Posted on 10/16/2004 1:43:19 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Kerry slams 'refusal to serve' "For the past week, they attacked my patriotism and my fitness to serve as commander in chief ... well, here's my answer," Senator Kerry said in Ohio. "I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq. "Let me tell you in no uncertain terms what makes someone unfit for office and unfit for duty. Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfit to lead our country. "Doing nothing while this nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to lead this country. Letting 45 million Americans go without health care for four years makes you unfit to lead this country. "Letting the Saudi royal family control the price of oil for Americans makes you unfit to lead this country." Mr Bush spent the Vietnam War in the Texas Air National Guard, and had faced accusations that even then he was absent without leave for long periods. Mr Cheney received five deferments and once explained that he had "other priorities".
AP, AFP
04sep04
NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry declared he had taken enough "incoming" yesterday and blasted back at his Republican antagonists by suggesting George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney were draft dodgers.
In his toughest counter-punch of the campaign, the decorated war hero said he was not going to have his military qualifications questioned by "those who refused to serve" in the Vietnam War.
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Sinclair must be getting under the skin of the commies !
Hmmmmm.
Draft dodger vs traitorous Commie.
History says we pick the draft dodger; after all Slick Willie Clintax was elected twice, wasn't he?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, HE'S LOSING IT!
He's repeating the New Draft lie--talk about being bereft of ideas, he can't even get through one election without showing reruns
Sounds like kerry's paranoia is coming to the fore. Bush has never breathed one word about kerry's service, except to say he "served honorably." But don't hold your breath waiting for a reporter to ask kerry which specific statement Bush made against kerry's service. You'll never hear any of them do that.
Kerry is so far to the left. His windsurfing interfears fith the Japanese fishing fleet.
Big whoop, he served FOUR (4) months! Wow, some BIG war hero!
Prove us wrong!
Oh, yeah -- you'll also never hear a reporter ask kerry about his 4 deferments and his denied request for a 5th one. Seems kerry wanted to "continue his studies," the exact same reason Cheney was deferred. But nope, you'll never hear him asked about that, even though every lamestream reporter in the country is well-aware of it.
One thing everybody needs to be reminded of is that joining the navy was one way to reduce the chances of going to vietnam.
Kerry actually said that ????
I guess he has been paying attention to the sales of "Unfit for Command".
Hey, kerry -- how come we never see you in swim trunks? Could it be that you have no scars from your "purple heart wounds," the ones you were never hospitalized for? Hmmm?
He also rec'd deferments ..
Uh huh.. And he scammed his way out after minor band-aid type wounds.
What a worthless POS. Definitely worse than Sleaseball #42; and that's saying something.
Pop quiz. Who said this?
"It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism. If so, the only exit strategy is victory, this is our common mission and the world's cause. We're in this together. We want to complete the mission while safeguarding our troops, avoiding innocent civilian casualties, disarming Saddam Hussein and engaging the community of nations to rebuild Iraq."
If you said GWB, you'd be wrong.
This was on John Kerry's website circa April 2003. Take a look for yourself - just click on the April 2, 2003 link on this page:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://johnkerry.com
But Kerry's only had one consistent position on Iraq. Right.
Add to that the fact that Kerry himself applied for a student deferment, but was denied.
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