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Liquor Dealer · 05-12-2003, 10:46 AM

Sen. Robert C. Byrd yesterday criticized the "flamboyant showmanship" he said President Bush showed by declaring victory in Iraq from aboard USS Abraham Lincoln last week. Top Stories

"It is an affront to the Americans killed or injured in Iraq for the president to exploit the trappings of war for the momentary spectacle of a speech," said Mr. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat.
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"There was a time when patriotic Americans from both parties would have denounced any president who tried to take political advantage of his role as commander in chief. But that, it seems, was another country."
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Oh yeah! Their major complaint - the cost of the short ride to the carrier - he should have helicoptered out according to Byrd and Waxman - this came back to haunt them later when it was disclosed that the Greyhound operates at slightly less cost per hour than the helicopter they were bitchin' about.

05-12-2003, 10:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	Sen. Robert C. Byrd yesterday criticized the "flamboyant showmanship" he said President Bush showed by declaring victory in Iraq from aboard USS Abraham Lincoln last week. Top Stories "It is an affront to the Americans killed or injured in Iraq for the president to exploit the trappings of war for the momentary spectacle of a speech," said Mr. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "There was a time when patriotic Americans from both parties would have denounced any president who tried to take political advantage of his role as commander in chief. But that, it seems, was another country." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh yeah! Their major complaint - the cost of the short ride to the carrier - he should have helicoptered out according to Byrd and Waxman - this came back to haunt them later when it was disclosed that the Greyhound operates at slightly less cost per hour than the helicopter they were bitchin' about. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!! Last edited by Liquor Dealer; 05-12-2003 at 10:48 AM..