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To: Ish who wrote (204925)	5/3/2007 1:02:16 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793965

An Idea for President Bush May 2, 2007 rushlimbaugh.com BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I've got an idea for President Bush. The Democrats are out there saying that they're doing the will of the people, "the will of the people" in their Iraq pullout legislation. Yet it required $24 billion of pork in order to buy enough votes for the Democrats to pass it. What if Bush turned around and say, "Hey, I'll tell you what. Dingy Harry and Nancy Pelosi, I will offer you this. I will sign $50 billion in pork if you'll vote for victory." Up the ante. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Here's David in central Ohio. I appreciate your patience. Welcome, sir, to the EIB Network. CALLER: Yes, Rush. I have a simple question. If President Bush had signed this spending bill, how long would it have taken for the goods such as armor or whatever taken to get to the troops before they had to leave six months from now? RUSH: Uhhhh. Oh, I see what you're saying. There was a shell game anyway. Because -- CALLER: Yeah. RUSH: -- the legislation says they gotta start coming out sooner than they would get the aid, if you will, offered by the increased funds? CALLER: Yeah, that's basically my question. RUSH: Answer it yourself. Do a little research here. I mean, we're talking Democrats. That should give you some clue. (Laughing.) This is a purely political bill! They knew it was going to be vetoed. They wanted it to be vetoed. They want to be able to say now that it's Bush's war. Pure and simple. I think putting the pork in it, in order to get the votes, was also added insurance that the president would strike it. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, this is Janet, and you're next on the EIB Network. Hi. CALLER: Hi, Rush. Left-handed, Arts and Croissants Crowd dittos. RUSH: Well, thank you. What a sweet voice you have. CALLER: Thank you. I wanted to tell you how brilliant you are, and the reason you're brilliant is because you're talking about how the Democrats have claimed defeat and how they always go back to their playbook -- and what they've done by claiming defeat and voting for a pullout and supporting a pullout and saying it's the "will of the people," is we're revisiting the '92 presidential election when Clinton said the people wanted a tax cut and he would deliver it. RUSH: Middle class tax cut. CALLER: Yeah. RUSH: Middle class, yeah. CALLER: And George Bush kept saying -- RUSH: It wasn't for you people in Grosse Pointe, I guarantee you. CALLER: (Laughing.) George Bush, Sr., said, "I've looked at the numbers, and it can't happen," and other reasonable people, thoughtful people, truthful people, said this can't happen -- and Clinton kept saying, "It will happen," and he was elected largely because of that, I believe. I love it when you do your imitation, "I worked as hard as I could for two weeks -- RUSH: Yeah. CALLER: "-- and I can't give anything." Well, they cannot pull out, and everyone knows it. Anyone who's reasonable knows we cannot pull out, and this was just for them to claim -- they're claiming -- RUSH: Wait, wait. Pull out of what? I mean -- CALLER: Pull out of Iraq. RUSH: Well, I was going to say, "They pull out of a lot of places -- CALLER: (Giggling.) RUSH: -- but they won't pull out of Iraq." CALLER: (Giggling.) Yes. No, you're right. The Democrats cannot pull out. If they think they can, they are far more demented than you've ever even alleged! So this is just a leverage that Hillary and the other presidential candidates are using to get the base to -- RUSH: Right. CALLER: -- support them. RUSH: I'm telling you, they're boxing themselves into this corner that is going to be really difficult for them to escape without causing riots in their own party. By the way, Clinton said he had worked harder than he "ever had." He didn't say, "I worked hard." He said, "I worked harder than I ever have, and I just can't find a way." He never intended to give anybody anything! END TRANSCRIPT

To: Ish who wrote (204925)	5/3/2007 6:47:11 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793965

Sonofabitch I love that guy. Makes Unclewest look like a pussy. The Thompson post was merely a fantasyfest. Green Beret Major Jim Gant makes Fred Thompson look like a pussy. Fort Bragg Special Forces soldier earns Silver Star By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C. \| An officer with the U.S. Army Special Forces who took the brunt of two roadside bombs while leading his convoy through a brutal trip back to Baghdad has earned a Silver Star, the military announced Wednesday. Fort Bragg-based Maj. Jim Gant, who leads the Iraqi National Police's quick reaction unit, spent six weeks at the end of 2006 leading a patrol that frequently battled with insurgents between Baghdad and Balad, which is located 50 miles north of the capital. On Dec. 12, Gant again led his team through the volatile territory on a final trip back to Baghdad. During the violent journey, Gant and his crew had to hold back insurgents while calling in a helicopter to help airlift an injured Iraqi police officer. Gant, who has 17 years of experience in the Army, then put his vehicle at the rear of the convoy to take the majority of machine gun fire. And when team members noticed that insurgents had planted improvised explosive devices on the road, Gant told his patrol to wait, deciding that his armored vehicle should take the brunt of the explosions. "That's typical of Jim Gant," said his wife, Maj. Giselle Pozzerle, who is also based at Fort Bragg. "He leads from the front. If anybody was going to get hit, it was going to be him rather than anyone else." Finally, in the midst of small arms fire, Gant performed first aid on a civilian injured in one of the IED explosions. Gant applied tourniquets to the woman's severely injured legs and, remembering his own children, helped get a little girl to safety. Continuing their battle with insurgents, Gant and his patrol managed to leave the area and eventually made it back to Baghdad. "All the men I fought with that day showed incredible courage and bravery," Gant, a native of Las Cruces, N.M., said in comments released by the military. "That was one of the highlights of my life - working with those men that day." The Army will award Gant the Silver Star, the military's third highest award for valor, on Thursday. As of the end of February, the Army had awarded the medal 269 times since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began. Pozzerle said Gant has had three tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. The couple, who met at New Mexico State University, have been married for nearly 12 years and have two children. "The Jim Gant that I know is the very loving, gentle husband and father," Pozzerle said. "His peers and team know him as very aggressive, very determined and very mission-focused. "He's a natural-born leader."