Posted on 02/22/2004 12:43:07 AM PST by Happy2BMe
I thouht he has been AWOL from the Senate the past year and hasn't cast many votes.
Yes, it's about a war we're engaged in today that we wouldn't be able to fight if Kerry had his way.
***Kerry for Senate 1984 Document: Kerry on Defense***
SENATOR KERRY FOUGHT TO SLASH INTELLIGENCE FUNDING BY AT LEAST $2.5 BILLION
As opposed to democrats that didn't serve in any war?
Kerry's desperation is showing and this isn't going to play well at all with any Republicans or independents. It *will* drive more voters to the voting booths, though. To vote for Bush.
And the reporters replied, "But Senator Kerry, isn't it true that you opposed President Reagan every inch of the way to his victory in the Cold War?" </sarcasm>
A volunteer in Vietnam, Kerry has campaigned on his combat record as a navy lieutenant, which includes three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.. . . and then comes this lovely sentiment:. . . "I don't know what it is about what these Republicans who didn't serve in any war have against those of us who are Democrats who did," Kerry told reporters shortly after he arrived in Atlanta.
Pointing out that Vietnam had been a painful and difficult period in U.S. history, Kerry added: "It is hard to believe that you would choose to reopen these wounds for your personal political gain. But that is what you have chosen to do."So having told everyone who would listen not to go to fight Communists in Vietnam, and having supported a draft dodger for election and re-election as president, you now question the manhood of someone who did not go to fight in Vietnam. You're a real piece of work, pickle-breath.
He offered to debate Bush face-to-face on "the Vietnam era and the impact of our experiences on our approaches to presidential leadership."Oh no! A devastating debater is going to rip poor, wimpy little George's lungs out! </sarcasm>
. . . "I don't know what it is about what these Republicans who didn't serve in any war have against those of us who are Democrats who did," Kerry told reporters shortly after he arrived in Atlanta.. . . as opposed to a Democrat who dodged the draft to not serve in any war.
Don't fall for the trap. Kerry's tactic is to talk about his service in Vietnam every time a question comes up talking about his voting record. None of what the GOP is saying has anything to do with his service or his protests of Vietnam, but that is what Kerry twists it into. The GOP is questioning Kerry's voting record. Stay on target.
And he opposed Gulf War too, after which we found Saddam was a lot closer to making nuclear weapons then we had thought. As much as people criticize the first Gulf War for not finishing the job, it was critical in stopping Saddam from being a nuclear power today, which he certainly would have.
Yes, and he points out that Bush wasn't there, and is happy enough for the Democrats known as journalists to investigate the momentous issue of exactly what Bush did thirty years ago. Well, as recently as twenty years ago we wouldn't have put Bush forward as a candidate for so much as sheriff--twenty years ago, Bush was just deciding that he would be sober for the rest of his life. Within ten years of that decision Bush was getting elected governor of Texas, and he has spent the last ten years as cheif executive of Texas and of the US government.he now wants to hide behind the same medals he pretended to throw back in our face.
As far as I am concerned he did throw those medals back. He wanted that believed at the time, and I believe it. Whether or not he can now prove otherwise, as a moral point he threw those medals back in our face, told everyone not to go to war in Vietnam and, as much as anyone, helped assure that no candidate--at least no Democratic candidate--for public office has since had to defend his war record--which is exactly the opposite of the experience after WWII.No, that's not true. What he assured was that no Democrat could become a candidate if they did have a war record, and did not renounce it. And tried to establish that no Republican candidate should run as a Cold Warrior unless he had been killed in Vietnam first.
I am not a Vietnam vet so I hope some of the vets here can answer a couple of questions for me. 1. Since Kerry had political aspirations but didn't believe in the war before going into the Navy, and had political aspirations and didn't believe in the war after he got out of the Navy; why did he volunteer for Vietnam? 2. Kerry ordered his swift boat to attack the enemy head on putting not only himself but his men in great danger. It was his choice not his men's. He received a medal. Shouldn't he have put his crew in for a commendation as well? 3. Was the action taken by Kerry to put his men in increased danger standard practice for Swift boats? 4. Was his service in the Navy for love of country or to add to his resume? A man judges by what he sees and hears but God weighs the motive.
Absolutely.The GOP is questioning Kerry's voting record.
As well they should. But the truth is that the Democratic Party bought what Kerry was selling in his medal-repudiation. And that was, that no one should be elected as a Cold Warrior unless he had been killed in Vietnam first.Several blitzkrieg successes later, the Vietnam Syndrome which Kerry helped initiate still is the template into which the establishment known as journalism tries to fit the world. And that is exactly what Bush is fighting in Iraq; without the journalistic establishment adhering to that template the Ba'athists would have had no hope from the day Saddam's statue fell. Half the casulaties we've had in Iraq are due to that template, and there really is no choice but to confront it.
Really?. I, personally, was unaware of the French Looking Senator's contributions to our military.
Oh, wait a minute. I believe I recall that the Senator fired a campaign advisor who suggested that people are starting to
get turned off and even parody the Senator's constant drone of Vietnam.
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