Posted on 09/09/2004 4:58:56 PM PDT by alydar
The DNC has nicknamed its effort "Operation Fortunate Son" after a Creedence Clearwater Revival anti-war anthem from the 1960s. The song speaks of the privileged few, "born silver spoon in hand," who send others to war.
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I really have such contempt for these people even as I try to amuse myself with their efforts. The so called progressives are lost in some kind of 60s culture. They have a war hero/hero protester running for President, they are dragging out the music of that era to name their campaign strategies and they have a bunch of has been musicians touring the country trying to get the magic back. They are pathetic. When I was in school in the 70's I was always thankful it wasn't the 60s, now these goofs are treating it like the golden age.
Ben Barnes is more than just a long-time Dem activist.
This is what Ben is most famous for.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/mqs1.html
Believe it or not, this is probably the most memorable scandal in Texas history.
"Actually, at the time Kerry served on her Gridley was technically a "frigate," DLG-21."
Interesting. Thank you, I did not know that. I love Free Republic, you learn something new every day around here. ;-)
She was a rather small cruiser, referred to as a "hermaphrodite" cruiser when I was in. Kind of a "jack of all trades." Nowhere near the same as the full-blown cruisers like the Chicago and the Long Beach, and smaller than the Spruance class destroyers.
I was on a destroyer, USS Berkeley, DDG-15, and she was somewhat larger than we were. I think that we outgunned her, though. She had a helo deck aft instead of weapons systems. She did have a dual-arm missle launcher though, while ours was a "one-armed bandit."
And nobody perceives Kerry as "privileged", right?
I discerned this talking point throughout the day including Dana Millbank with the WaPo telling it to the fatuous Keith Olbermann.
That would make this the second old song that the Democrats have destroyed. First it was Ronstadt inexplicably using Desperado for Michael Moore and now it's Fortunate Song from the mouth of a traitor. Nice. Loved both songs- can now listen to neither without mass annoyance.
The theory only holds true if the mainstream media exposes the forgery. So far, only Fox and ABC have cast doubts.
We'll know more in a few days. (I'm still waiting for the Sandy Burglar story to break . . .)
DU...YAWN
Very sick.
I saw several dems like Wolfson looking very pleased with themselves today.
I agree. Feel the same way about a number of artists.
I believe that may well have been the whole idea behind what looks like a very sloppily done forgery.
I thought you were in NY a few years ago. Anyway, I do best at craps when I don't bring a woman with me:) Nothing below the radar to think about, you know:):)
Be sure to tell your boss that John Kerry got the same FOUR 2-S deferments that Dick Cheney got -- and that he tried to get a FIFTH one by asking his draft board to let him go to France to study the next year; when they turned him down, he enlisted in the NAVAL RESERVE -- NOT THE NAVY so he wouldn't be drafted into the Army.
Per Boston Globe regarding Kerry's request for swift boats - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/07/wkerr07.xml
"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."
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Per the Telegraph regarding Kerry's request to avoid Vietnam to study in Paris - http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml
Al Gore. He, accompanied by his bodyguard, took photos for Stars and Stripes of USO performances. He was assigned to follow Nancy Sinatra from stop to stop--at least the safe ones.
Exactly. They can't stand that our guy is the real deal while they're stuck with Clintons and Kerry and the rest of their bozo-like losers.
I guess the big difference is that it is all the RATs have to run on this time and the MSM will give them unlimited time to slime W to their heart's content.
i'll be sure and pass that one on too....though all it does is get him all fired up again and I have to listen to the rants and raves....the happiest day of his life (i think) was when i introduced him to bush-41....he is a total republican and absolutely loves the bushes....
Let the Democrats keep throwing mud. Its going to backfire on them.
I think they just rolled snake-eyes.
Classic! And how true it is!
That's OK - they're right smack in the middle of Operation: Footbullet!
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