Sen. Kennedy to get Bush Award for Excellence

Kennedy to get Bush Award for Excellence
Associated Press
Sunday, October 5, 2003

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will receive the 2003 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service.

The award, which recognizes an individual's or group's dedication to public service at the local, state, national or international levels, will be presented to the Democratic lawmaker at a dinner ceremony Nov. 7 following a speech by Kennedy at Texas A&M University's Rudder Auditorium.

Former President Bush will present the award to Kennedy, who will join former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as recipients.

Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate since he was first elected in 1962 to fill the seat vacated by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. Since then, he has been re-elected seven times, and is now the second most senior member of the Senate.

Recently, Kennedy has been one of current President Bush's harshest critics over the Iraq war.

Former President Bush has the sole discretion on who receives the award, said Penrod Thornton, deputy director of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. Thornton said he doesn't think the award is anything other than a way for Bush to honor Kennedy...."

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/ap_kennedyaward10052003.htm

Wow... this week is officially now so bad for the ReThugs that I almost feel a little empathy... almost.

a small plane to Texas and have the Bushies test your food before you eat it. :scared:

wasn't Poppy in Dallas 40 years ago in Nov.?

:bounce:

I keep seeing the scene in Goodfellas play back in my mind when Joe Pesci is all dressed up on his way to be "made" by the mob and winds up geting blown away for past "indescretions".

I shudder to think that could be the outcome here.

Ted watch out!

that seperates the men from the boys in the organized crime circuit. When Poppy Bush telephoned the FBI on Nov. 22nd 1963 and told them he was informed that a political opponent of John Tower, a man named James Parrot, claimed responsibility for murdering Kennedy he was just playing games and showing all of his friends how big his balls were. The quote below is from Richard Russell's book "The Man Who Knew Too Much":

On November 22, 1963, Mr. George H.W. Bush, 5525 Briar, Houston, Texas, telephonically advised that he wanted to relate some hearsay that he had heard in recent week, date and source unknown. He advised that one James Parrott had been talking of killing the President when he comes to Houston.

An FBI investigation into Bush's charge failed to turn up any connection whatsoever tying James Parrott to the assassination. Parrott was then an active member of Houston's Young Republicans, who had been involved in picketing members of the Kennedy administration. Bush was then serving as campaign manager for future Republican senator John Tower. Since Parrott's group had come out strongly against a then nascent alliance between Texas Republicans and representatives of the petroleum industry, Bush and Parrott were political enemies..... (pp. 709-10)

Please see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=148243

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