Bush Kings Christen Pernicious Symbol Of Their Militaristic Legacies Today

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Oct-07-06

Two presidents named Bush to help christen carrier named after Poppy



WHITE HOUSE Two Presidents Bush are helping to christen America's newest aircraft carrier today.
The current president and first lady will join the 41st president and his wife at Northrop-Grumman's Newport News, Virginia, shipyard for the christening of the George H.W. Bush. It's the tenth and last of the Navy's Nimitz-class carriers. The 11-hundred-foot behemoth is slated to enter service in late 2008.

The Navy often names its carriers after presidents. But in this case, it's honoring the first President Bush who actually flew torpedo bombers off the carrier San Jacinto during World War Two.

But neither he nor his son will swing the bottle of sparkling wine this morning. That honor's going to the former president's daughter, Dorothy Koch.

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[rfranklin]

1. That's a big screw!

And guess who's getting it?

[rodeodance]

3. the BIG screw is when GWB gets a ship named after him.

[rodeodance]

2. one of the daughters wrote a book about the Bush family----rather soppy

I heard it on bookTV interview a few months ago.