President Bush gave awards, raised money in Oklahoma City
President Bush gave awards, raised money in Oklahoma City
By Michael McNutt
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Published: September 12, 2008
President Bush has left Oklahoma City and is on his way to another fund-raiser for John McCain. While he was here, he gave a couple of awards, spoke about health care and rose money during his four-hour visit today in Oklahoma.
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AWARD WINNERS
President Bush will honor these Oklahomans:
•Karen Stark of Edmond, who founded The Hugs Project in 2004. She coordinates volunteers who make cooling ties, nicknamed hugs, to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Volunteers also knit helmet liners, neck warmers and fingerless gloves for use during the winter. The Hugs Project has more than 1,800 volunteers across the nation and in 41 countries.
•National Guard Maj. Dan Rooney, who founded The Folds of Honor Foundation. The group funds education for children and spouses of active-duty military members killed or disabled in Iraq or Afghanistan. Rooney, an F-16 pilot and Tulsan, raised money the past two years by asking golfers to donate at least one extra dollar in green fees over Labor Day weekend; the event raised $1.1 million in 2007 and is projected to raise more than $3 million this year.
McCain fundraiser
John Cresap is hosting today's fundraiser featuring President Bush.
Cresap is president of Premium Beers of Oklahoma, which distributes mostly Anheuser-Busch products.
Most of the money raised will go to help Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said Bill Price, a co-chairman of McCain's campaign in Oklahoma.
The White House selected Cresap's home, 9200 N Sooner Road, from several suggested by Price mainly because of the security it offered, he said. The 14,248-square-foot, two-story home sits on 50 acres, according to the Oklahoma County assessor's office.
Premium Beers, Oklahoma's largest beer distributor, opened a $13.5 million, 225,000-square-foot distribution center five years ago in south Oklahoma City.
Premium Beers is the exclusive distributor for Anheuser-Busch in central and south-central Oklahoma, trucking more than 7 million cases of product to more than 3,000 retail outlets. It ranks among the 25 largest of 700 Anheuser-Busch wholesalers in the nation.
Cresap's father, Dennis Cresap, began Premium Beers in 1968 as a one-route, one-employee operation. The company has grown through market share increases and acquisition of existing distributorships.
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What the prblem with Bush is is his complete lack of intellectual curiosity, he admits he doesn't read newspapers, he has been known to avoid long reports and ask for quickie summaries instead, he has a horrible disdain for science and discovery, particulary when what's learned flies in the face of the politics of the radical religious right. His "good old boy" act, down to mis-pronouncing "nuclear," as if there was something bad with being educated, as if a "man of the people" must be ignorant, is so bad for our nation and a terrible example for our kids. We can criticize African-Americans for not promoting education, not making it seem "cool" to work hard in school, and it's legitimate criticism, but we get the same message from our president.
It's amazing how much respect for the presidency many Republicans demand...when they hold the White House.
Blame the nost do-nothing congress in history!
Xerxes, Oklahoma City - Sep 12, 2008 3:09 PM...........So full of USEFUL information.