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"Props"?

bdtex

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Are the families of US Military personnel who were killed in action in Operation Iraqi Clusterf**k props too? I don't think so. How about you PJCon Ted Nugent ass-kissers? What do you think?

"One name we honor is Marine Corps Sergeant Byron Norwood of Pflugerville, Texas, who was killed during the assault on Fallujah. His mom, Janet, sent me a letter and told me how much Byron loved being a Marine and how proud he was to be on the front line against terror."

"She wrote, 'When Byron was home the last time, I said that I wanted to protect him like I had since he was born. He just hugged me and said, 'You've done your job, Mom. Now it is my turn to protect you.''

"Ladies and gentlemen, with grateful hearts, we honor freedom's defenders and our military families, represented here this evening by Sergeant Norwood's mom and dad, Janet and Bill Norwood."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/transcripts/bushtext_020205.html

Surviving parents of the murdered Sandy Hook students are "props"?
 
Yep.

Props.

Nothing more than photo-op opportunities so that the Socialcrats can push an 'assault weapons ban' that is purely a political stunt.

Nothing more, nothing less.
 
Yes. Used as photo op and rhetorical shield. I hate when pols do this...almost as much as I hate when citizens attempt to dilute real-time bad behavior by citing historical instances of same.

Now...FORWARD! with the passion-driven policy of state-mandated security.
 
It depends, is someone intending on using them for the purpose of stirring emotion of others and promote their agenda? If so, then yes.

connie
 
Probably. I can specifically remember lost of "anti" posts about Bush with regard to his statism, prescription drug garbage, Patriot ACT excesses, etc. I honestly can't remember specific posts about his SOTU emotional appeals - however I do recall him making some.
 
What they are saying is if you show the results of what has happened as proof of what needs to happen you are a swine. Unless of course you are doing it for a real cause like those on the right often do.
 
I know some cons in the Fray did post some "anti" posts about Bush but I don't recall any of them singling out any of his SOTU guests or calling him out for inviting any of them. I know I didn't. It's petty.
 
bdtex said:
I know some cons in the Fray did post some "anti" posts about Bush but I don't recall any of them singling out any of his SOTU guests or calling him out for inviting any of them. I know I didn't. It's petty.
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Petty. Exactly. These introductions have served a number of purposes; a national platform to showcase our exceptionalism, our unity, our shared pain. We've seen heroes, victims, entrepreneurs, inventors, immigrants and service minded people honored. These props, as they have been called, are representative of the state of the union. Of course they do not tell the entire tale, but highlight an interesting slice of the times.
 
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