“But the vets really love [Bush]. That’s why we had those 527 Swiftboat Ads.”
I have to disagree. The swiftboat guys really hated Kerry. See if you can find the old appearance of John (I think it’s John) O’Neil arguing with Kerry on the old Dick Cavett show. He just had a totally justified vendetta against Kerry, and in the end O’Neil prevailed. Hooray! But I’m pretty sure they would have fought against Kerry regardless of who his opponent was.
I watched that video somewhere during the campaign. I guess it might be on Youtube, but did Youtube even exist 4 short years ago?
Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but it was an angle to that whole swiftboat story that was, and remains, unmentioned by the MSM. No surprise there, of course!
I didn’t do river boats, but I like President Bush. The main problem with his Administration is that it was henpecked to the point of castration by many of the most influential constituents (same ones who chose Giuliani, Thompson and Palin...er, McCain). Do any of you remember the chain mails soliciting us to ask Sr. Republicans to put Secretary Rice in office? That’s only one example. Another is the uproar with the attack against putting Dr. Wade Horn in office (pro-family man in DHHS).
And we, of all people (trained to live in holes in the dirt and to work around the clock without sleep—see tagline), are expected to vote out of nothing more than fear of your Democrat soul mates. ...sorry, folks, but my kind know how to live in far rougher conditions than the rest of you.
For no legitimate reason, I was denied the right to continue my Republican voter registration, but I’ve been in countries where such practices were common in government. That environment wasn’t so scary to me, but it will be for you.