Bush sent memo on truth about Tillman’s death.
“Just seven days after Pat Tillman’s death, a top general warned there were strong indications that it was friendly fire and President Bush might embarrass himself if he said the NFL star-turned-soldier died in an ambush… The memo reinforces suspicions that the Pentagon was more concerned with sparing officials from embarrassment than with leveling with Tillman’s family.” A White House spokesman said “that a review of records turned up no indication that the president had received McChrystal’s warning.”
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How many memos are sent to the White House every day? How many rise to the Presidential level?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:14 pmAmazing how much energy the military is willing to expend to help Emperor Bush keep from embarrassing himself.
You can bet on the fact King George was aware of this.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:15 pmIt will surface, like a bloated corpse…
March 30th, 2007 at 6:19 pmHow many memos are sent to the White House every day dealing with dead ex-NFL football stars? How many memos dealing with dead ex-NFL football stars rise to the Presidential level? How many chances did the White House have to make this right?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:20 pmWe all know Bush doesn’t read his memos anyways - remember the one in early August of 2001 about bin Laden planning an attack in the United States?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:20 pmHow many lies constitutes an illegitimate government?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:21 pmHow many memos are sent to the White House every day? How many rise to the Presidential level?
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
How many of those memos are about a NFL star-turned-soldier who died in a friendly fire incident?
Plus, you missed the point: Shortly after Tillman’s death, the circumstances were known by the Pentagon. Yet, they decided to use his memory in a sickening political circus (their priority being saving face, not being truthful), rather than disclose all the facts to the Tillmans and the American public.
This is reminiscent of the way the Pentagon used Jessica Lynch’s “liberation” from the Iraqi hospital where she was recovering.
Of course, knowing you were deceived doesn’t bother you -as long as it benefits your Dear (mis)Leader.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:26 pmHow much more evidence does anyone need that our president is a sociopath?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:27 pmMaybe GW Botch needs to receive a kick in the butt out the door.
IMPEACH THIS BASTARD!!! NOW!!!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 6:28 pmHow many times was Tillman’s death used as propaganda? How long were they openly saying it was an ambush? It was all over the news and here’s an memo sent to the President of the United States not to embarass himself. Whether he himself saw this or just another one of the faceless Rovian staff saw it, it was sent to the WhiteHouse.
How long after that did the White House offer an alternate version of Tillman’s death?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pmHow many memos are sent to the White House every day? How many rise to the Presidential level?
Comment by Jake
How many PDB’s were ignored?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:32 pmLook, does anyone have any proof that Bush can read?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:35 pmHow many irrelevant posts does Jake have to make before we ignore him completely?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:36 pmProbably hundreds.
The real question is:
How many memos about NFL stars being killed by friendly fire does the White House get on an average day?
Once you start asking real questions, people will start to think you are an Independent.
Did I mention that I am a registered Republican now?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:36 pmHow many memos does Bush throw away because they might embarrass him? How many memos does Bush read and then deny he ever saw them? How many memos does Bush actually read or care about?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:38 pmLook, does anyone have any proof that Bush can read?
Comment by swordsbane
There is actual video evidence of Bush reading. A picture book.
And it’s been clear for some time that he can read a teleprompter.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:39 pmYou will, in the next few days, face me in your dreams Jake and then you will know me.
Look, does anyone have any proof that Bush can read?
Comment by swordsbane
Bush has an IQ of about 130, Mensa level, don’t think his act of a Texan with a hat and a ranch means he’s dumb. He isn’t.
How many irrelevant posts does Jake have to make before we ignore him completely?Comment by Republicans Are The Fear And Smear Party
I love Jake and his posts.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:40 pmBush; have you no sense of shame? At long last, have you no sense of decency? Tillman, Lynch, and others are nothing more than propaganda tools for their sick and twisted agenda. Hitler’s dream lives on.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:40 pmLook, does anyone have any proof that Bush can read?
Comment by swordsbane — March 30, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
Nope! The goat book was upside down in his hands on 9/11..!!!!
He married someone who could read to him, a librarian.
GW BOTCH is loser #1 for all time!!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 6:43 pmGeorge is just telling another lie. Nothin different.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:47 pmMr. Bush’s staff might find the general’s memo on the RNC servers. After all, the Pentagon sent it to the White House.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:47 pmBush thinks soldiers are for photo ops. He thinks war is just a movie and death doesn’t affect him or his family so it doesn’t count,
March 30th, 2007 at 6:48 pmHow does a cross eyed nit wit read? The same way a ex-drunk drives, by closing one eye.
They are a perfect match.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pmdid you hear Bush say yesterday “a cutoff of funds would hurt a troop in harm way”? The singular? Did anyone else hear that choice nugget? classic chimpspeak.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pmI love Jake and his posts.
Comment by Zep Tepi — March 30, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
Jake is not 75, and certainly not an “independent”. He is much younger and very much in bed with the GOP. He will stand by his Dear (mis)Leader no matter what, regardless of how high the White House lies pile up.
He will be here, day and night, polishing his talking points, honing his “debating” skills, muddying the issue, moving the goal posts, and overall lowering the bar for the Bush administration.
Short Jake: All hail the Leader!
March 30th, 2007 at 6:53 pmOk #12, you made me spit out my coffee. Thanks for the laugh, it made my day!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:01 pmPelosi to the middle east! Diplomat!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:01 pm#1 You’re right, Jake, maybe even more than you know. No memos make it to Presidential level, because this president doesn’t read.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:02 pm[…]death doesn’t affect him or his family[…]
Comment by shane — March 30, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
And this MUST change!!!! Where the ph*ck are the twins? Can’t they just go fly over Iraq in a Nighthawk for a couple days?
I’m sure there’s a need for librarians in Irag. See ya Mrs GW BOTCH!!!
Why do Repugniscums hate helping others???
March 30th, 2007 at 7:02 pmBush has an IQ of about 130, Mensa level, don’t think his act of a Texan with a hat and a ranch means he’s dumb. He isn’t.
Comment by Zep Tepi — March 30, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
Reading is an education, not an IQ based skill… but I will concede he knows at least enough english to get past the 9th grade level.
As for his intelligence…. If he really is 130, then that’s 50 points less than me, but still really scary. I would rather he was an idiot. Then I wouldn’t have anything to be concerned about. If he’s doing all of the things he’s doing with full knowledge of the consequences of his actions, then it’s time to be really scared, because he’s smarter than congress and the media and smarter than most of the population.
I prefer him to be dumb, and eventually get his ass slapped down and/or leave the Whitehouse in disgrace. Inexperience is no substitute for stupidity. He’s had two terms to learn from his mistakes. Lincoln was entirely self taught and knew nothing of military strategy or tactics before he became president.
Then again, even smart people seem to act real stupid when you add fundamentalism to the mix, and Bush has plenty of that. We can only hope that he has no last-minute ace to play, because I’m very certain we will NOT like it.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:04 pmThey were afraid of embarrassment and also knew that Bush could use this to generate enthusiasm for the war and against the “enemy”…. Tillman was used by Bush for dramatic effect only. Just like every citizen will come to learn the hard, sad truth about how this government shafted (and continues to shaft) the people for greed, money & abuse of power…..sad but true. Everyone is being used & abused by this administration of corruption.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:09 pm#28 Bush is known to be dyslexic so why bother sending memo which can never be read. Besides, wasn’t it Sampson who said yesterday that everything they did was “oral”?? No paper trail on purpose. I call this “guilt by culpable negligence”.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:10 pm#29 the ugly “twins” are incognito these days for fear of their lives….Jena just bought (hah! Daddy bought this refuge for when he leaves office in disgrace)….a huge parcel of land in a foreign country….they’re the laughingstock of their peer group at this point. Imagine being one of them?
March 30th, 2007 at 7:11 pmIMPEACHMENT TIME IS NOW! IMPEACH NOW!
THIS COUNTRY DOESN’T HAVE TWO YEARS TIME TO BE DRAGGED DOWN BY ONGOING SCANDALS ALL LEADING TO THE #1 MAN SO PRESS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO MANDATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS TODAY!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:15 pmI don’t think Bush is stupid, but I seriously doubt that he would test out at anything near 130. He can’t pronounce certain common words. He doesn’t display any sense of curiosity. He is also easily distracted, which is why there were always such harsh restrictions on protesters at his events. No, he’s not stupid, but he’s no Clinton either. He’s just a remarkably mediocre product of aristocracy.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pmOh don’t worry, the president enjoys embarrassing himself; otherwise he wouldn’t do it so often.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:18 pmNow that you mention it, I did have a strange dream last night about an air show which weird planes and ballon ships.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:25 pmG W Bush is STUPID!
He admitted he does not want to read, and that makes him stupid.
If he wanted to be a janitor and does not like to read, fine.
But to be a leader of a company, yet alone a country you damn well better want to read as much as humanly possible!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pmJake’s response
How many memos are sent to the White House every day? How many rise to the Presidential level?
Now that’s true with so many soldiers dead how does Bush remember Pat Tillman. But Bush did remember Pat Tillman when he honored the soldier who gave up a million dollar career in Football to serve his country. Even Connie Rice spoke of Pat Tillman as she loves to watch football games with George. Strange thing how memory lost comes and goes with the Bush Administration. Bush used Pat Tillman because he was famous after that he couldn’t remember who he was. But Bush does know the Saudi King and needs Americans to back him up with that blank check. The death of the troops mean nothing to the Bush Administration and the memo proved it.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pmre: 130 IQ? I thought it was 150 for Mensa?
I think all that booze and cocaine he did/does killed too many braincells.
One thing this administration and it’s followers don’t have… common sense.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:13 pmI think this deserves another read, I’m talking to you Jake:
http://www.truthdig.com/ report/ item/ 200601019_after_pats_birthday/
March 30th, 2007 at 8:56 pmBush uses every opportunity to be a disgusting freak!
March 30th, 2007 at 9:29 pmDrop kick, I noticed, I listen to his every word…I hate it but I listen any way, reason being in every speech or photo op there are single statement’s or small sentences that portray his true lieing evil….Blessings
March 30th, 2007 at 9:45 pmA CRIMINAL SOCIOPATH LIKE CHIMPya HAS NO PITY, EMPATHY OR COMPASSION FOR ANYONE BUT HIMSELF—-WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY HE IS NOW IN DENIAL AS HIS SHIT-SHIP OF STATE SLOWLY SINKS INTO THE MUCK AND MIRE OF EXPOSED Bushland Uber Allies WRONGDOING AND CORRUPTION!!!!! AND CAPTAIN CHIMPya CHOOSES TO “GO DOWN”, IS THAT ON, OR WITH HIS SHIP???????
March 30th, 2007 at 9:52 pmOn the day it’s confirmed that bush knew about the circumstances of Pat Tillman’s death and lied to Pat’s family and the American people for his own political gain, he’s doing photo-ops with wounded veterans.
Does this man know no shame?
March 30th, 2007 at 10:13 pmA White House spokesman said “that a review of records turned up no indication that the president had received McChrystal’s warning.â€
There was also no indication that he could read it and if he could there was no indication that he could understand the big words.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:21 pmEverytime JAKE threads i have to PULL THE CHAIN as a courtesy!
The stink is unberable….
It, threads nothing but SHIT!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:30 pmbush is amazing … he can make a speech about Pat Tillman days after Pat’s death and also claim he would know nothing about the circumstances of the death.
Can you say, “double-talk”? … I knew you could.
Kind of reminds you of the time bush said he saw the first plane on a TV fly into the first building at the WTC before he went to read to the 6 yr. olds, when that footage wasn’t developed till the NEXT day!
How does bush do this?
March 30th, 2007 at 10:35 pmmaybe the tillman’s will figure out someway to sue this son of a bitch in civil court. we already know that a sitting president is not immune from a civil deposition (thank you, paula jones). on top of the wilson’s suit, that would be poetic justice.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pmHow many lies does it take to get to Toosie Roll center of a Bush Administration?
We’ve been asking the question since 2000, when the Excutive branch was unconstitutionally given away by the Judicial branch. Since then, intrepid liberals both young and old have taken up the challenge of this mystery.
But for those proud few who do make it to the center, and manage to keep count of how many lies it takes, we hold a special place in our hearts.
These TP posts are dedicated to their struggle.
http://www.tootsie.com/howmany.html
March 30th, 2007 at 10:58 pm#7 oh yes, Jessica. What a story that was. Shot, stabbed, roughed up by evil Iraqis and then the ‘dramitic rescue’.
Or was it?
Iraqi doctors in Nasiriya say they provided the best treatment they could for the soldier in the midst of war. She was assigned the only specialist bed in the hospital and one of only two nurses on the floor.
“I examined her, I saw she had a broken arm, a broken thigh and a dislocated ankle,” said Dr Harith a-Houssona, who looked after her.
Dr Anmar Uday, who worked at the hospital said “There was no sign of shooting, no bullet inside her body, no stab wound - only road traffic accident. They want to distort the picture. I don’t know why they think there is some benefit in saying she has a bullet injury. We were surprised. Why do this?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:57 pmThere was no military, there were no soldiers in the hospital, It was like a Hollywood film. They cried ‘go, go, go’, with guns and blanks without bullets, blanks and the sound of explosions. They made a show for the American attack on the hospital - action movies like Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan.”
Who said Bush has an IQ of 130? Jake? He probably doesn’t have an 80, he just speaks like he does. And not that 130 is that high but you’d think he’d at least be articulate.
Great segments of Bush’s personal life are hidden but somebody found his IQ.
Plus I heard several generals asked him not to use the soldiers for a photo op if he was going to Walter Reed but he ignored them. Just like he ignored the facts on Tillman.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:59 pmJake,
Why do you hate the troops so much? Letting this Slimeball of a president get away with tarnishing a true warrior…. something DUbya only dreams of being.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:06 amI CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! EVIL FIEND BUSH!!! BUSH YOU ARE POISONING AMERICA!!! AMERICANS SO HOPLESS AGAINST YOU!! WHAT A TOUGH WICKED TRIAL GOD IS PUTTING US THROUGH!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH EVIL BUSH ANNIHILATING CHILDREN MOTHERS FAMILIES !!! DESTROYING MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA!!! US AMERICANS YET HOPLESS ALMOST!!!! IMPEACHMENT WAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE!!!! DELAYED BY THE STUPID-ASS PELOSI BITCH!!! DUMB ASS HO WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AN EARLY START IMPEACHING THE FREAK!!!! BUT NO!!! THE PELOSI BITCH THREW IMPEACHMENT OFF THE TABLE!! SO NOW WHAT? WHAT A CURSE!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH IT’S ABOUT TO SNAP!!!!!!!!!!! IT HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:29 amPat Tillman
Mark Tillman
(any relation?)
Col. Mark Tillman was pilot of Air Force Once on 9/11/2001
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March 31st, 2007 at 1:47 pmHarry Convict
Bravo! Finally a great blog.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:03 am