Posted on 09/03/2004 5:35:36 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
AND NOW HE'S ATTACKING DICK CHENEY
At the same speech last night, The Poodle also took a shot at Vice President Cheney's deferments he received while not serving during the Vietnam War. Amazingly, Kerry still can't let go of the Vietnam War. "The vice president even called me unfit for office last night. I guess I'll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of duty."
So let me get this straight...five deferments to avoid serving is wrong, but three questionable Purple Hearts used to get out of Vietnam after four months is better? Right.
Let's recap: The Kerry/Edwards plan for winning the presidency seems to revolve around a few central themes:
My patriotism is being attacked by the evil Republicans (it isn't, and never has been) They didn't serve in Vietnam, I did (So what...neither did Bill Clinton, and his opponents in '92 and '96 were both war heroes) President Bush misled the nation on Iraq (He didn't, and the evidence exonerates him) Don't bring up my Senate voting record. This is all about my Vietnam service record. Any mention of my Senate voting record is an attack on my patriotism. I snowboard and windsurf. Wouldn't I look good in the White House? Where's the beef? What are their issues? The economy is taking off like a rocket...they've got nothing to talk about, and it shows.
I like how his 4 months of combat time has extended into two tours of duty, insinuating his abbreviated combat time and time on station in a destroyer is equivalent to the more conventional 26-month "two tours of duty" in Vietnam.
Hmm, who is more qualified? Someone who served on a swift boat for 4 months, bugged out, slandered his comrades and his nation, vs someone who was a top business exec, secretary of defense for 4 years, and vice president for 4 years. Real tough choice.
There is also no evidence that when his destroyer was off the coast of Vietnam that he EVER set foot is Vitenam. Also, his cruise was at the MOST 6 months long, where the ship hit many ports in the Pacific and Vietnam was not one of them.
See that is a HUGE point, that would make most people sit down and shut up if it was brought up.
His fixation on Vietnam is so utterly bizarre that I'd like to see a psychological evaluation.
His thin skin, violent verbal reactions, and obsession with VN points to some sort of narcissism.
But narcissism is more generalized, whereas Kerry's version of it seems entirely to revolve around VN.
facts remain in comparing Kerry to Cheney:
Cheney has been WH Chief of Staff, Sec. of Defense and Vice President.
Kerry was in VN for 4 months and the Denate for 20 years without ONE bill to his name that does anything but rename a building or some foolishness.
How is John Edwards escaping this?
Well, in Kerry's speech, as delivered, there were two or three sentences. The one noted here (about Cheney), one about Bush (I forget what it was), and a generic swipe at anybody who would question his patriotism. Those two or three sentences were grouped together, and came off to me as out of place in the flow of "oratory." It was a weak and innefective defense. It was a non-rebuttal rebuttal. Kerry was rather animated as he delivered those three sentences, then switched back into what appeared to be "routine" stump garbage.
Why did Cheney get deferments? Wasn't it for family reasons? Remember reading that one time but I'm not sure
Let's see if I can keep this straight...
George H.W. Bush -- WWII vet-- So what
Dan Quayle -- National Guard -- Bad
Bill Clinton --Draft Dodger --Good
Al Gore -- military journalist -- So what
Bob Dole -- WWII vet -- So what
George W. Bush -- National Guard --Bad
Dick Cheney -- Draft Dodger --Bad
John Kerry -- confessed war criminal -- Good
John Edwards -- Draft Dodger -- So what
I have a headache.
They all know. The absence of reporting is deliberate. THe public is manipulated by the press, quite effectively, I think.
Kerry's backed into a corner right now. All he can do is swing wildly with ad hominem attacks to try and save his tanking campaign. We'll know he's in the death throes when he trots out the AWOL and 30 y/o DUI charges. He's STIll trying to invoke his highly questionable Vietnam service because that is ALL he has. What a wanker! As Zell says, "And, no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry."
Suddenly the VPs Vietnam sevice matters? Or does it? John Edwards certainly never chose to serve in Vietnam or the military at all.
John Kerry and John Edwards: Flip-flop incarnate.
If anyone has any pull with the Swifties, tell them I'll send another donation if they tell the truth about his "two tours of duty" as an aside in a future ad. If they actually totaled the DAYS of his service in Viet Nam, it would show even the stupidest voters that he consistently lies about this point.
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