From Hero To Lackey - The Sad State of Max Cleland

Knight Of The Mind ^ | Thursday, August 26, 2004 | .cnI redruM

[.cnI redruM]

Max Cleland degrades himself by working for scary Kerry.

[QQQQQ]

It should be mentioned that President Bush gave him a cushy job.

A $136,000 Link Max Cleland, Bush political appointee.

Max Cleland, who made a staged appearance at the Bush ranch Wednesday, was appointed by President George W. Bush to the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank in 2003. The same Max Cleland who is spending nearly all of his time attacking President Bush is, amazingly enough, a Bush political appointee.

According to a bank spokesman, Cleland makes $136,000 a year off this very cushy job. A couple of questions come to mind here: If Cleland had any decency, wouldn't he resign? Why would he accept a political appointment from a man he so loathes and thinks represents the very worst in American politics? Max Cleland's extremely partisan activities are being subsidized by the American taxpayer.

But, wait, it gets more sinister. There is now a definitive link between President Bush and the attacks against him. This link is as direct as most of the links that have been highlighted between Bush and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth: Bush gave a $136,000 job to one of his attackers and a key member of Kerry's "band of brothers." By the logic of most of the press corps, this means George W. Bush must be responsible for the activities of Kerry campaign's band of brothers (see this chart). Who knows what deep game is being played here, but somebody should call the New York Times.

[canalabamian]

He accidentally picked up a live grenade and suffered mutilation.

This makes sense? Give me a break! He intentionally picked it up. It accidentally went off. Big difference in making Ol' Max look like a victim, or the victim of his own actions.

[.cnI redruM]

Q, Captain's Quarters expounds quite nicely on that point. He writes an exceptional blog.

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/002336.php

[.cnI redruM]

You make a point regarding my semantics. However, it's important to point that what makes Vets like Kerry and Cleland obnoxious is what they did AFTER the war. What Cleland did in Vietnam I respect. He could have gone to Canada and smoked dope.

[DuncanWaring]

Even at this point, Cleland could have shrugged and walked away.

Figuratively speaking...

[hershey]

He was drunk and fooling around when he picked up the grenade. This is why no purple heart.

[Theodore R.]

What is GA Jimmy saying about all this?

[Names Ash Housewares]

It is ironic that Kerry sends a man with multiple limbs missing who has no purple heart to deliver a letter to Bush, when Kerry is athletic, able and has THREE purple hearts.

[Thebaddog]

The story I read was that it was his grenade that fell out of his pack when he was getting out of a helicopter. He did pick it up I guess, after he dropped it.

[Kaslin]

It has not been proven that he was drunk. The grenade however was not from the enemy as there was no combat. that's why no PH

[canalabamian]

I agree, at least he went to VN, but he made a conscious decision to pick up that grenade, it was no accident. Mistake, yes, but deliberate action which required thought and judgment. Max has been getting along for many years by playing on his physical state and the human sympathy which it invokes. Yesterday was a good example: left sleeve rolled down and buttoned at the wrist. Right sleeve garishly pushed over his nub instead of folded or pinned back as he usually wears it. While I respect that he served and paid a sacrifice, it was due to his own actions and poor judgment. He made an admirable comeback from those wounds, unfortunately his judgment has not improved.

[canalabamian]

He was drunk and fooling around when he picked up the grenade. This is why no purple heart.

Correct.

[.cnI redruM]

And it's Max Cleland's atrocious judgment and obnoxious pandering that makes him more of a plastic sympathy-monger than any vet I've ever seen.

[.cnI redruM]

Guess what guys? The Swift Vets are back :)!

http://orsa.blogspot.com/2004/08/swift-boat-vets-torpedo-kerry-again.html

[canalabamian]

My point was that he didn't ACCIDENTALLY pick it up. Max has been handled with kid gloves. See #8.

[canalabamian]

Exactly. Pathetic ain't it. I wish he had more respect for himself.

[.cnI redruM]

I'll be the first to admit I wasn't exactly Rambo when I wore the tree suit, however, I'd have far too much respect for OTHER people who wore the uniform to pull a cheap stunt like Cleland did down in Crawford.

[Ramonan]

Wonder what kind of Drugs Ol' Max is on. He is not even a lacky--He is stage prop for the Demoncrats.

[uncbob]

It should be mentioned that President Bush gave him a cushy job.

Yep Popcorn and awards for Kennedy
Big buck job for Cleeland
Don't Veto CFR to keep McCain happy

Compassionate conservatism really works in winning the hearts and minds of your enemy
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