Heh. I noticed something similar in President Bush's speech-- he mentioned several things that I had read about either in feel-good stories that circulated in blogs or at snopes.com about emails that had been passed around:
From the speech [transcript] (http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-data/speeches/files/v46q7t4op60p0109d9b8i8373arhnn0r.shtml) quite near the end: "I have returned the salute of wounded soldiers, (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/birdwell.htm) some with a very tough road ahead, who say they were just doing their job. I've held the children of the fallen (http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/06/loc_moment06.html), who are told their dad or mom is a hero, but would rather just have their dad or mom.
And I have met with parents and wives and husbands who have received a folded flag, and said a final goodbye to a soldier they loved. I am awed that so many have used those meetings to say that I am in their prayers to offer encouragement to me. [...]"
This reminded me of the foreign service officer's wife, not the family of a fallen soldier, who told W. that he was in her prayers (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/yeskoo.htm). From this, of course, we can only conclude that BUSH LIED.
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Date: 2004-09-04 09:29 am (UTC)From the speech [transcript] (http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-data/speeches/files/v46q7t4op60p0109d9b8i8373arhnn0r.shtml) quite near the end: "I have returned the salute of wounded soldiers, (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/birdwell.htm) some with a very tough road ahead, who say they were just doing their job. I've held the children of the fallen (http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/06/loc_moment06.html), who are told their dad or mom is a hero, but would rather just have their dad or mom.
And I have met with parents and wives and husbands who have received a folded flag, and said a final goodbye to a soldier they loved. I am awed that so many have used those meetings to say that I am in their prayers to offer encouragement to me. [...]"
This reminded me of the foreign service officer's wife, not the family of a fallen soldier, who told W. that he was in her prayers (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/yeskoo.htm). From this, of course, we can only conclude that BUSH LIED.