President Bush welcomed new Members of Congress today. Among his comments he said the following. "
I particularly want to say a thanks to your spouse for having supported your run for the Congress or the Senate. Laura and I know how hard it is on a family to be in the political arena. It's the ultimate sacrifice, really: sacrifice your privacy; it's a sacrifice of time with your kids. But you're going to find it's worthwhile -- serving this great country is an unbelievable honor, and both the elected official and the spouse are serving our great country."
So that's one idea of what the ultimate sacrifice might be. Having to give up some privacy while eating well, living well, and making laws.
Arlington National Cemetary gives another idea of what the ultimate sacrifice might be.
Obviously you can't read to much into this, but it think it does say something about President Bush that he is willing to use those words, Ultimate Sacrifice, to refer to people that, in the grand scheme of things, are pretty well off. Shows a certain insulation from the problems of the world, in my mind.
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