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Democrats Taste Blood
American Spectator ^ | 02/06/04 | Ben Stein

Posted on 02/05/2004 9:12:21 PM PST by Pokey78

BEVERLY HILLS -- Now, let me get this straight. The Democrats are all down on George W. Bush because he did not fight in combat in Vietnam but was instead in the Air National Guard. This, they say, proves that Senator John Kerry, who did fight in Vietnam, in the Navy, is a superior human being and Bush is a coward, or a "deserter" as one of them said recently.

So, then what is Bill Clinton? He not only did not join the National Guard but actively lied to avoid the draft. Are the Democrats now saying that he was a coward and a deserter? Is everyone who did not fight in Vietnam and was of fighting age a coward and a deserter? Are we now going to have smears of everyone who was not on Kerry's boat? Are we now a nation in which we have only heroes like Kerry and everyone else is morally worthless? And which Democrat will now stand up and call Dean and Edwards cowards and deserters for their refusal to join up and insist on combat?

Or maybe the premise is slightly different...Maybe the idea is that only a man who has actually fought and killed someone, as Kerry did, is mentally strong enough to be a good leader, and those who did not kill anyone are too weak to lead. So, then let's get this straight, too. Does this mean that FDR, who never was in combat, was too weak to lead, and that Hitler and Goering, who saw a lot of combat, were morally better leaders? Does this mean that Eisenhower, who saw less combat than, say, MacArthur, was not competent to lead? Does it mean that Reagan was unfit to lead because he had no combat experience?

Have the Democrats now become the party that says that only men in combat can wear the mantle of national leadership? This is a harsh stand, and it surely means that they had better start the purges of all of their top dogs -- including major advisers to Kerry, who avoided wartime service. While we're at it, maybe the Democrats in Congress who did not see fit to fight in Vietnam should be purged, too. And why stop there? Why should Kerry, the warrior, accept donations from wealthy Democrats who avoided combat in Vietnam? Surely their money is tainted by their cowardice.

In fact, now that I think of it, why should men who did not serve in combat even be allowed to vote? Why do they deserve to have rights at all? Really, only the men who were front-line soldiers deserve to be heard from. Now, let's see, what great German leader had this same idea...umm, now who was it....

Anyway, all hail the Democrats, the party of the warriors, and damnation to those weaklings who never learned to kill. And, hey, who was that Bill Clinton guy anyway? Wasn't he one of those panty-waisted Republicans?

The whole thing is just too rich for words: the Democrats, the anti-war, anti-military party, now say that only a military man can lead them and the nation and that those not in combat are dirt. No one could make these things up.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; benstein; doublestandard; draftdodger; x42

1 posted on 02/05/2004 9:12:22 PM PST by Pokey78
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Bullseye! (Even more so when read Ben Stein-style!).
2 posted on 02/05/2004 9:17:51 PM PST by prairie dog
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In fact, now that I think of it, why should men who did not serve in combat even be allowed to vote?

The Starship Troopers ride again.

3 posted on 02/05/2004 9:18:15 PM PST by Restorer
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Democrats Taste Blood.

Comes from biting their lips.

4 posted on 02/05/2004 9:22:04 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Bush Bot by choice)
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E-mailed to me from a blog somewhere:

Fraters reader C.W. channels the spirit of Terry McAuliffe, and ponders what
it would be like to turn the tables and ask John Kerry to prove a negative
as McAuliffe and others on the left are asking Bush to do:

If McAuliffe and Kerry can take a page from the Republican playbook and
insist that Bush needs to prove that he wasn't AWOL during the Vietnam war
(his early 70's National Guard service -ed.), then Bush should use the
Democrat playbook and declare that Kerry has to prove he wasn't committing
Lt. Calley-like atrocities during his term as a baby-killin' soldier. I
mean, was it guilt over his own crimes that so upset Kerry that he felt
obliged to throw someone else's medals over the fence?

Since we have no record of Kerry - while he was a soldier - trying to stop
any of the rapes and murders and village razings and animal mutilations that
he claims were committed every day under the full awareness of all levels of
military command, he was obviously a participant in said activities. Baby
Killer Kerry is what I believe he was called. It must be his inherent
inhumanity instead of the botox that prevents his smile from reaching his
eyes. And etc.

Hey - this thinking like a DNC Chairman is pretty easy, but it sure makes a
man want to take a shower.
5 posted on 02/05/2004 9:24:25 PM PST by RightthinkinAmerican (Try and tackle ME, Franken.)
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"Does anyone know the answer? Anyone? Voodoo. Voodoo Patriotism."
6 posted on 02/05/2004 9:27:31 PM PST by exit82 (Toll free number for the Capitol switchboard:1-800-648-3516--let your reps in DC know what you think)
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The Democrats are all down on George W. Bush because he did not fight in combat in Vietnam but was instead in the Air National Guard.

The dems need to do this. Why? Because sometime before November, they know that Kerry is gonna get slammed over his anti-Vietnam War activism. The dems know it will hurt his chances to win. So, they need to do something to tear down GWB on the military issue.

On the bright side, their chances for success over this issue seem small. Just read this article by Ben Stein. It shows how ridiculous their strategy is.

7 posted on 02/05/2004 9:41:06 PM PST by Vision Thing
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Of course the fallacy in logic of this article is that it expects the dimocrats to be other than the hypocrites they are.
8 posted on 02/05/2004 9:52:04 PM PST by highlander_UW
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Al Gore military vote burning bump
9 posted on 02/05/2004 10:25:03 PM PST by Kryptonite
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Bump
10 posted on 02/05/2004 10:28:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ...... /~normsrevenge - FoR California Propositions/Initiatives info...)
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11 posted on 02/05/2004 10:34:17 PM PST by counterpunch (click my name to check out my 'toons!)
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