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Kerry gets away with claiming to be a tough guy because of Vietnam....

Posted on 09/24/2004 10:14:01 AM PDT by MarkEsq

For all the back and forth on Kerry and Vietnam, isn't the most fundamental point that he gets away with his tactic of trying to prove he's tough by saying he was in a hero in Vietnam for a few months? The man has been in the Senate for over 20 years, and has a liberal, vacillating record that he never talks about. He by his own admission came back from Vietnam a changed man. How does Vietnam service, then, prove he's a tough guy as commander in chief? The entire proposition is wrong, wrong, wrong--but he gets away with framing the debate that way and you can't get the mainstream media to talk about his actual Senate record for a minute...


TOPICS: Issues
KEYWORDS: vietnamcourage

1 posted on 09/24/2004 10:14:03 AM PDT by MarkEsq
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To: MarkEsq
Kerry "...was in a hero in Vietnam for a few months...."

"Don't ask, don't tell" is the policy supported by that other site.
2 posted on 09/24/2004 10:21:10 AM PDT by Chummy ("I Rather Know when I See BS." RepublicanAttackSquad.biz: "A vote 4 Kerry is a vote 4 Osama")
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To: MarkEsq

Have no fear, my friend. Kerry's record will haunt him come debate time.


3 posted on 09/24/2004 12:54:08 PM PDT by republicanisright
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To: MarkEsq

This is the World of Commander McBragg
Your hair will curl in the World of McBragg.
He fights monsters galore
And then asks for still more
Or so says the brag of McBragg.
When on the hill the marines plant a flag
They may be led by Commander McBragg.
With a cannon in hand
He can beat any band
Or so says the brag of McBragg.
Fencing and fighting and round table knighting
And slaying of dragons, too.
Shipping and sailing and great harpoon whaling
There's nothing McBragg can't do.
Hunting and trapping and gold miner mapping
And flying to Timbuktu.
Roping and riding and Indian guiding
Commander McBragg comes through.
This is the World of Commander McBragg
Your head will whirl in the World of McBragg.
He can do anything
In his world he's a king
Or so says the brag of McBragg


4 posted on 09/24/2004 11:24:03 PM PDT by Always Independent
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To: republicanisright

I think he has to win the debates to win the election, and has to win clearly. I also think those underestimating George Bush are making a big mistake. His likeability and incumbency will defeat Kerry's stridency. Kerry has a big problem: he HAS to attack to make an impression. But if he does, Bush can, if he handles it properly, look more Presidential and likeable...


5 posted on 09/25/2004 9:29:39 AM PDT by MarkEsq
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To: republicanisright

Bruce Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks are more of a traitor to our country then John Kerry. He has a web site using Sony music company with other artist aimed at our youth and cutting the troops and our President to the core.Cutting and hacking Vietnam Veterans.He has encouraged kids to hate our troops. In Ohio this week a soldier PFC Foster Barton c/o Jeb Phillips Columbus Dispatch 34 South 3rd Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 was beat and he was here to recover from being shot in Iraq.Write him here at this address to tell him we do support you.We want world peace and we cannot have it till the terrorists are gone.Imagine how the troops will feel when he goes back and tells his story.He went to hear Have You Forgotten Toby Keith who actually is not even for the war himself.He was beat at the concert and NO ONE helped him. The kids who beat him say this is for Bruce. I now know why. In his web site sponsored by Sony He Pearl Jam Dixie Chicks and more are cutting our troops down to the core.Al Jazzer has Kerry on the front of its web site this week calling the Prime minister a Liar so it does not surprise me that the groups who call themselves Artist are trying to create homegrown terrorists.He calls the war a Quagmire.Famous words used before congress from a man called John Kerry who was a traitor to his country.Now in Rolling Stone Magazine is Brice Springsteen repeating the traitor and on his web site.The Vietnam Veterans say they will not allow Kerry or Springsteen to hurt our troops. What do you say??? Will you support these artists and stand back and do nothing while Bruce beats our troops up in the name of John Kerry?? The nerve of the man and some of the trash he has put on his web site to enjoy the freedom he has. We should send him to Iraq to live in the cell with Saddam. The Dixie Chicks and Pearl Jam can go to keep him company. Not only did this happen to the soldier this week but in Ohio people were trying to have a peace lightup for the 1,000 soldiers who have given their lives. It was interrupted by kids who started beating on them and screaming anti war protests. Now I know people can disagree but not protest with violence. If you go across the country in the newspaper boards the discussions are that this is happening in other places then Ohio. The newspaper are not reporting it because they know the violence is coming from the Democrats in the name of John Kerry and Michael Moore. In Moveon.org and moveon.pac they sponsor organizations called Youth 4 Socialism and Anarchist Black Cross and A31 Coalition and more such groups. These groups promote hate on their site. If you go to the links you can find the name moveon.org and pac and Moore and more homegrown terrorists groups.Bruce thinks he is doing so much by posting the filth is put on his web site. He could be helping with his money like Gary Sinise but he chooses to be a worm.Bruce's fans cut Sinise down and call it a web site not for the weak hearted. It shows kids getting school supplies from our soldiers. It shows the new hospitals and some of the great work our soldiers are doing with the help of Sinise and some more real men.John Kerry picked to appear on The Daily Show, Regis and Kelly and Regis gave his money to Bush, Letterman, and Dr.Phil.Kerry says he is trying to convince women and an untapped source of kids to vote for him.He says he is trying to reach a source who do not read. We read John Kerry and we know that you are trying to corrupt our youth with your only want being Power.Run over anybody to get it including our troops and country.You sat their in Congress for years and we say who the heck do you think you are?President Bush will be on a real man's show this week on Fox news. O'Reilly will have him Monday,Tuesday, and Weds.Kerry will not appear on the show because he has flipped and flopped so much he knows that O'Reilly will make this show up.Bruce talks about the relationship to France and now it is coming out how the Un took money from under the table.Well Bruce if you do not like it here go to France and stay and leave us alone.Take all the other moveon group with you.Bruce is saying he will take President Bush down. Will he??? NO Bruce and Sony Music we will take you down.


6 posted on 09/26/2004 8:57:28 AM PDT by helpmycountry (Kerry Free chicken in every Pot is not Free)
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To: MarkEsq
I agree. His life's highlights were 30+ years ago, and are questionable at best. I have been a police officer for the past 15+ years and would never think to claim any kind of "tough guy" status, even though my butt's been on the line the entire time, not merely for 4 months. For those who may question my sacrifice, I have been injured by others (criminals) on 5 occasions and hospitalized twice during my career. I required surgery to correct my injuries for two of the incidents.

JFK's measly 4 months is a slap in the face to those who suffered true hardships and suffering during the war.
7 posted on 10/03/2004 10:14:42 PM PDT by left handed righty
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