Rush’s Interview with President George W. Bush
Ah man! I didn’t get a chance to listen to the radio today at work, had meetings almost all day long. So I missed Limbaugh’s interview with the President. Haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet either but wanted to share the link.
Drudge has posted Laura Bush’s speach before she gave it. Here are some of my highlights.
Tonight, I want to try to answer the question that I believe many people would ask me if we sat down for a cup of coffee or ran into each other at the store: You know him better than anyone - you’ve seen things no one else has seen - why do you think we should reelect your husband as President.
Carmela is living proof of what she told me. She said: “If you’re determined and you want to work hard, you can do anything you want to. That’s the beautiful thing about America.”
AMEN!
This time of war has been a time of great hardship for our military families. The President and I want all our men and women in uniform and their wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters to know we appreciate their sacrifice. We know it will mean a more peaceful future for our children and grandchildren.
No American President ever wants to go to war. Abraham Lincoln didn’t want to go to war, but he knew saving the union required it. Franklin Roosevelt didn’t want to go to war - but he knew defeating tyranny demanded it. And my husband didn’t want to go to war, but he knew the safety and security of America and the world depended on it.
I remember some very quiet nights at the dinner table. George was weighing grim scenarios and ominous intelligence about potentially even more devastating attacks. I listened many nights as George talked with foreign leaders on the phone, or in our living room, or at our ranch in Crawford. I remember an intense weekend at Camp David.
George and Prime Minister Tony Blair were discussing the threat from Saddam Hussein.
And I remember sitting in the window of the White House, watching as my husband walked on the lawn below. I knew he was wrestling with these agonizing decisions that would have such profound consequence for so many lives and for the future of our world.
And I was there when my husband had to decide. Once again, as in our parents’ generation, America had to make the tough choices, the hard decisions, and lead the world toward greater security and freedom.
After years of being treated as virtual prisoners in their own homes by the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan are going back to work. After being denied an education, even the chance to learn to read, — the little girls in Afghanistan are now in school. Almost every eligible voter - over ten million Afghan citizens - have registered to vote in this fall’s presidential election. More than 40 percent of them women. And wasn’t it wonderful to watch the Olympics and see that beautiful Afghan sprinter race in long pants and a t-shirt, exercising her new freedom while respecting the traditions of her country.
Vaclav Havel — playwright, intellectual, freedom fighter, political prisoner, then President of the Czech Republic — said “Laura, you know, democracy is hard: it requires the participation of everybody.”
These last three years since September 11, have been difficult years in our country’s history, years that have demanded the hope, grief and perseverance that our soldier’s husband wrote about. We’ve learned some lessons we didn’t want to know - that our country is more vulnerable than we thought, that some people hate us because we stand for liberty, religious freedom and tolerance. But we have been heartened to discover that we are also braver than we thought, stronger and more generous.
And he’s a loving man, with a big heart. I’ve seen tears as he has hugged families who’ve lost loved ones. I’ve seen him return the salute of soldiers wounded in battle. And then, being George, he’s invites them to come visit us at the White House. And they’ve come, bringing an infectious spirit of uniquely American confidence that we are doing the right thing and that our future will be better because of our actions today.
These are times that require an especially strong and determined leader. And I’m proud that my husband is that kind of leader.
My comments are in the []’s
You can taste a difference in cheese made somewhere else [you mean you can't?]
You own at least one tie with a or piece of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme
You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac.
You can correctly spell Milwaukee. [Do you know what it means?]
You know what “bubbler” means. [Yeah, I didn't know that was a Wisconsin thing until I got looked at cross-eyed in Ohio]
At least one of your family members works / worked in a cheese factory. [CO-OWNED}
A holstein cow outside of Wisconsin makes you miss home.
You can taste the difference between apples grown up north and the ones that you can buy in the south.
When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we".
When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt. [Actually 0 degrees is feels warmer than 5 above, it's weird]
The family gets together every week for fish fry at the local pub.
You know what a brat is, and they’re at every outdoor event that your family has ever had. [And you know how to make them, even though you burn the crap out of everything else on a grill]
You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items. [especially shovels]
Your love you outdoor pool because of how it doubles as an ice skating area during the winter.
You can tell the difference between the smell of cow manure and pig manure. [and horse]
You have watched Fargo and not noticed an accent.
You drive around with the air conditioning on until it hits 30 degrees, because it just was so darn hot outside.
The local paper needs 6 pages to cover the Packers… in July!
Your best shirt has a big letter G on it.
You’ve said “Of course they’ll win. They’re God’s team.” [Amen!]
You think it’s nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50. [If the ice is off the lake you can swim]
You family owns a “winter car” while the “good one” sits in the garage from Nov-Apr.
Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak.
You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
You think everyone from south of Madison has an accent.
You can identify a Michigan accent.
Down South to you means Chicago.
Traveling coast to coast means going from Superior to Milwaukee.
You can make sense out of the words “upnort” and “Trivers”.
You have to go to Florida to get a tan in August.
You consider Madison exotic.
You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
You buy cat litter every winter, but you don’t own a cat.
At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery.
You know what to do with a Blatz.
You don’t have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn’t go to University of Wisconsin Madison.
You’re a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it.
You can use the word “ya der hey” easily in a sentence
You hear someone use the words “uff-dah” and you don’t immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.
You know how to polka
You own a cheesehead [and wear it at work]
You have cow paraphernalia around your house, including your pajama pants
You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away.
You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. [and the three seasonings are salt, pepper, and ketchup]
FFA was the most popular club in high school
You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair.
There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning [it was me, 4:30am everyday]
Country Kitchen is the place to meet after the party
You have ever seen or played in a “broom ball” game. [every year]
You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above.
You or someone you know was a “Dairy Princess” at a county fair. [dated a few]
You can’t be friends with a Vikings fan
Your idea of diversity is having black, white, and brown cows.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Wisconsin. [you mean you didn't!?]
Thanks to Chels for the link. I remember way too many of the things on her list…
In 1975 (the year you were born)
What Happened the Year You Were Born?
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