 |
Hi! Welcome to my web site devoted to all those Americans who, like me, find themselves away from home. Email me
Yahoo! Politics
- Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case
- Michael J. Fox looks past stem cells for Parkinson's cure
- Suspect arrested in Miss. highway shootings
- Scott Walker gains ground in Wisconsin recall campaign
- Suspect arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings
- Greek euro exit looms as G8 gathers
- The Liberation of Rahm Emanuel
- G8 leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
- Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts
- Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
- Pavarotti manager Herbert Breslin dead at 87
- Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help
- New evidence in Martin case raises questions
- Pepsi drops horse show after video of animal abuse
- Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in New York
- Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans
- 6 shot, 3 dead in Louisville neighborhood
- Facebook set for big first-day pop
- Video: Four kids riding in trunk of moving car
- Kansas governor apologizes for century of segregation
Two (Candidates) + Two (Bracelets) = Two (Different Messages)
Both men running for President are wearing wristbands in memory of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Tracy Jopek gave Obama his wristband at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Friday night. Reporters noticed Obama was still wearing it Saturday, campaigning before the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, although he did not make a point of showing it.
Obama's bracelet carries Mrs. Jopek's son's name, Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, and says Aug. 2, 2006, when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was 20 years-old. It says, ''All gave some -- He gave all." (NY Times article here).
Mrs. Jopek showed Obama a photo of Ryan smiling, dressed for battle. She said the Senator hugged her and her daughter, asked questions about her son, and told her how much he appreciated the bracelet. ''I wanted him to know my son's name for one thing, for when he's Commander-In-Chief.''
Obama told the Green Bay rally, "'She gave me this wristband, which I'm very grateful for.'' He added, 'I meet mothers and family members all over the country who are still mourning their children but are also thinking about the young men and women who are still over there and wondering when it will end.''
Mrs. Jopek said she'd seen John McCain on television, wearing a siimilar bracelet. The mother of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, who was also killed in Iraq, gave McCain his wristband in August. McCain's worn it regularly since, but he sees the message differently.
"It means any political ambitions of mine pale in comparison to the sacrifice that nearly 4,000 family members have made," McCain told AP. Referring to reporters who claim his determination to continue fighting in Iraq will end his political career, McCain said, "When you meet the mother of Matthew Stanley, then what difference does that make?''
Two (men) and one (woman) in line to be the next U.S. President; in a 2008 world of changing mores, the men wear the bracelets, not the woman.
Carole
Tracy Jopek gave Obama his wristband at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Friday night. Reporters noticed Obama was still wearing it Saturday, campaigning before the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, although he did not make a point of showing it.
Obama's bracelet carries Mrs. Jopek's son's name, Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, and says Aug. 2, 2006, when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was 20 years-old. It says, ''All gave some -- He gave all." (NY Times article here).
Mrs. Jopek showed Obama a photo of Ryan smiling, dressed for battle. She said the Senator hugged her and her daughter, asked questions about her son, and told her how much he appreciated the bracelet. ''I wanted him to know my son's name for one thing, for when he's Commander-In-Chief.''
Obama told the Green Bay rally, "'She gave me this wristband, which I'm very grateful for.'' He added, 'I meet mothers and family members all over the country who are still mourning their children but are also thinking about the young men and women who are still over there and wondering when it will end.''
Mrs. Jopek said she'd seen John McCain on television, wearing a siimilar bracelet. The mother of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, who was also killed in Iraq, gave McCain his wristband in August. McCain's worn it regularly since, but he sees the message differently.
"It means any political ambitions of mine pale in comparison to the sacrifice that nearly 4,000 family members have made," McCain told AP. Referring to reporters who claim his determination to continue fighting in Iraq will end his political career, McCain said, "When you meet the mother of Matthew Stanley, then what difference does that make?''
Two (men) and one (woman) in line to be the next U.S. President; in a 2008 world of changing mores, the men wear the bracelets, not the woman.
Carole
Bookmark/Search this post with:
- Login to post comments
Copyright Carole Bell 2009. No part of this web site may be reproduced in any form whatsoever, in any part or in full, without the express written permission and authorization of Carole Bell. All posts, comments and other contributions to this site may be used in full or in part elsewhere including in but not limited to books and articles at the absolute discretion of Carole Bell. Making a post, comment or other contribution to this site implies acceptance of this condition.
