

It was horribly moving. I think it should be on here, but I can't find it!!!!

Mary McHugh visited the grave of her fiancé, Sgt. James J. Regan, who was killed in Iraq in February. He is buried in the new Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery for those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/05/27/us/20070528...

As one of my conservative co worker said today - "they knew what they signed up for." Bullshit!

Signing up at the nearest recruitment center,
or sitting behind a desk?

Those chickenhawks make me sick!

I've ever seen.

It captures the agony and loss so well.

:cry:

That's your party of family values for you.

War is the most destructive threat to families.

Thank you for reminding everyone.

So many nights I go to bed both saddened and disgusted. I have trouble sleeping, but then I'm reminded of the eternal sleep so many others have thanks to this regime of gangsters. Then I think about their families, and how they're being treated (cut benefits, etc.) whilst dealing with such grief.

Thank you for the post. We need to be both saddened and disgusted on a regular basis.

The color pink is a threat to the state.

is apparently anti-family, as well. These photos are a powerful indictment of the hypocrisy of "pro-war" thinking.

" Oh, yes, a woman can get along without a man – ask Eleanor Roosevelt – but the children need a father, and a mother, both heterosexual, present in the house when the kids come home , as perpetual models of a complete family." - (CaliforniaRepublic.org) >>>>>>

What kids have BOTH parents in the house when they "get home" (Presumably from school)?

So are they saying that kids who don't have TWO non-working parents don't get to see a model of a complete family?

Sorry for the tangent...that was a great pictorial, Bluebear! I was proud to be recommend #87! LOL

Also, thanks and congrats to Bluebear: Such painfully moving photos got over 100 recommendations! I thinks I see a DUzy award coming on! :patriot:

I thought I'd be numb by now. No such luck.

and thier chidren as well.

It haunts my mind far too often.

She was laying there playing music they used to listen to together on her computer.

What a poor substitute for a future together.

What a lucky man he was, to have such a loving wife. What a tragic loss.

But I will never forget what she had said about that night.

"This was the last night I'll have to sleep next to him."

It moved me so greatly that I still weep when I recall her last night sleeping next to her beloved.

I can barely stand to look at it--it absolutely tears me to the bone.

Damn them ALL to hell . . . .

Remember, folks, party loyalty requires that we hate her.

I have no animosity against Sheehan, did I miss something?

You know she belongs there. This is about the heartbreak of broken families, right? or is it just a political tear jerker?

Thanks for your input.

I wasn't calling you a troll, rather you are bringing up things totally unrelated to this thread because you have some beef with how the mods view Cindy Sheehan or something.

What limits are being placed upon your right to free speech (that's what you mean by 'democratic speech', yes?)?

Were you incarcerated charged with a crime for making a post? If not, then it seems it's not a Free Speech issue, merely an issue you have with the policies of this board... :shrug:

... of having to be between one man and one woman, for the sake of the children.

While he himself has been responsible for destroying so many of the very marriages he claims to be sacred, and forcing children to grow up with an absent parent.

But, perhaps that was just me?

Bush and the Republican's words say one thing, and create just the opposite reality.

It manages to convey the point in a moving and concise way.

Very well done. I wish I could recommend it a dozen times more.

As for the sons and daughters, I understand what you mean. However, I don't see how that would have fit into this message on the Republican's hypocritical stance on marriage.

Their argument is that marriage only belongs between a man and a woman, and that a child needs the influence of a father and a mother in their lives. Until bush decides to send that father or mother off to be killed in his war for oil that is, then all bets are off.

Is there a list of individuals who have to be placed in a photo montage to validate the difference between heartbreak and a political tear-jerker?

Who writes this list and decides if the addition or subtraction of a grieving individual is theater or emotion?

If someone's picture in the OP were replaced with a picture of Cindy, would it be just as valid to label that as political theater? If not, why not? Or, in other words, what's the difference between Cindy's grief and the grief of those originally pictured in the OP?

:shrug:

If their daddies die heroically while killing brown people in a war based on lies it's totally different. :sarcasm:

Very few things have affected lately me the way that last picture did. I could not but cry.

So very powerful, my friend.

:pals:

Peace. Now.

Seriously, great work, Bluebear, thank you.

"Children need both mothers and fathers, and marriage is society’s way of obtaining them."

It's printed in a defending marriage brochure, but what does it mean? Who or what is being obtained? Marriages? Children? Parents?

It can't be "parents" can it? Because nature, not society, pretty much takes care of that.

That's why we have to ban those evul gay marriages, and discourage single parenting. We have to think of the children. Won't somebody *please* think of the children?!?

:silly:

Unless the father and mother are married and living together (and Christians), it doesn't count.

these pictures are tearing my heart out. How much more must we stand?

BRING IMPEACH TO A VOTE AND DRIVE ALL THOSE WHO VOTE AGAINST IT FROM OFFICE.

Very powerful words and images. :cry:

Peace. Right. Now.

Well done, Bluebear.
Now........what can we do to eradicate it from our nation? Anybody up for a REVOLUTION???

A montage of these very images, with * providing those quotes as a voice over.

Recommended. Thank you, Bluebear.

The child on the swing with a photo of his father beside him broke me hard. Didn't stop until a few moments ago.

And now... I feel rage. Rage at the people responsible, rage at the people who helped them and abetted them and elected them and who refuse to fight them. How much more are we going to take? How many families are going to be shattered by this before we realize that all the protests, all the bumper stickers, all the internet polls in the fucking world are not going to stop this? The men and women who brought us here need to be thrown into the street. I don't mean they need to be unseated, I mean they need to be physically dragged out of their offices, their meetings, their mansions, their private airliners, and thrown facedown onto the pavement and told to get lost.

How many more shattered families will it take, do you think, before we make an actual attempt to take our country back, to protect our families, our neighbors from this?

Fuck Bush, fuck Cheney, and fuck these stupid assholes that are making trillions off of this war. Fuck them all!!! :argh:

And could anything be more emblematic of the Bush administration than having your picture taken with a cardboard cutout of Dad in the swing next to you?

Jesus.

Hypocrites "R" Us....

Is there anything more sick than people trying to get on the war wagon here (rah rah, support the war, help the kids, etc.) and making sure that each kid has a cardboard dad (or mom, but on this montage there are just dads)to make it "all right"? What a bunch of sad kool-aid drinkers.

Anyway, love how you used their hollow words to show them up and show them the truth of their actions.

MARRIAGE IS AMONG ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, AND THE OCCASIONAL PUBLIC BATHROOM BLOWJOB

sup fellow goon. (I'm guessing?)

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is you putting the olde english D up and claiming to be from Detroit you goose-stepping moran. When was the last time you came down south of 11?

Ordonez, Inge, Pudge, Guillen, Granderslam-----they all vote blue, dickhead. And so do us real Michiganders. Get bent.

BTW, why the fuck haven't you signed up yet? www.goarmy.com .

In Day-twa, we support the troops by not wanting them to die in a bullshit war that has nothing to do with the safety of our country. We want the brave Michiganders, which you know nothing about, to be able to grab some tickets to CoPa next week and catch a meaningful Tigers' game in September. We want them to be at home with their friends and family next Sunday so they can see a rejuvenated Lions team beat up on the Vikes. (Sorry my friends in Minnesota

)

You're just a chickenshit chickenhawk that equates nationalism with being a patriot. And you know nothing of sacrifice on behalf of our great country. Fuck off.

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This thread is so perfect (thx Bluebear, :thumbup:

) that I feel bad to have thrown rocks at the troll. But if ever rocks deserved to be thrown....

Where's Ava these days? I think this particular thread is an opportunity waiting to happen!

I love the pictures and the only music I could think of while reading this is John Lennon's Imagine or the Beatles Yesterday.

:cry:

If you heard me cursing you earlier its just because i'm on dial-up and i've tried to get this page to load forever.

But, sincerely, thank you for this beautiful, yet horrible, reminder of the hell so many of us are going through.

K&R with love

Wish this was on the front page of every newspaper across the country Sunday morning.

no words can cover it

The more I hate our President been around a long time and have never hated someone so much. I feel ashamed of myself because of this feeling I really do. I just can't help it I have tried to find something good in him. I just don't see it I have looked. He is tearing people apart by this war people losing their lives jobs homes health care. I have decided to stop looking this man has no feeling for anyone he has no respect for anyone there is no good in this man none!

is this the best they can do or should i say the worse? how can anyone be so cruel.....

I have no doubt it wouldn't get through the backwash crowd's filters.

Thanks Bluebear. This is well done.

FOLEY "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND A WOMAN.... AS LONG AS WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE"
CRAIG "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND A WOMAN... AND AN OCCASIONAL AIRPORT STALL BLOWJOB"
BUSH "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND A WOMAN... OR I'LL BE ALL OVER HER LIKE WHITE ON RICE"
CHENEY "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND A WOMAN... OR MY DAUGHTER AND A WOMAN... WHOEVER COMES FIRST"
ANN COULTER "BETWEEN ONE PERSON WITH AN ADAMS APPLE AND ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT ONE.... GUESS WHICH I AM"
OREILY "BETWEEN ON DRUG ADICT AND ANOTHER DRUG ADDICT"
GOP CONGRESS "BETWEEN ONE CONGRESSMAN AND WHATEVER CHEAP-LABOR SERVANT HE CAN FIND"
MCCAIN "WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?"
ROMNEY "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN AND ANOTHER WOMAN AND ANOTHER WOMAN"
RUDY "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND HIS COUSIN AND ANOTHER WOMAN AND ANOTHER WOMAN"
FRED THOMPSON "BETWEEN ONE MAN AND HIS WIFE OF 14 YEARS... OR IS SHE 15?"

Fucking Stupid bush.	zidzi	Sep-11-07 10:33 AM	#1
I have to second that	BlueEyedSon	Sep-11-07 10:50 AM	#10
Third-ed.	calimary	Sep-11-07 07:14 PM	#69
Fourth'ed....he's beyond insane at this point. nt	NYC Liberal	Sep-12-07 03:33 AM	#100
War crimes are what Justice Jackson enunciated at Nuremberg	indepat	Sep-11-07 04:47 PM	#37
Yes. But to many, that's so passe!	puebloknot	Sep-11-07 11:16 PM	#89
Stupid Bush	mikeyj84	Sep-11-07 08:35 PM	#77
It is the guys who have never fought in a war send others to war	bambino	Sep-11-07 10:35 AM	#2
In this case OIL and always	zidzi	Sep-11-07 11:40 AM	#14
Nicely done, Bluebear!	dicksteele	Sep-11-07 10:35 AM	#3
chilling.	lionesspriyanka	Sep-11-07 10:37 AM	#4
Jumped from 2 to 11 recs while I was looking at it	krispos42	Sep-11-07 10:38 AM	#5
speechless. k/r n/t	bear425	Sep-11-07 10:38 AM	#6
Recommended	votesomemore	Sep-11-07 10:41 AM	#7
Thank you for posting this, Bluebear.	racaulk	Sep-11-07 10:42 AM	#8
Thank-you Bluebear	wicket	Sep-11-07 10:43 AM	#9
Thank you so much, Bluebear	rhiannon55	Sep-11-07 10:57 AM	#11
Also, on a tangent - where does the office wife fit in that definition?	The Count	Sep-11-07 11:08 AM	#12
Funny, I thought of Condi Rice	MetaTrope	Sep-11-07 04:39 PM	#34
Touche.	Ellen Forradalom	Sep-11-07 11:14 AM	#13
A picture is missing	krispos42	Sep-11-07 11:44 AM	#15
one from memorial day 2007 ...	mcg	Sep-11-07 11:14 PM	#88
Oh God. Just devastating	Ishoutandscream2	Sep-12-07 12:02 AM	#92
And just where is your coworker?	Kajsa	Sep-12-07 10:18 AM	#115
You found it. Thanks.	krispos42	Sep-12-07 01:42 AM	#97
This is one of the most moving photos	Kajsa	Sep-12-07 10:20 AM	#116
K&R	smoogatz	Sep-11-07 11:58 AM	#16
Wow	Pacifist Patriot	Sep-11-07 12:49 PM	#17
kick	wicket	Sep-11-07 01:59 PM	#18
Recommended	Canuckistanian	Sep-11-07 02:35 PM	#19
Thank you	Richard D	Sep-11-07 02:38 PM	#20
These photos made me cry.	yardwork	Sep-11-07 02:52 PM	#21
Honored to Recommend.	gateley	Sep-11-07 02:56 PM	#22
Not only cry, but nearly retch with disgust.	TommyPaine	Sep-11-07 06:15 PM	#
Welcome to DU! Please post more often.	yardwork	Sep-12-07 05:07 PM	#122
just.... WOW! Kicked and HIGHLY Recommended.. thanks Bluebear. n/t	Ghost in the Machine	Sep-11-07 02:57 PM	#23
Very powerful photos. Thanks for posting them. nt	Vinca	Sep-11-07 02:58 PM	#24
this make me cry	libodem	Sep-11-07 02:58 PM	#25
Enthusiastic K&R.	David Zephyr	Sep-11-07 03:01 PM	#26
What's this photo all about?	TrogL	Sep-11-07 03:19 PM	#27
Code Pink members being forcibly removed from congress.	Bornaginhooligan	Sep-11-07 03:23 PM	#28
Code Pink	Emerald	Sep-11-07 03:56 PM	#30
This quote was ridiculous...	Momgonepostal	Sep-11-07 03:51 PM	#29
The faces of war.....	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep-11-07 04:15 PM	#31
...	here_is_to_hope	Sep-11-07 04:15 PM	#32
Kick	Juan_de_la_Dem	Sep-11-07 04:27 PM	#33
Welcome to DU, Juan_de_la_Dem!	danagsk8	Sep-11-07 06:41 PM	#67
Well this ruined my day. But at least not George's!	Bucky	Sep-11-07 04:40 PM	#35
may the children NEVER forgive you	Neo	Sep-11-07 04:43 PM	#36
Here's another one that belongs here	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 05:06 PM	#38
This is one that I have always remembered...	coco77	Sep-11-07 05:18 PM	#40
Me too	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 05:21 PM	#42
That is the most touching photo I've ever seen.	jhuth	Sep-11-07 05:28 PM	#44
I can't find the news story on this anymore	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 05:47 PM	#47
OMG, I remember that photo.	fifthgendem	Sep-11-07 07:50 PM	#71
Thanks, I was about to search for that photo. nt	eppur_se_muova	Sep-11-07 08:31 PM	#76
Wow.	truebrit71	Sep-12-07 05:12 PM	#123
I will never forget or forgive those that voted for and are continuing to fund this bloodbath.. nt	fed-up	Sep-11-07 05:06 PM	#39
Awesome	proud2Blib	Sep-11-07 05:19 PM	#41
Good thing Cindy's picture isn't there.	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 05:26 PM	#43
(??)	Bluebear	Sep-11-07 05:36 PM	#45
I would like to see if mods trash this thread if her picture was there.	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 05:43 PM	#46
Yeah, I just spent the time to concoct a "political tear jerker"	Bluebear	Sep-11-07 05:51 PM	#48
I don't question your intent. I question the limits imposed upon	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 06:00 PM	#52
OK, thank you, there are hundreds of other threads in which you may exercise your free speech now.	Bluebear	Sep-11-07 06:04 PM	#55
Can you point me to any good "I Hate Cindy" threads? nt	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 06:09 PM	#56
Why are you trolling my thread?	Bluebear	Sep-11-07 06:13 PM	#57
So now you call me a troll. I don't like you anymore. Good Bye. nt	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 06:17 PM	#60
..	sniffa	Sep-11-07 09:31 PM	#80
Bye, now.	Bluebear	Sep-12-07 12:21 AM	#95
whyare you shitting all over Bluebear's thread?	wicket	Sep-13-07 07:07 AM	#127
What limits are being placed upon your right to free speech?	LanternWaste	Sep-12-07 01:50 PM	#121
I took it as the hypocrisy of Bush's words regarding the sanctity of marriage	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 05:53 PM	#49
Thank you, LSD, exactly the point.	Bluebear	Sep-11-07 05:54 PM	#51
It is an excellent OP, Bluebear.	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 06:01 PM	#53
but, what about cindy?	sniffa	Sep-11-07 09:32 PM	#81
.	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 09:40 PM	#83
Dead parents are absent also. So are dead sons and daughters. nt	followthemoney	Sep-11-07 06:04 PM	#54
Yes, I mentioned the parent aspect.	Lone_Star_Dem	Sep-11-07 06:15 PM	#59
Is there a list of individuals	LanternWaste	Sep-13-07 12:22 PM	#128
oh please. people are allowed to show support for cindy here and frequently do.	lionesspriyanka	Sep-11-07 08:06 PM	#75
Oh come now!	BuffyTheFundieSlayer	Sep-11-07 05:54 PM	#50
Gut wrenching. k&r	DesertRat	Sep-11-07 06:14 PM	#58
Tears of anguish and rage.	SalmonChantedEvening	Sep-11-07 06:21 PM	#61
Ah, those family values get to me.	babylonsister	Sep-11-07 06:23 PM	#62
Can someone explain this one to me?	Iris	Sep-11-07 06:26 PM	#63
Marriage is the way children obtain both a mother and a father	BuffyTheFundieSlayer	Sep-12-07 01:31 PM	#120
even if the parents aren't married, every child has a father! n/t	Iris	Sep-12-07 08:45 PM	#124
But to the wingnuts	BuffyTheFundieSlayer	Sep-13-07 07:04 AM	#126
Very well done. Thank you. nt	NancyBreen	Sep-11-07 06:27 PM	#64
Well done...,,and it applies to all those Iraqi families in mourning, too.	Gloria	Sep-11-07 06:30 PM	#65
I've managed not to cry till now	allalone	Sep-11-07 06:34 PM	#66
ARE YOU ANGRY YET, AMERICA??????????	YEBBA	Sep-11-07 07:12 PM	#68
Thank you so much Bluebear.	shaniqua6392	Sep-11-07 07:26 PM	#70
Incredibly well thought out!	Greylyn58	Sep-11-07 07:57 PM	#72
Heartbreaking	StarryNite	Sep-11-07 07:59 PM	#73
Exposing the evil face of rightwing hypocricy.	Blue Fire	Sep-11-07 08:04 PM	#74
This should be made into a YouTube video	TechBear_Seattle	Sep-11-07 08:52 PM	#78
That is an EXCELLENT idea! nt	Momgonepostal	Sep-12-07 12:22 PM	#119
First, I cried...	Chulanowa	Sep-11-07 08:58 PM	#79
Really well done, thanks	Voice for Peace	Sep-11-07 09:33 PM	#82
This is why I hate these stupid motherfuckers (W and Cheney).	EOO	Sep-11-07 09:45 PM	#84
Great post! Bush needs to be stopped.	superkia	Sep-11-07 09:52 PM	#85
fucking hell.	ulysses	Sep-11-07 09:57 PM	#86
Thank you for this.	Lifelong Protester	Sep-11-07 10:32 PM	#87
NOTE FROM CRAIG'S LUST....	happygoluckytoyou	Sep-11-07 11:30 PM	#90
Sup Ruby Tuesday	Siyahamba	Sep-11-07 11:53 PM	#91
heya!	Ruby Tuesday	Sep-14-07 01:01 AM	#129
God that's so sad. n/t	Dark	Sep-12-07 12:03 AM	#93
K&R	Lugnut	Sep-12-07 12:06 AM	#94
This pic just completely Kills me.....DAMN!!!	LibertyorDeath	Sep-12-07 01:37 AM	#96
Deleted message	Name removed	Sep-12-07 03:26 AM	#98
Mocking? The only mocking....	banjosareunderrated	Sep-12-07 04:10 AM	#103
Deleted message	Name removed	Sep-12-07 04:51 AM	#104
Wow, that creature was nasty	entanglement	Sep-12-07 07:24 AM	#108
yeah. I feel bad that I swore though.	banjosareunderrated	Sep-13-07 03:42 AM	#125
Thanks for this, nt	NYC Liberal	Sep-12-07 03:33 AM	#99
Anotther K&R for a video....	fortyfeetunder	Sep-12-07 03:59 AM	#101
Very nicely done!	wlucinda	Sep-12-07 04:09 AM	#102
Thank you, Bluebear. My heart is so broken I can barely breathe.	sofedupwithbush	Sep-12-07 05:54 AM	#105
Thank you ...	Kat 333	Sep-12-07 05:59 AM	#106
k and r-just excellent (and so sad) n/t	JennasLiver	Sep-12-07 06:52 AM	#107
K&R	liberal N proud	Sep-12-07 07:40 AM	#109
Thank-you.	nothingtoofear	Sep-12-07 08:20 AM	#110
The more and more that I think about this war	Maggie_May	Sep-12-07 08:38 AM	#111
cardboard dads	madrchsod	Sep-12-07 09:12 AM	#112
Excellent juxtaposition of empty rhetoric and hard truth.	redqueen	Sep-12-07 10:01 AM	#113
Okay, I'm crying.	whereismyparty	Sep-12-07 10:03 AM	#114
REPUBLICAN MARRIAGE DEFINED------ PLEASE ADD TO THE LIST	happygoluckytoyou	Sep-12-07 10:26 AM	#117
Brilliant! n/t	Orsino	Sep-12-07 11:17 AM	#118