Dubya makes the Ultimate Sacrifice for our troops

...and quits playing golf.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.

"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said in an interview for Yahoo! News and Politico magazine.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them."

The US president traced his decision to the August 19, 2003 bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad, which killed the world body's top official in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

"I remember when de Mello, who was at the UN, got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life. And I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do," said Bush.

Bush's last round of golf as president dates back to October 13, 2003, according to meticulous records kept by CBS news.

On the day of the bombing two months earlier, he had cut short his golf game at the 12th hole and returned to his ranch in tiny Crawford, Texas.

i guess he has a short memory span after all...
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and to top it off...it seems that he's lying. first off it seems his reason for quitting was not because of the u.n. bombing, since his last round of gold took place 2 months AFTER the bombing. second i find the timing of this news of a bad knee:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/earlyshow/health/main589203.shtml

...and the timing of his retirement from golf to be a bit uncanny.

basically the man can't play golf because his knee's gone to shit, and is declaring that he stopped playing to honor our troops. i mean....when does this man reach his own line of decency? does he even have one?

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:edit: oh wait....my apologies...i meant to post this in the 'scum' thread

Hahaha, he misunderstood, he though it was Golf War, didn't he?

haermm

Originally posted by Bardock42
Hahaha, he misunderstood, he though it was Golf War, didn't he?

You could be on to something.

Dudes love their golf. I highly doubt the president would stop playing golf just because of a bad knee. He has more than enough money for surgery many types of knee surgery and most likely access to the best surgeons in the world. I don't know what is "bad" about his knee, but dudes will play golf with much worse injuries. 5 years for post surgery healing is more than enough time to get his golf on.

Who knows, he may have post poned the surgery just so he couldn't play golf BECAUSE he wanted to turn it into a sacrifice campaign.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Hahaha, he misunderstood, he though it was Golf War, didn't he?

😆

Well done.

you cannot drive with a bad knees. well...technically you can but not only will you suck but you will suffer and likely end up right back in surgery as well.

lol

this reminds me of, a few years ago, when Bush was being critisized for being un-intellectual, he put out a list of books he had read in the preceding 6 months.

It was so ridiculous. I don't remember the titles, but the sheer quantity was enough to make anyone skeptical. The fact that he had enough time to read volumes of work was even more scathing though, as he was supposed to be running a war.

It really is absurd how pathological Bush is about the dumbest things, and also about the most important things, but the dumb ones there is no excuse for.

I think we should start calling Bush, Camcho

YAAAAYYY....a Bush thread...it's been a while

Originally posted by jaden101
YAAAAYYY....a Bush thread...it's been a while

couldnt help myself as i was so touched by his selfless act. im holding back tears as i type this.

Originally posted by Schecter
couldnt help myself as i was so touched by his selfless act. im holding back tears as i type this.

never knew you were such an emotional guy Schecter...

"I remember when de Mello, who was at the UN, got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life. And I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do," said Bush.

lol

i now hear that bush has decided that it would be a dishonor for the troops for him to stop playing golf because it would "send the wrong message to the terrorists and embolden them". however to honor the parents of fallen troops he will not buy the $50,000 set of honma clubs he planned on, but rather he will purchase a more modest set of callaway's.

Originally posted by Schecter
i now hear that bush has decided that it would be a dishonor for the troops for him to stop playing golf because it would "send the wrong message to the terrorists and embolden them". however to honor the parents of fallen troops he will not buy the $50,000 set of honma clubs he planned on, but rather he will purchase a more modest set of callaway's.

Originally posted by Schecter
i now hear that bush has decided that it would be a dishonor for the troops for him to stop playing golf because it would "send the wrong message to the terrorists and embolden them". however to honor the parents of fallen troops he will not buy the $50,000 set of honma clubs he planned on, but rather he will purchase a more modest set of callaway's.

*tear*

as a show of solidarity with your president, I will only purchase the shwaggiest brick weed until the war is over. I will suffer just like those who have lost loved ones. It is truly the ultimate sacrifice.

God bless America

Originally posted by inimalist
*tear*

as a show of solidarity with your president, I will only purchase the shwaggiest brick weed until the war is over. I will suffer just like those who have lost loved ones. It is truly the ultimate sacrifice.

God bless America

Don't do it man. That's just too much to do without good bud for the rest of your life.

Originally posted by Schecter
i now hear that bush has decided that it would be a dishonor for the troops for him to stop playing golf because it would "send the wrong message to the terrorists and embolden them". however to honor the parents of fallen troops he will not buy the $50,000 set of honma clubs he planned on, but rather he will purchase a more modest set of callaway's.

Since we the tax payers are ultimately picking up the bill for those clubs, I do applaud him for being modest.

Those guys who had their essential sphericals blown off by roadside explosives'll be ecstatic when this breaks out.

Might as well be their nuts he was teeing off with for all his gesture means.

WELL DONE PVS AND OTHERS! WELL DONE WITH THE BUSH JOKES! BUSH THOUGHT IT WAS THE GOLF WAR?! CLASSSSIC!

God I cant get enough of these hilllarious jokes! Never mind worrying about politics and trying to win elections..lets just make more jokes!

God my farts smell good..brb gotta wash my prius.

I've got a joke for you. It starts with "22%" and ends with "approval rating".