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"George Bush,John Kerry,Vietnam, a "Band-of-Brothers" and.........Cornbread?????"
2/21/04 | redrock

Posted on 02/21/2004 10:50:26 PM PST by redrock

Okay.....so where do you draw the line???

I mean....just how do you decide????

This person did this....that person did that. ALL did as they were asked by their Nation...and yet....some in this Nation are trying to paint some as "Good"...and some as "Bad" based on where they spent their time in the service of their Country.

So...where do you draw the line???

The Democratic's are trying to paint one person (John Kerry) with the the words "Good"..based upon his time spent on active duty in Vietnam.

They are also trying to paint another (George Bush) with the words "Bad"....based upon his time spent as a member of the National Guard...stateside.

The Democrats are trying, both directly and indirectly, to say that one type of service is Honourable....and the other not.

George Bush spent his time in service as a member of the National Guard. It was at a time when many, not wanting to go to Vietnam, went into the Guard...or the Reserve....or got College deferments..or if they went into the service...tried to make sure they were assigned to Germany or stateside.

Did George Bush enlist in the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam??? Maybe. But even if he did....so what. It's what people did in those days. It's what people do now.

More importantly...he served his time...and did his job. The job his Nation asked of him.

John Kerry enlisted in the Navy....and he DID go to Vietnam. He served roughly 4 months. Got 3 'bandaid' Purple Hearts...which somehow is supposed to make him a better person than George Bush who has none. Does the number of Purple Hearts decide which person is more 'valuable'?? or able to make command decisions??? or lead this Nation??? (as an afterthought....I have 2 Purple Hearts....neither are of the 'bandaid' type...does that mean I'm not worth as much as John Kerry?? I guess according to the Democrats....I'm not).

The Democratic Party would have you believe (and the parading around of John Kerry's "Band-of-Brothers" also tries to establish it as a fact) that serving in the National Guard somehow makes you less of a person....or makes you less able to lead a Nation....somehow makes you less of an American than anyone who has spent time in combat.

The Democratic Party would have you believe that ANYONE who has not spent time in combat does NOT qualify to be a part of that grouping .......our "Band-of-Brothers".

The Democratic Party would have you believe....that George Bush does not qualify.

The Democratic Party would have you believe....that the soldier of the following story does not qualify.

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"Cornbread"

I was in my third month in Vietnam. A combat medic. I was eighteen....and in way over my head.

I had just come back from a patrol.

From the moment we landed in the LZ...we had taken casualties. Both dead and wounded.

For the next 4 days we fought almost non-stop with North Vietnamese Regulars. Tough soldiers who gave as good as they got.

Arriving back at the base....I was covered in sweat....more than smelly...covered in mud...and the blood of those I had worked on....covered in the bits and pieces of my friends. I went to check on those wounded we air-lifted out.

After checking on them ....I went to the mess...to get some coffee and food in me.

The cook there ( another young soldier....name of Hiram from somewhere in the Mid-west) tried to get me to talk...and maybe lighten up a little. I kinda complained about the food....and started on some wierd rant about not having any cornbread...(I love cornbread....have since I can remember)

It's just one of those things that happens I guess. I was severly depressed...I missed my family (ok...I missed my mom most of all)....and sitting there covered in the mud and blood I guess I was losing it. In my entire life it was the lowest point....the one time I actually was close to hurting myself.

...and there I was ranting on and on about cornbread.

I stormed out of the mess...and kinda just walked around for around an hour before going back to my quarters...(hooch). I was still angry...and depressed when I went inside. It was like everything at once was happening in my head...and my heart.

...and there on my bunk (actually almost exactly in the middle...funny how you remember certain things) was a plate.

...and on the plate was a pile of cornbread.

Fresh and hot.

Hiram had somehow found the cornbread....baked it...and put in my quarters.(He later told me that I looked like I 'needed it'.....)

At that moment.....(it was like I was just re-connected with home...with reality....with all the love my family had raised me with.) all the anger left....and I just sat there with some silly grin on my face.

Funny thing....but I firmly believe that stupid plate of cornbread saved my life.

So...the Democrats can tell everyone that unless you've been in combat....you're not a hero.....that you cannot be a part of "The Band-of-Brothers".

..and I will loudly tell them that they are dead wrong.

Because on that day a life was saved.

Saved by a person who never got close to combat.....who never went thru a morter attack....or a fire-fight with NVA. A person who was a cook....

NO...the Democrats are wrong....

Hiram, a cook, is part of my "Band-of-Brothers".....and always will be.

George Bush,a member of the National Guard, is also.

...as is every single person, male or female, who had put on the uniform. That's all it takes to be a member of a special club.

The Band-Of-Brothers.


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To: redrock
Cornbread indeed, my friend. The next time I see you there will be a huge plate of it on hand!! God bless the Hiram's of this world.

I've decided the democrats are emotional hypocrits. They whined for 3 years that Gore/Liberman should be in the White house...that they were robbed. Then when they got a chance to vote for Liberman...the man they wanted to be VP/Possible President...what did they do??? They sure as hell didn't vote for him! Whiners, all of 'em.

41 posted on 02/22/2004 8:38:51 AM PST by AuntB (Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to enemies, justice will be done." GWBUSH)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thank you, Aloha Ronnie.
42 posted on 02/22/2004 8:51:10 AM PST by AuntB (Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to enemies, justice will be done." GWBUSH)
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To: EternalVigilance
The Democrats DO have it wrong.

After 9/11, in one of our Nation's darkest hours, George Bush did exactly what he needed to do.

He acted to protect his Nation...to protect his people...to protect my family.

Which to me is the very definition of an American Warrior.

redrock

43 posted on 02/22/2004 8:55:11 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: redrock
He acted to protect his Nation...to protect his people...to protect my family.

Which to me is the very definition of an American Warrior.

Amen.

Not all American patriots and warriors wear a uniform.

Which our enemies would do well to recognize, for their own good.

44 posted on 02/22/2004 9:05:01 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: woofie
Thank You.

redrock

45 posted on 02/22/2004 9:05:48 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: WorkingClassFilth; redrock
Hehehehe.

I just got this note from Rosemary Harrington, who co hosts "The Morning Express" in So. Oregon/No. California"..KCMX 880 AM.

"Nothing like starting out my day crying...thanks so much for sending this and I'm going to read the cornbread one on the air...if I can get through it."

P.S. redrock, I forwarded this with your name on it....is that okay??  

46 posted on 02/22/2004 9:07:48 AM PST by AuntB (Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to enemies, justice will be done." GWBUSH)
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To: LindaSOG
Ping
47 posted on 02/22/2004 9:10:38 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Tag Lines Repaired While You Wait! Reasonable Prices! Fast Service!)
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To: AuntB
That's great!!

What the Democrats are trying to do by denigrating Bush's time in the National Guard is just plain wrong. By doing so....they make everyone who didn't 'survive combat'.....less.

And that's wrong.

me

p.s....sending my name is fine.

48 posted on 02/22/2004 9:32:17 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: AuntB
Check out John Kerry's letter to the President... HERE.

Kerry is bringing up Vietnam...and service during that time. It is a mistake.

me

49 posted on 02/22/2004 9:41:43 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: redrock
RR THe tears are flowing for ALL who served. THANK YOU!

AM sending this on through e-mail, but would love to send it to my local papers...only with your permission, sir.
51 posted on 02/22/2004 9:46:25 AM PST by hoosiermama (Ask Kerry to list the major pieces of enacted legislation he has authored in his career.)
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To: redrock
"What the Democrats are trying to do by denigrating Bush's time in the National Guard is just plain wrong."

On the news this morning I hear Kerry has sent Pres. Bush a letter stating that BUSH has started this entire mess. The gullible will believe it. So, Kerry served 4 months in Nam, is that right? Whatever, he appears to be one that is so psychologically damaged by his experience that it has tainted his entire outlook on life.

What Bush understands about this Iraq mess (and I wish he'd say it more often) is that we can fight this war here, in our back yards or in Iraq where we can draw the terrorists to our forces. I wish they could all come home NOW. Wishing won't change the reality...something the democrats just can't face.

Gotta go...my biscuits and gravy is calling!

52 posted on 02/22/2004 9:48:29 AM PST by AuntB (Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to enemies, justice will be done." GWBUSH)
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To: redrock
Thank you for your story and service, brother.
53 posted on 02/22/2004 9:51:49 AM PST by Aeronaut (Peace: in international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.)
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To: hoosiermama
Thank You.

The story is Hiram's.

Pass it on.

redrock

54 posted on 02/22/2004 9:52:37 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: redrock
I just read that letter from Kerry. It has the tone of a jilted lover, for heaven's sake! Not one word against Kerry or his service has come out of George Bush's mouth. Not one. But the dem's and their minions won't know that will they? I hate elections.
55 posted on 02/22/2004 9:58:08 AM PST by AuntB (Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to enemies, justice will be done." GWBUSH)
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To: redrock
What a story, red....It's amazing how one little thing(cornbread) can turn you around...thanks.
56 posted on 02/22/2004 9:59:35 AM PST by mystery-ak (*terrorism has been exaggerated*....Kerry....We must defeat him, our lives depend on it.)
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To: LindaSOG; redrock
Thanks for bringing me to the dance. :)

Redrock is right in all respects, and Hiram sounds like a heck of a good guy.

I like a chunk of cornbread too. Must be the southern in me.

57 posted on 02/22/2004 10:00:11 AM PST by LibKill (My sigil: Two crossed, dead, Frenchmen emblazoned on a mound of dead Frenchmen.)
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To: AuntB
"I hate elections."

LOL!!!...this one sure has me kinda riled up.

I HATE what the Democrats are doing....

me

58 posted on 02/22/2004 10:00:26 AM PST by redrock ("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
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To: LindaSOG
BTT!!!!!((HUGS))How's it going?
59 posted on 02/22/2004 10:04:44 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: redrock
bttt
60 posted on 02/22/2004 10:06:23 AM PST by Balata
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