Posted on 01/24/2004 8:27:13 AM PST by John Redcorn
Once again the Democrat campaign reeks of hypocrisy. Kerry is now publicly calling Bush a deserter, but Clinton got a free pass on blatant draft-dodging. The liberal media is blasting all Republicans over a few GOP staffers cracking Democrat memo files, but it was OK for Clinton to illegally procure over 900 FBI personnel files for use against his political opponents. Slick Willy had his bootlickerWesley Clark intervene in a civil war, bomb Yugoslavia into a parking lot, create 500,000 refugees, and destroy the country's infrastructure (all without the blessing of the UN, I might add), but the war in Iraq is immoral. These people make me sick.
I totally agree with your assessment of Kerry. I would never vote for him.
As a Vietnam vet myself I think the points made above about this issue need to be answered. It is not out of line to ask the Commander-in-Chief to clarify it once and for all. Bush brought this on HIMSELF, and the longer he avoids clearing it up, the longer this issue will fester. If I had decided to take a "year off," I'd STILL be making little rocks out of big ones in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Remember, folks, it's not the act -- it's the cover up (or PERCEPTION of one) -- that sinks the ship.
Now THAT's convenient!
The issue needs to remain dead
Well, Karl Rove is an EXCELLENT coroner. But veterans, from my experience anyway, don't live by something like an "R" after someone's name when it comes to judging duty and honor. Having a voting block like that out there can be a real b**** for people like Rove, but let not your heart be troubled, I'm sure he has ways of dealing with it. After all, it's for the Greater Good, right?
Yes. But he was NOT their first choice. For example, there are an estimated 140,000 veterans in New Hampshire and many of them are registered independents who voted to help John McCain capture the Republican primary over Bush in 2000.
This issue was vetted then and dismissed.
And hopefully you can pull it off again. But this ain't your Granfather's 2000.
no one cared then, just as no one will care now.
Correction. No one in sufficient numbers cared then. Suggestion -- like that scene in Hud when they buried the sick cows, throw that missing year in a big pit, dump in lots of lime, and cover it up real good! Good luck....;)
*He* is. He is a buffoon. A WELL PAID buffoon, but a buffoon nevertheless. But wanting to know what happened during that missing year is NOT over the top. If Bush can't account for an entire year of his life then what ELSE won't he be able to account for? This is NOT a left/right or Republican/Democrat issue. It is about clarifying the record. Why are some people so afraid of that? I had the temerity to ask loudly why Clinton never released his medical records too.
This insistance that we all be good little Pod People and keep our mouths shut when Uncle Karl tells us to is a hell of a lot more scary than Michael Moore could ever hope to be.
Funny you should mention that. I have been trying for YEARS to find out what that means, and believe it or not it comes from the Amish. "Be Thouest Tongue Tied." Roughly translated: if you don't have anything specific to post at the moment, then use that in it's place. Not bad for folks who reject most technology! [ ;) ]
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