Posted on 10/16/2004 1:43:19 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Kerry slams 'refusal to serve' "For the past week, they attacked my patriotism and my fitness to serve as commander in chief ... well, here's my answer," Senator Kerry said in Ohio. "I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq. "Let me tell you in no uncertain terms what makes someone unfit for office and unfit for duty. Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfit to lead our country. "Doing nothing while this nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to lead this country. Letting 45 million Americans go without health care for four years makes you unfit to lead this country. "Letting the Saudi royal family control the price of oil for Americans makes you unfit to lead this country." Mr Bush spent the Vietnam War in the Texas Air National Guard, and had faced accusations that even then he was absent without leave for long periods. Mr Cheney received five deferments and once explained that he had "other priorities".
AP, AFP
04sep04
NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry declared he had taken enough "incoming" yesterday and blasted back at his Republican antagonists by suggesting George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney were draft dodgers.
In his toughest counter-punch of the campaign, the decorated war hero said he was not going to have his military qualifications questioned by "those who refused to serve" in the Vietnam War.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Sinclair must be getting under the skin of the commies !
Hmmmmm.
Draft dodger vs traitorous Commie.
History says we pick the draft dodger; after all Slick Willie Clintax was elected twice, wasn't he?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, HE'S LOSING IT!
He's repeating the New Draft lie--talk about being bereft of ideas, he can't even get through one election without showing reruns
Sounds like kerry's paranoia is coming to the fore. Bush has never breathed one word about kerry's service, except to say he "served honorably." But don't hold your breath waiting for a reporter to ask kerry which specific statement Bush made against kerry's service. You'll never hear any of them do that.
Kerry is so far to the left. His windsurfing interfears fith the Japanese fishing fleet.
Big whoop, he served FOUR (4) months! Wow, some BIG war hero!
Prove us wrong!
Oh, yeah -- you'll also never hear a reporter ask kerry about his 4 deferments and his denied request for a 5th one. Seems kerry wanted to "continue his studies," the exact same reason Cheney was deferred. But nope, you'll never hear him asked about that, even though every lamestream reporter in the country is well-aware of it.
One thing everybody needs to be reminded of is that joining the navy was one way to reduce the chances of going to vietnam.
Kerry actually said that ????
I guess he has been paying attention to the sales of "Unfit for Command".
Hey, kerry -- how come we never see you in swim trunks? Could it be that you have no scars from your "purple heart wounds," the ones you were never hospitalized for? Hmmm?
He also rec'd deferments ..
Uh huh.. And he scammed his way out after minor band-aid type wounds.
What a worthless POS. Definitely worse than Sleaseball #42; and that's saying something.
Pop quiz. Who said this?
"It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism. If so, the only exit strategy is victory, this is our common mission and the world's cause. We're in this together. We want to complete the mission while safeguarding our troops, avoiding innocent civilian casualties, disarming Saddam Hussein and engaging the community of nations to rebuild Iraq."
If you said GWB, you'd be wrong.
This was on John Kerry's website circa April 2003. Take a look for yourself - just click on the April 2, 2003 link on this page:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://johnkerry.com
But Kerry's only had one consistent position on Iraq. Right.
Add to that the fact that Kerry himself applied for a student deferment, but was denied.
REVEALED: How 'War Hero' Kerry Tried to put off Vietnam Military Duty.
Yep hes losing it because the Mapes / Rather expoese failed. His record is coming out this week. Both sides have known this from the beginnihg. Thats why the Viet Nam BS in Boston. Thats why the MSM effort to taint Bush's Guard service. To create moral equivalency between them so his dishonorable would be the same as the CBS documents. But they FFFed UP and now the moment of truth is coming and he is unraveling because he doesn't have his ace in the hole---the 60 minutes program was supposed to cover his butt, BUT--THANK YOU LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS!!!!!!
There must be something in the Sinclair movie that kerry is hiding from something besides the obvious that were not seeing in the daily diatribes sinclair may just bury kerry in his own muck !
I hear now he's demanding equal time ! why didnt he show up when they asked him to ? he could have been in the movie itself but i guess that wouldn't have give him time to spin maybe ?
I knew a guy that was a hippie in the early 70's. He came up with a low draft number and wanted to avoid Vietnam so he joined the navy. Really nice guy that really liked helping people. Volunteered to be a corpman. Could always tell you to the minute how long his tour in Vietnam was.
Like most hippies he was a dope. It was well know back then that most corpsmen wound up serving with Marines.
Aaaaugh!
-Please- no pictures of that!
[I have to go gouge out my mind's eye, now]
3 months really in country....the quickest possible out he could find? no wonder the real Swifties feel ill when they hear him speak. give it up loser....
Did he (Kerry) enlist in the Naval Reserve or the Navy? It might be analogous to Bush joining the Air National Guard, not the Air Force. Digging into Bush's records only resulted in the left uncovering records that showed Bush was rated very highly as a pilot.
Don't get me wrong. I don't wish to cast aspersions on anyones service. kerry did try to avoid service and then wound up in the navy. That's the same tact my friend in post 26 tried to use. His intention was also to avoid Vietnam.
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HE SMELLS IT COMING!!! THIS IS IS COMPARATIVE DEFENSE!!!!
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Even that hippy had a lot more guts than kerry, who joined the Navy Reserves, status "inactive." He was determined to avoid combat, only volunteered for swift boats because at the time, they were not used in combat, only for non-combat coastal duties. When he learned that he and his boat were being ordered inland for combat duty, he raised cain about it, practically refused to go. After that, according to those who served with him, he did nothing but complain and whine. Everybody there was very pleased to see him return to the States.
I have to totally agree, there comes a point where we draw the line, looking at his face is bad enough & at this late hour too!
Oh, man, is that girl in the photo really holding a "sign the 180" sign? If kerry saw that, I'll bet he turned white.
Be prepared for Kerry's eeeowwwaahhhgggrrahhhhhh!!!
Hes real close to pulling a Dean.
You see his whole myth/lie about himself is about to unravel in public---he is going to be ruined----Icarus to the Left--Richard the III to the Right.
DAMN HIM STRAIGHT TO HELL
Did Navy Lt. Kerry violate The UCMJ?
But the official Navy records show that Kerry joined the Naval Reserves (inactive), not the United States Navy, per se, as his own campaign indicated. He commenced active duty six months later. He transferred from active duty to the Naval Reserve (inactive) on January 3, 1970. He was put on standby reserve on 1 July 1972. He was finally discharged from the Navy on February 16, 1978. Here's a link to Kerry's service record chronology as listed in the official Navy documents from Kerry's own site.
I don't know how much more I can read or handle from this puke before Nov.2, he makes my blood boil!
Anyome who disagrees with Kerry is Bush. He's flipped.
You mean you don't want to see all the indentations in his butt from the rice he blew up?
Did you also notice that in all these pics with people in the background, they seem to be laughing AT him?
Oh my . . . this is getting to be funny. This is gonna be good. The gop obviously knows that this is a psychological hot-button of Kerry's, they're needling him, and he's taking the bait yet again. You'd think he'd know better, but he can't help himself. Looks like we're gonna go back to this buffonery, fighting Vietnam all over again, and look for Kerry's poll numbers to start dropping.
Whaddya think Bonaparte, with legs like that wouldn't he be perfect for the swan scene?
Calling a guy who volunteered for ANG, qualified in an F-102 and stated he was willing to serve in combat, a "draft dodger" is WAY beyond the pale. I hope kerry repeats this charge often in the next two weeks. Voters should know just how crazy this guy is.
And with the wonders of Freepers who might know how to PhotoShop... ah the mind boggles.
Heh heh heh heh, or even THK. Oh my.
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