I could not agree more! Our problem is that we don't hate George Bush. President Bush spent more time learning in basic training, learning to fly, getting qualified to fly the F-102 and then keeping himself qualified than Kerry spent in the service all together. There is simply no comparison between being on a Swift boat for four months and what it takes to become and remain a US Air Force fighter pilot. Very few people are qualified and able to become a fighter pilot. If George Bush had what it takes then his time in the service was a great deal better used as it was than being in another position. It's slap in the face to every person who ever served in the National Guard to portray George Bush's time in the Guard as anything other than fully acceptable.
Your whole post was wonderful---I just highlighted a portion of it.
I wish you worked for USA Today, NBC, or one of the other brain donors who got their dual degree in Journalism / Phys Ed.