Another Casualty of War? (Barf alert)

DFW Star-Telegram ^ | 8/20/06 | Jim Wright, former Speaker of the House

[Coop]

[Poetry and flowery garbage edited out]

...My point in reminding us of these lingering wounds of war that refuse to be healed is to ask that we take reasoned care to protect ourselves from the ultimate affliction of war -- that we should let it make us so insensitive to verbal venom that Americans begin, self-destructively, to hate and mistrust one another.

That happened to us, tragically, in the bitterly prolonged Vietnam conflict. Americans mistrusted, protested, hated and insulted other Americans for simply disagreeing with them. [Coop note: Who did that, Jimmy?]

Today, our self-appointed jihadist enemies could do the United States no graver injury than setting Americans against one another, imploding our essential unity.

Aggressive partisanship and negative political ads in the 2002 and 2004 elections give us cause to ponder. [Coop note: Who did that, Jimmy?]

Each of our two most recent presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, has been accused by political opponents of lacking patriotism for avoiding service in the Vietnam War. [Coop note: Dubya served, Jimmy. Why are you trying to put him on equal turf with the Impeached Rapist?]

After 9-11, the levels of political bitterness escalated. In 2002, demands for verbal if not actual patriotism grew so great that Sen. Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to combat in Vietnam, was considered insufficiently patriotic by his Georgia constituency and was defeated.

In the 2004 presidential contest, Democratic contender and Vietnam veteran John Kerry -- the holder of three Purple Heart medals for wounds endured in that war -- was slanderously painted as an unpatriotic wimp by a little group of "Swift Boat Veterans." They spent millions of somebody's dollars on TV ads impugning Kerry's courage and honor. Many believe that the damage they wrought to Kerry's public persona was decisive in that close election. [Coop note: Little group, Jimmy? ROTFLMAO!!! They're "decorated Vietnam veterans, Jimmy, over 250 of 'em.]

What irony! While Republicans blamed Cleland and Kerry for not supporting the Iraq war with sufficient enthusiasm, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Kerry's 2004 running mate, was denied renomination Aug. 8 by fellow Democrats in Connecticut. Lieberman was dumped for having voted for the war!

Now the same clique of self-styled "Swift Boat vets," with a new bag of money, announce an expensive television and Internet campaign to discredit and dislodge Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha, another decorated and wounded-in-action Vietnam vet. The same old weary charge: not patriotic enough about Iraq. [Coop note: Why are you lying, Jimmy? VFTT has made it quite clear why we're going after Murtha.]

Let me say just this: I know Jack Murtha. I've observed his voting record since he went to Congress in 1974. No person in either party, in the House or the Senate, has worked harder for American service personnel or done more for our national defense. If Jack Murtha is not a patriot, there is no such thing.

Let's remember, Democrats and Republicans, that this country belongs to us all...

[Coop]

Hey now, they might be running my capitalist-pig response tomorrow! :-)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Alright, then I will go easy on them. They might be lurking about. :P

I wouldn't want to be guilty of ruining your 15 minutes of fame. LOL

[facedown]

Maybe he's getting ready to cut and paste another "book".

[freema]

Check out Coop's letter.

[NormsRevenge]

http://www.irey.com/



HELP

http://www.bootmurtha.com/

[Coop]

BTTT

[freema]

You know that "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit that the "Friends" and Cindy Sheehan put together? It might be an idea for everyone going to the rally to bring a pair of boots....

[Chieftain]

In 2002, demands for verbal if not actual patriotism grew so great that Sen. Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to combat in Vietnam, was considered insufficiently patriotic by his Georgia constituency and was defeated.

Wrong, Jimmy! Max Cleland lost three limbs to the fact that he dropped his own grenade after getting tanked.

[Marine_Uncle]

A big Semper Fi to you coop. As usual you stand firm and do not hesitate to say what must be said. And your words only reflect a fair appraisal of the situation. Hopefully enough screw balls that don't know a flies *ss about honor and integrity in our military shall over the course of time start to get it, after receiving enough of rebutals that direct their attention to their total lack of attention to historical details. To many pansy *ss liberal schools over the years have turned these nitwits into real "usefull idiots", but sometimes the right words can create a new awarness in such as these.
Of course this clown is to far gone. But never the less you provided him facts. Let him accept it our go on being an *ss.

[Coop]

Thanks, Unc. No sign of my letter in today's edition, though.

[Marine_Uncle]

Hang in there.

[Coop]

Yep, could be for later this week. Or it may not make it at all. At least I know somebody read it! :-)

[freema]

Please let me know if it's published!

[Coop]

Okay, I'll try to remember

[freema]

: )

[Coop]

Nothing this morning

[freema]

Hmmmmmmm. Sometimes it takes our paper a week or even two.

[Coop]

Veterans Against Murtha

Made it, and mine wasn't the only letter!