Posted by
The INFORMER (Cokie907@yahoo.com) on Thursday, April 03, 2008 6:11:19 PM
How many TownHall bloggers have had their ideas stolen by a White House speechwriter? In farewell fashion to this site, I will repost the letter I sent to the White House in October 2006 which alleges that my thoughts about the War on Terror were indeed stolen. Read it and make up your own mind as to whether or not someone "lifted" the ideas of Mr. Meat and Taters. Unless it takes up too much of your time and then the hell with ya! :-)~
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Hello from East Tennessee:
I saw the President give a wonderful speech on CSPAN, Friday, October 20th 2006 concerning the War on Terror and the Iraqi Front in that war. The speech was given at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.
At the end of the speech, President Bush talked about the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Graceland in July. I was SHOCKED to realize that his comments mirrored those I wrote in my political blog (on Myspace) of July 13th 2006, almost perfectly!
Specifically, here’s what I said:
"Just think about it! We had the son of a man who had killed the enemy during World War II, hanging out with the son of man who was the enemy. Go back 60 years and ask someone if these barbarians from Japan, who commit suicide with their aircraft will ever be our friends. They’d say that you’re crazy right?"
Here’s the excerpt from the Bush speech:
"You see, my dad fought the Japanese. They were the sworn enemy of the United States.... like the kids are doing today, volunteering to fight for our freedom. One of them was an 18-year-old Navy fighter pilot. I find it really interesting that his son was on Air Force One with the Prime Minister of the former enemy, talking about the peace."
Later in the same entry, I opined:
"This visit by Koizumi provides just such a lesson. It reminds the deep thinkers in our society that enemies can become friends but only if they are vanquished by the opponent who holds the moral high ground. Just as we helped Japan rebuild its burned and smashed cities so they could become a manufacturing TITAN, we will help the middle east rebuild so their oil supplies can bring them untold riches."
And from the Bush speech:
"See, Prime Minister Koizumi knows what I know....... He understands what I know, that the reason we’re talking about the peace is because something happened between World War II, when Japan was the sworn enemy of the United States, and 2006, when they’re flying from Washington to Memphis on Air Force One... ....The lesson is, liberty has the capacity to change an enemy into an ally."
The full blog at: http://blog.myspace.com/cokie907 is called "The KING would be proud." (Note: It was also re-posted right here, my first day on TownHall, August 17, 2007) Please compare it to the President’s speech and see if what I’m saying doesn’t make a significant amount of sense.
Either this is amazing coincidence or a speech writer got ahold of these ideas through unknown channels. I would like to know either way because it would be a moment of great personal honor to have had my ideas used in the closing moments of a President G.W. Bush speech.
P.S.- East Tennessee is Bush country, just ask Algore!
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So what do ya’ll think? Am I de-facto White House speechwriter who never even received a WHITE HOUSE TOUR, nevermind a paycheck? Post a comment and let me know if my concerns are valid or feel free to tell me I am completely off my friggin’ rocker! Oh here’s the link to the Bush speech if you’d like to read the entire part on Prime Minister Koizumi which is near the end.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061020-1.html