President Bush Tours South Korea

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President Bush greets children after lunch at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Aug. 6. President Bush is in South Korea on the first leg of his Asian tour. Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

On the heels of “The One“, and his One World Rock Tour, comes President Bush, on his way to China for the Olympics.

Bottomline Upfront (who is now stationed in Korea, btw):

As President Bush arrived in Seoul, Korea today, the media predicted that Bush’s visit would be met with “large protests”.

The “progressives” and anti-U.S. civic groups thought the turn out opposing Bush would be huge:

“We predict more than 10,000 citizens will participate. We’ll show Korean people’s voice to Bush,”’ one member of the coalition said.

However, 374 conservative groups planned pro-American demonstrations welcoming Bush in Seoul Plaza, just a short distance from the progressive’s rally site.

Turns out, only a couple hundred protesters came out while 15,000 pro-U.S. Koreans came out to welcome Bush into the capital city of Seoul.

Visit Amy Proctor’s blog, for video footage from Korean TV news. Amy also notes,

None of the pro-Bush rallies were government sponsored; they were voluntary rallies by Koreans who appreciate Pres. Bush and the United States.

Reuters corrected it’s headline from: Bush arrives in Seoul, faces large anti-US protest to Bush arrives in Seoul amid minor protest

Korean moonbats:

Aug 5: South Korean protesters wearing masks of President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak perform during a rally against Bush’s visit in Seoul. South Koreans are concerned about the importing of U.S. beef and mad cow disease. Ahn Young-joon-AP

Ain’t freedom a wonderful thing?

Rather than mad cow disease, those protesters should be worried about the BDS koolaid in their water supply.

Fortunately, Korean war veterans don’t suffer from the same BDS malady that their moonbat brethren are afflicted with:


Aug 5: South Korean war veterans rally to welcome Bush’s arrival in Seoul.

They must share something in common with these heroes:

President Bush addresses military personnel at the U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan in Seoul, Aug. 6. Gerald Herbert-AP

President Bush greets U.S. military personnel stationed at the U.S. Army Garrison – Yongsan in Seoul, before departing for Thailand. Larry Downing-Reuters

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Lame Stream Media, Strike three, argue about it, You’re out of here. No brains and no influence left in the world. Killed by their own stupidity and too stupid to save themselves further embarassment. McDonald’s still has openings if they hurry. Doesn’t the death of the Lame Stream Media warm your ‘All American’ heart?
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“15,000 pro-U.S. Koreans came out to welcome Bush.”

Was this reported by any of the three major network news anchors traveling with the President?

Oh, no… they weren’t there!

Great pics!!!! I was fortunate enough to go to a rally for Pres. Bush a few years ago at a high school gym, so it was fairly small compared to some venues he visits. If you could have bottled the energy that was in that gym, well, it may have solved the energy crisis! 😉 So, I know the excitement that these Koreans and soldiers had in seeing him in person! It’s one of the best, if not the best, day and memory in my life. Hats off to you, Mr. President! And, Godspeed!

There is a protest industry in Seoul that protests virtually every day .. about what I have no idea.

Having been to Korea on business a number of times (though not in recent few years), I recall seeing a rather – or should I say – extremely large parking lot type area sans parking markings and when I asked my local salesman what it was, he told me that it was for protests and such! That kept protestors and marchers out of traffic, I guess.

Glad to see Bush get a good reception – though I really do wish he would not attend the Olympics. Maybe Condi could go instead?

It’s always touching when the draft dodger in chief connects with the troops.

As George (re: Afghanistan) said in March 2008:

“I must say, I’m a little envious,” Bush said.

“If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed.

Well. In retirement I can imagine he might find ways to help over there.

Somehow I doubt it.

Can’t imagine him ‘envious’ enough to actually do anything beyond a speaking tour, raising funds for his ‘library’ (right). ‘writing’ a memoir and otherwise ‘re-filling the coffers.’

And I imagine the ranch in Crawford will have to go.

No need for video of the man of the people actually cutting brush.

The campaigns will be over.

Yay, um, arthurstone, you might want to check your history. Bush wasn’t a draft dodger, that was Clinton. Remember the Dan Rather forgeries? But even if Bush were a draft dodger, he’d still have more military experience than either Clinton or Obama and the bottom line is that troops respect him more than either of them, too.

I have video, wordsmith, of the President’s speech to troops in Seoul at the Yongsan army base. I stayed there last month for about a week and a half. Great post.

Here’s a funny fact! I have a Korean friend who tells me college kids take government and democracy classes and often times they have to participate in civil protests whether they want to or not in order to experience that form of democracy. No kidding, many of the protesters did it for college credit, not because they believe in it!

“Mad Cow Terrorist”

That’s kinda funny. Fifteen years ago those words would not have made any sense together… not that they really do now.

a funny thought just popped into my head…. seeing as how most people get their news from the msm and don’t use the internets resources thye have no idea what is really going on. they see what cnn, msn and such say about the war, about bush, mccain and they buy it because thats what they see and hear. they are having obama’s greatness remmed intot he spoona nd fed to them. they don’t realize all the real reporting other outlets have. so when they do their polls and they are calling all these idiots they are getting all these people who watch cnn and get their news from nowhere else. what got me thinking about this was the headline on drudge about the detroit mayor going to jail. my husband asked me what happened, so i told him and added that he really needed to keep up on things. he said, and you will love this, i watch cnn. that should say it all. he always asks me how i fing=d stuff out and i tell him that i get most of my news online because the rest is fluff.

Amy Proctor typed:

‘Yay, um, arthurstone, you might want to check your history. Bush wasn’t a draft dodger, (snip)’

Trust me Amy. Joining the Texas Air National Guard at the height of the Vietnam conflict & failing to fulfill his entire commitment is dodging the draft. There was a real live shooting war going on and I’m just a little surprised the President didn’t feel the need to go help that ‘young Democracy’ in Southeast Asia back in ’68.

Actually I’m not surprised at all.

I see the less-than-informed, and always boring AS, weighed in on the “draft dodger” bit… along with some psychotic notion that service in the Guard is draft dodging. Also still laboring under the assumption that the service credit points were sufficient for honorable discharge is still some military crime.

But the desperate still continue to seek the gullible sheeple to which they can continue to spread their lies.

Hard to be a draft dodger when you enlist in the Guard prior to the draft lottery, and had been subject to the draft for at least two years prior. Had GWB no enlisted voluntarily, he wouldn’t had to have served at all, since he had high lottery numbers. But he chose to serve.

Then again, according to the Seattle Marxist spokesperson’s definition, anyone who went into any of the military branches that weren’t seeing front line action… i.e. Navy, Coast Guard, Nat’l Guard, etal…. were draft dodgers.

I suggest if AS wants to see what a draft dodger would look like, he should merely look in the mirror. AS is one of those who constantly asks what his country can do for *him*… so if ever called to serve, he’d be hiding out anywhere he could to dodge the responsibility… the class room, or another country.

Trust me Amy…

ROTFLMAO! As soon as that cow lands from jumping over the moon…. I wouldn’t trust AS with the task of sharpening a pencil.

Heh. Heh.

Navy, Coast Guard. Fine.

Enlisting in the National Guard? In 1968? That was, as we all knew, avoiding the war.

But thanks for playing.

“Arthur” would like to draw attention once again to the fact that HE has NEVER served his country in any way, shape or form. Like a good liberal, he enjoys the fruits of our freedoms hard won by others and only grudgingly pays the absolute minimum of taxes he can get away with.

As for Bush’s Guard service, like so many currently serving in the Guard in Iraq, he could have been called up at any time.

Which is a darn sight more than you could say about “Arthur” and his draft dodging friends.

Mike chimed in:

“Arthur” would like to draw attention once again to the fact that HE has NEVER served his country in any way, shape or form. Like a good liberal, he enjoys the fruits of our freedoms hard won by others and only grudgingly pays the absolute minimum of taxes he can get away with.

Let me dry my eyes Mike.

Bye the bye. Being a Campus Republican and working to elect Republicans to state and even national office is not exactly serving one’s country in any way, shape or form.

At least not yet.

How do you know about my taxes Mike?

Wait. You don’t. That would be just another in a seemingly endless flights of reactionary fantasy you seem powerless over.

But thanks for your kind thoughts.

One can’t expect an a’patriot like AS to know that the Guard can be called up on active duty, Mike. He’s just not that bright a lightbulb. But hey… they don’t allow recruiters on the campus. How the heck would he know, unless it was written into some curriculum he’s got to teach.

He only demeans the Guard because GWB chose that branch. Had he gone Navy, he’d be saying it was to be on a destroyer, far away from the Vietnam front lines.

But it means nothing to AS to spit on the entire Guard of those years if it allows him to demean the POTUS. It’s all about hating Bush, combined with a healthy dose of brain damage from his liberal youth… But considering he’s probably still living the sheltered campus life, you can’t expect much of anything from him but contorted academics and attitudes.

Anal self-perceived scholars… oh but if they knew even a thimblefull of what they believe they know.