Posted on 07/02/2004 11:39:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
A prominent member of Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign is still telling audiences that President Bush is "a draft dodger" because he served in the National Guard instead of joining the Army during the early 1970's.
"John Kerry was a warrior. George Bush was a draft dodger," Kerry booster Del Sandusky told a Florida audience on Thursday, in quotes picked up by the Bradenton Herald. Sandusky served aboard Kerry's swift boat in Vietnam and appears prominently in his campaign commercials.
In February, Kerry himself was roundly criticized for equating National Guard service with dodging the draft, when he told Fox News, "I've never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, about going to jail, about being a conscientious objector, or going into the National Guard. These are choices people make." Kerry later said he didn't mean the statement as a slight to those who served in the Guard.
In the same speech yesterday, Sandusky criticized Bush for "mishandling" the war in Iraq, saying, "There are a lot of similarities to Vietnam. A lot of our kids are dying over there on the other side of the world."
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, told the same rally that it was wrong to criticize Kerry for his anti-war activities after returning from Vietnam, saying it was "a cardinal sin to paint John Kerry as soft on defense or unpatriotic."
A CBS poll in May showed President Bush with a 13-point lead among veterans.
That's just ridiculous, However their former president Mr. Clintoon, was.
The problem with the kerry statement is that it's a lie.
What was TANG developed and used for?
Loose lips sink ships.
Geez. The Democrats nominated and elected an actual draft dodger who hated the military, and who deliberately humiliated military officers while in the White House. How dare Democrats even raise this as an issue? Are their memories that short? Do they think all Americans' memories are that short?
Also don`t forget- Vietnam; Democ-rat war. Iraq (and Gulf war); Repub war. Well actually that`s not true, Vietnam did have a Repub near the end who rather than try the democ-rat method of prolonging the war as long as humanly possible, actually tried to *gasp* win it by trying this nutty thing called bombing! But winning a Democ-rat war is against the liberal rules of engagement. Surrender must always come first especially when 2 million people can be slaughtered.
Didn't Kerry even kill someone? What a guy!
Kerry should be tried for a war crime. This offense occurred while he was a on active duty. Oh I forgot, he received a silver star for killing an unarmed enemy combatant.
And kerry is a traitor. Sure he served and was decorated. But all traitors aren't traitors until they commit treason. Then they should be treated as such. Besides he's a socialist and we don't want another soviet union in the US.
"John Kerry was a warrior..."
He knew exactly what he was doing when his request was denied to him by his draft board and he enlisted in the Navy
I question their patriotism.
Kerry missed another important Senate vote. Defense budget for 2005. Everybody voted for it except two senators.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=2&vote=00149
Now there's a poster!
Let's just hope the word gets out that's our biggest problem at this point.
awesome post!
And my son proudly serving with the Iowa National Guard in Afghanistan. I am copying this article and emailing to the kid. I'm sure he and his buddies will be sure to vote.
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