NYT: Mother of Marine KIA in Iraq will work to elect Dem to WH

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/national/27SOLD.html?ex=1059883200&en=f14480f3992f9095&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

His family wanted a "showboat funeral" for Cpl. Travis J. Bradach-Nall, a 21-year-old marine who was killed in Iraq clearing mines on July 1. And that meant hiring stretch limousines.

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Ms. Bradach, the second of 10 children, is jogging a lot, which she said helped her deal with the feeling "that my heart was ripped out." She is also contemplating running a marathon and planning to take as much political action as she can fit into her schedule, she said.

She was always a liberal Democrat, she said, and had signed various petitions circulating in Portland against the war, even as she found herself in the awkward position of trying to support the military, her son's employer.

Now she plans to join the international campaign to ban land mines and do whatever she can to get a Democrat elected president in 2004, she said.

"I don't ever do anything that would hurt the Marines," she said. "However, I want everything to come out about why decisions were made. And I don't want to hear, `Well, you know what, it's over now, the decision was made.' You know what? If you make a wrong decision, you have to pay for that. I want to make sure that changes are made or people are held accountable for what happened."

Is starting to mean fewer and fewer votes for Dumbya from the military (and their families).

I don't mind seeing military families come over to our cause, but its painful to know that some of them are seeing the light after they have had a loved one WIA or KIA.

trying to prevent these tragic losses! It's too bad People don't learn from History and it's too bad they fell for more of the dumbshit's, Lies.

imagine if it were my son who had gone over there to die for fuckhead's war.

I feel that People like this woman will really make a difference for all of us!! :kick:

Hopefully, supporting Howard Dean will turn her son's death into something positive.

GO DEAN

in the Tucson paper yesterday. Lady claims to have three sons in military. Two that have already been to Iraq (and back already?) and another still in Iraq. And no she isn't a Repub but supports Bush and the military in this"just war". And "so what" that WMDs have not been found as our ultimate goal was to free the Iraqis from Saddam. So instead of griping we should support "what is". It gave me a very guilty feeling because my first thought was, well if someone has to die for Bush's war, it should be her son and not that of someone like that Portland mother or anyone else NOT supportive of Bush's "just war".

that AWOL lied, their loved ones died and that AWOL is robbing their life savings, then AWOL and his New World Order backers are dead.

That's my Faith Based Initiative in "We the Poeple". :bounce: