She Drank The Kool-Aid...Hell, Maybe She's The One Who Mixed It
I want you to read this column by Vacaville Reporter columnist Catherine Moy. This broad evidently contributed a bunch of moolah to the GOP and was invited to the White House. Just look how she gushes over Bush. It's unreal that anyone living in the real world could write the crap she writes. I don't even care if you like the President. Nobody in their right mind would gush like this. You won't believe it. You'll think I'm making it up, but this actually ran in a newspaper. I'm surprised she didn't throw her panties at the man.
The White House invited me and many others who support the military for a breakfast and meeting with President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday.
I didn't think about what I would say when I met them, so I spoke off the cuff. "Mr. President, I am Catherine Moy from Fairfield, Calif., home of Travis Air Force Base."
He smiled and put his arm around me.
"Mr. President. I want to thank you for your patience in this war against radical Muslim Jihadists," I continued. "As you said from the beginning, this will be a long war. I also want to thank you for your patience in waiting to take a picture with me."
Bush laughed, a Texas laugh, and squeezed my shoulder. He felt like an old friend. And why not? He has protected my skin for seven years. Another friend tried taking a picture, but my camera's battery went dead.
I was satisfied standing close to the most powerful person in the world, his arm tight on my shoulder. We chatted. Then the White House's official photographer came
around.
"OK California. Here we go," President Bush said to me. We turned toward the photographer, who snapped away.
I had watched all morning as President Bush spoke to us, then shared time with individuals. Many had lost a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan. After meeting with the president, who hugged and kissed them, many walked away with tears streaking their faces, their souls touched by the man who so loves our country, he sent their children to fight for it.
"It's important people hear from you. It's important people hear your voice. And I want to thank you for organizing," Bush said in his speech on the White House south lawn. "I want to thank you, not only for the grassroots support of our families; I want to thank you for going up to Capitol Hill. And here's a message I hope you deliver: The commander-in-chief wants to succeed, and the commander-in-chief takes seriously the recommendations of our military commanders."
The crowd loves Bush because they love America. We cheered and spontaneously broke out in chants of, "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"
After breakfast, I met with Mrs. Bush, who exudes class. She wore a pantsuit, but might as well have been sporting a Versace gown. She was gracious, soft, but strong.
No visit to the White House would be complete without rubbing elbows with Vice President Dick Cheney. I introduced myself.
"Mr. Vice President, you and I almost danced once. During your first inauguration. You know, when you and Dubya stole the election," I said, winking.
Everybody laughed. Even the Secret Service. Cheney gave that cock-eyed smile.
I left the White House on Tuesday knowing we are in good hands. The best. Thank God.
The author, a lifelong Fairfield resident, can be reached at Poohdo@aol.com.
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We Christians have been taught that God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son to die on the cross for us so that we might be forgiven our sins. Columnist Catherine Moy states that while speaking to a group of parents who lost a son or daughter in either Afghanistan or Iraq, our commander-in-chief "so loves our country, he sent their children to fight for it" ("Face to face with the president, and all is well," The Reporter, Sept. 22).
Excuse me?
If our commander-in-chief so loves our country, why did he not serve his country during the Vietnam War, or why did he not send his daughters to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan? Instead, he has sent others' sons and daughters into his war of convenience to be killed - at last count, almost 3,800 in Iraq.
Ms. Moy also quotes our commander-in-chief as saying: "And here is a message I hope you deliver: The commander-in-chief wants to succeed, and the commander-in-chief takes seriously the recommendations of our military commanders." Never mind that when military field commanders have not agreed with him, they have been promptly dismissed. It is no surprise we have so many retired generals speaking out against the war.
Last week our commander-in-chief, the president of the United States, took refuge behind the military field commander to achieve credibility with the American people. It is the only option he has these days.
Through constant repetition of Gen. David Petraeus's name (almost an invocation), George Bush built up and nearly beatified the general as the man who finally found a strategy that would work in Iraq. Because he said it would work, therefore, it had worked.
It seems to me that now when things fall apart even more than they have so far, our commander-in-chief has someone else to blame.
God forbid that he should admit to a mistake.
Once again, those of us who care enough to support our troops by requesting a sensible phased withdrawal to save their lives are being accused of being unpatriotic, and the Republican congressmen and women who privately believe the commander-in-chief has made egregious errors continue to put their political party ahead of the welfare of our beloved country.
Norine Matteson, Vacaville
Catherine Moy ("Face to face with the president and all is well," The Reporter, Sept. 22) throws fistfuls of money to the Republican Party and gets an invite to rub elbows with President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Go figure.
Then she announces all is well with America because the crowd loves President Bush because they love America.
Someone should tell Eva Braun that she is the one who is unpatriotic by standing with a failed presidency and a failed policy in Iraq. Supporting the troops is not just a phrase reserved for Bush lovers. The daily death and wounded lists that keep coming out of Iraq for a war without end and the destruction of our national economy should be enough proof for any sane American. Yet she stands by her man.
She seems determined to sink the American dream and our great military down to the bottom of the deep blue sea.
Daniel M. Mattingly, Dixon
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