[mtntop3]

Excellent. May we keep this front and center.

[NonValueAdded]

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[Alex Murphy]

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[misterrob]

Thanks for this piece. Most people probably won't bother to read it but it tells a story of a guy who met the requirements for service. Was he a war hero? No but then again, who said he was supposed to be. Another issue to consider is the smearing of the Guard by the democrats. They have made it sound like it was a joke to serve there, that there were no requirements and that by joining the Guard you were a draft dodger and a scumbag.

[IRBlondie]

Leadership, eh. Sounds Presidential to me.

[concerned about politics]

Democrats knew Kerry wasn't exactly what he said he was. Bush's records were suppose to be worse so they could use them to protect Kerry.
Bush released all his records without fear, because there was nothing bad in them. He let the world see them all.
Not so with Kerry. His records are so bad, he hides them in shame.
Hannity was hammering a Kerry spokesman last night on FOX, asking him if Kerry will be like Bush and sign an F180. The guy wouldn't answer. He kept trying to change the subject.

[IRBlondie]

Leadership, eh. Sounds presidential to me. Thanks for piece.

[EdReform]

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[Christian4Bush]

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[tsmith130]

I've said this numerous time on FR...I think it's a big mistake for the Dems to bash Guard Service as something "lesser". Nothing like alienating another military group. I'm sure the National Guardsmen in Iraq or Afghanistan won't take to kindly to it.

[chuknospam]

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[Horatio Gates]

Bump

[4woodenboats]

Thanks. Saved it for future reference. Great find :)

[pointsal]

PING FOR RESERVIST DUTY--- THANKS.

[Question_Assumptions]

In the post election analysis, it's going to be impossible to avoid the conclusion that the mainstream press was actively working to get Kerry elected. Frankly, I think Kerry's toast. Bush hasn't even started his attack. A few rounds of "Kerry claims he can get things done but what memorable thing did he do during 20 years in the senate?" combined with the fallout from the second SwiftVets ad and Kerry's flip-flopping and I think he has no place to go but down.

[Uncle Vlad]

Odd thing that you don't see a group out there called the "Alabama National Guard Pilots for Truth," isn't it?

[mountainfolk]

Thanks for the post on Pres Bush's military service. The most pertinent part to me is the very damaging, and continuing, slow response the Republican party in general and the Bush White House in particular has to serious situations that they allow to fester and grow. At least they do respond at some point unlike past elections but it seems to always be a day late and a dollar short. It's like Republican campaign managers simply cannot conceive of, or accept, the absolute evil inherent in the RAT party. RAT SOP is to throw out anything and build on it till the public accepts it as fact and by the time the GOP takes the matter seriously, the lie is ingrained. It is only after the RATS draw blood that the campaigns respond. The RATS even joke about the "dumb" party because they know how much they get by with before we strike back.

[SPRINK]

This is sad...I have not heard this story...I am beginning to despise the people in the press. It may be dishonest of Kerry's people to put the worst light on things but it is the medias resposibility to point out the facts not advance the lies.
The swiftboat coverage is a prime example of the maddening bias of the media.