First pics of Max at the ranch! Go Max! Go!

[wndycty]

Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland, left, and former Green Beret Lt. Jim Rassmann, center, approach a Secret Service Agent, right, on station at the check point to the entrance of President Bush (news - web sites)'s ranch Wednesday Aug. 25, 2004 in Crawford, Texas. Cleland tried to deliver a letter protesting ads challenging John Kerry (news - web sites)'s Vietnam service to President Bush at his Texas ranch Wednesday, but the Secret Service stopped Cleland short of his goal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland (C) is flanked by local veterans as he talks to the press after attempting to deliver a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) at the security checkpoint near Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 25, 2004. The letter was a message from Congressional veterans calling on Bush to denounce the third party 'Swift Boat Veterans for Bush' attack ads against Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell




Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland (C) with former Green Beret Lt. Jim Rassmann (R) attempts to deliver a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) at the security checkpoint near Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 25, 2004. The letter was a message from Congressional veterans calling on Bush to denounce the third party 'Swift Boat Veterans for Bush' attack ads against Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

[geek tragedy]

1. Bush is afraid of a triple-amputee.

WIMP!

[poliguru]

5. Don't blame him

Personally, I think Max can kick Georgie's ass.

[LuminousX]

14. I think he could

Max is a tough son o' a gun and Bush's machismo is as fake as it can get.

[blondeatlast]

28. With one hand tied behind his back. All Max needs is his brain! nt

[devinsgram]

31. Even with three limbs missing

Max is more of a man than *.

[MaggieSwanson]

2. Great picture. It says it all, doesn't it.

Max Cleland...:yourock:

[spanone]

3. You think George would invite him inside for some lemonade.

After all Max gave three of his limbs for his country.

[gratuitous]

4. I can hear the SS agent now

"Could you please stand up, sir, and allow me to check your vehicle for explosives? Orders from the top."

[AspenRose]

6. I hate to say it but in that picture Rassmann looks like

fellow Texan George Eads (from CSI)

Edited to add: Eads is cuter, of course

[lancdem]

7. I think you mean the Secret Service guy

He kinda looks like Eads.

[AspenRose]

8. Yes, THANK YOU! The SS dude.

Rassmann looks like Chris Farley.

[lancdem]

12. LOL!

I hadn't thought of that, but you're right.

[JohnKleeb]

18. hah he does sorta

on those pictures, thanks Max, Rass, and other vets. This was also the first time, I got a good look at Cleland, its a really sad thing to see that he has no legs and only one arm but Cleland like FDR eighty years ago proves that you don't let your disablity or in his case, war injuries get to you, you only let it make you stronger. Ive read of Kerry and Cleland's friendship, it's a beautiful story, makes you know what kind of man we will have running our country next year a man who goes beyond simple political friendships but to a brotherhood that is something I can't explain.

9. I've met Secret Service agents before

at a demonstration I was participating in 26 years ago. They are really quite rational and reasonable, just concerned about doing the job they've been assigned to do. So, if you aren't a threat back and are reasonable on your own part, they can be quite friendly.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this particular agent is completely disgusted with what his job required today.

[frylock]

10. be sure and rate the photo..

rate this one while you're at it!



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[Sperk]

11. Max Cleland stands tall!

Go Max!!! :loveya:

[wndycty]

13. Kick for pics added on edit

:kick:

[joanne]

16. Max is a HERO

Another war hero slimed by the Repuke junk yard dogs.

I cant imagine how people like him and Kerry feel hearing these attacks.

The Repukes are attacking EVERY veteran when they attack these men.

[SidDithers]

15. Notice the Reuters caption...

is even calling them Swift Boat Veterans for Bush, not Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

I love that the Kerry campaign has got everyone using the Bush name.

Kinda like saying Saddam and 9/11 in the same speech, over and over and over.

Sid

[faithnotgreed]

17. sweeeet catch

[dennis4868]

22. BIG DIFFERENCE....

there is no 911 connection and Saddam but there is a connection between the Bush crime family and the Swift Boat Vets for Lies.

[SidDithers]

26. Oh, I agree completely...

I was just stating that if you say something often enough, people will pick up on it.

:toast:

Sid

[blondeatlast]

29. Like "George W. Bush=accomplished debater."

:evilgrin:

[NegSpin]

19. Bush = No Class

If Bush had any class whatsoever, any courage, any decency he would have greeted Cleland himself personally, invited him in, given him an ice cold drink, and had a congenial discussion.

But of course Bush is without class and these normal human gestures are beyond him.

From his point of view, how much better he would have appeared if he did something like that. It wouldn't have looked wimpish but decent.

Anyway, once again, Bush shows how worthless he is.

[gordianot]

23. Yes

That would have been actions even a opponent could respect in spite of all the devisive posturing. Need anyone comment that they did not occur.

[nightfox02]

25. Agreed.

Bush has no class whatsoever. His #'s will surely plummet after this debacle. Any human would have atleast met the man face to face and offered him a drink and a freaking place to sit down...

By far the worst president ever going after amputees and real veterans.

The Republican Party has whored itself out to GWB for power. Once he is defeated which is all but a certainty given his internals, they will be out of any significant high offices for years to come. May God judge them all as they deserve to be judged....

We WILL gain our country back in a matter of days now....

Our first priority should be to get the hell out of Iraq while we still have the opportunity to do so. Let this not be Vietnam all over again. We must learn the lesson of history and let the people fight it out.

[sattahipdeep]

20. Its current average rating is 3.94 with 133 vote(s).

You have given this photo a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 3.94 with 133 vote(s).

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We can do much more.

[sattahipdeep]

21. Avg Rating: 4.09, 170 votes - Your Rating: 5 n/t

[Amaya]

24. Was this televised?

Those pictures are very powerful.

[goodhue]

27. excellent

[DoYouEverWonder]

30. Wow

I think I need to go cry. This is incredible.

This is what a real hero looks like.

BUSH = AWOL = COWARD

[DeepModem Mom]

32. Me, too -- incredibly moving --

[Lurkmcgurk]

33. I was pleased

That the media on-site were ready with the right questions for Patterson.

Who called you?

Who wrote the letter?

What is your association with Perry? (paraphrased)

[TNMOM]

34. This was a great move for the Kerry team

It's brilliant. The visual of a triple amputee shaming Chimpy is priceless. The coward won't even come to the door. What a brilliant story/picture to show the press.

[mitchum]

35. Max is a hell of a man!

I am very proud to belong to his party

[Tsiyu]

36. Max Cleland had bi-partisan respect in Georgia

once upon a time. He is so remarkable, I often forgot he was a triple amputee when I was a Georgia resident reading about issues he impacted and supported.

I was stunned when I heard people like Ann Coulter bash him. There simply are no words to describe the "treason" that vile behavior feels like to me.

That * hasn't even got the kahunas to just smile a tad for the cameras and show the world he's not the most cold hearted son of a bitch that ever lived tells the entire tale of Dubya..

AWOL from Grace
AWOL from leadership
AWOL from kindness
AWOL from honor

:kick:


MAX CLELAND :yourock:

[Eurobabe]

37. I get physically ill everytime I think about * attacking

this man, who lost three of his limbs fighting for our country.

* has a speshul place in some hellish afterlife waiting for him, no doubt he'll be sharing space with KKKarl.

[Andromeda]

38. I saw the interview on CNN...

and Max was very impressive.

Somebody said he was more articulate than Kerry. I think it was Wolfe Blitzer. No big surprise there.