I know that is exactly what she will say ... not credible.
By the way, I really enjoyed reading the article by Byron York. I had not realized how many years President Bush devoted to faithful, daily service in the National Guard.
I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't 5 or 6 times the amount of time Kerry spent in the military, but that I would have to check.
Thanks for everyone's help. I feel all better now.
I'm going to try to be nice, but I am definitely going to set her straight about this.
To hear Kerry tell it, he spent 4 years in Vietnam. I was surprised to read that it was only 4 MONTHS. Of course, I wouldn't have wanted to spend 4 Days. Also read that he didn't know he would be in any danger on this boat, but 2 weeks after he arrived, the mission changed and he got caught.
Let's be clear what Lt. George W. Bush was doing for his 5 years & 4 months of service. He was flying F-102 Fighter Jets protecting the skies of the United States from the Russians, just like pilots today are protecting our skies from terrorists. Only McAuliffe, the Dims & the liberal media think he was in a no-danger zone. I read somewhere that 6 pilots in his unit was killed. I loved those military evaluations in his records released the other day that said "Lt Bush is an exemplary pilot & a fine officer." "Lt. Bush is a NATURAL LEADER & his fellow guardsmen look to him for leadership." Lt. Bush has an impeccable military bearing." "Lt Bush is a fierce competitor and is in the top 10% of pilots." Of course, you never heard this from the liberal media. They had rather drop the subject and make nasty insinuations instead of reading those praises about the moran they think is in the WH.
Hmmm, another Kerry fact to mention is that he was only in VN for 4 months. He kept careful track of every Purple Heart, requesting them for Bandaid injuries that other Vets have admitted refusing a Purple Heart for. But you see, Lt. Kerry was really, really eager to get the heck outta there and when he got his third scratch, he accepted a third Purple Heart and punched his ticket outta there.
Some hero. 4 months and a trip home.
Jerk.
Some interesting and juicy quotes here ... =)
Mrs. Bush: Gay Marriage Shocking for Some
Wed Feb 18, 5:22 PM ET
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&u=/ap/20040218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/laura_bush_interview&printer=1 SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Laura Bush says gay marriages are "a very, very shocking issue" for some people, a subject that should be debated by Americans rather than settled by a Massachusetts court or the mayor of San Francisco.
Asked how she feels about the issue personally, Mrs. Bush replies: "Let's just leave it at that."
In an Associated Press interview, Mrs. Bush also endorsed sexual abstinence programs for teens, which are slated to get double their current funding under the president's latest budget proposal.
Abstinence should be extensively discussed alongside contraception, she said. "We know it works. It's 100 percent fail-safe." She said most teenagers already receive a lot of information about contraception options from the media. "I think it ought to be everything, but I also think that abstinence should definitely be talked about."
Mrs. Bush discussed her views as she flew across the country at the start of a three-day trip to raise re-election cash for her husband's campaign and to talk about education.
The trip took her to California where gay couples have been lining up to get marriage licenses in San Francisco. On the East Coast, Massachusetts' highest court recently ruled that the state constitution permits gay marriages.
At the White House on Wednesday, President Bush said, "I'm troubled by what I've seen" in Boston and San Francisco. But he declined to say if he would support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages, as conservative supporters expect him to do.
While declining to express her own opinions about gay marriages, Mrs. Bush said, "It's an issue that people want to talk about and not want the Massachusetts Supreme Court, or the mayor of San Francisco to make their choice for them. I know that's what the president thinks.
"I think people ought to have that opportunity to debate it, to think about it, to see what the American people really want to do about the issue."
Mrs. Bush's demeanor is quiet and matter-off-fact [sic], yet she sometimes serves as the president's flak jacket when she's on the road, especially now as his approval ratings are drooping amid Democratic attacks during the primaries.
She defended her husband's credibility and took a shot at Democrats who allege he skipped out on his National Guard duty. "I think it's a political, you know, witch hunt, actually, on the part of Democrats," she said.
The president served honorably in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War and did report for duty in Alabama where he was briefly assigned, she said. "He knows that he served honorably," she said. "He knows that he showed up the whole time." She says she has been hurt by allegations that he lied to the American people about his Guard duty, and by contentions that he misled the public about the extent of Saddam Hussein's weapons when U.S.-led troops went to war in Iraq.
"Nobody likes that part of campaigning — the personal attacks," Mrs. Bush said, sitting on a couch in the private section of her plane. "I certainly don't like it."
On another political subject, asked whether the president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will ever run for president, she replied, "I doubt it, but I have no idea."
Mrs. Bush said she and the president have been feeling a bit "nostalgic" as they watch the Democratic candidates campaigning in the snows of New Hampshire and Iowa.
"That's a much more upclose and personal campaign because you get to actually be with so many of the voters," she said. "We both miss that."
And she said that despite the lack of privacy that comes with being first lady — a title she finds "too artificial" — she doesn't feel as if she must constantly bite her tongue to keep her opinions to herself.
"I'm actually very disciplined," she said. "I don't really have to watch everything I say because I'm pretty well-behaved."
At Limerick Elementary School in Canoga Park, Calif., on Wednesday where she was promoting reading, Mrs. Bush said it appears that Sen. John Kerry will be the Democratic presidential nominee. "I assume he will be," she said.
"They've had a big primary," she said about the Democratic candidates. "They've spent $100 million dollars — all of them together — campaigning around the United States running ads. In general, I think they campaigned against my husband rather than each other."
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