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	Bush's Sacrifice

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5-14-2008 1:23 PM

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				  <H2 class="title"><A name="23208"></A><A title="Permanent link to 'Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.'" rel="bookmark" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/13/bush-gives-up-golfing-because-of-iraq-war/">Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.</A><SPAN class="storyexpander"></SPAN></H2>
					<P>In a new <A href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10316.html">interview</A> with the Politico today, President Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families. He added that “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal”:</p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P>Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq? </p> <P>THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. <STRONG>And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.</STRONG></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Evidently, Bush learned his lesson since this incident after 9/11. Watch it: </p> <P></P><CENTER></CENTER>
<DIV class="post_update"><SPAN>Update</SPAN>Cernig writes, "You go to war with <A href="http://thinkprogress.org/attackerman/2008/05/13/cernig-golfer/">the handicap</A> you have…" Brandon Friedman adds, "In today's world, <A href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1241">sacrifice is defined</A> in terms of not being able to afford a Hummer; of having to see a few images of war on TV; and of giving up golf."</DIV>				
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