Posted on 01/31/2004 7:07:00 AM PST by billorites
The second mitigating factor is George Bushs' actions since taking office. His actions of restoring our military strength and morale, both damaged under Clinton, must be taken into account.
As for the charge of it being 'unusual' for a Harvard graduate to be commissioned a 'Second Luey', that is pure BS. Second Leuy is the lowest rank he could be commissioned, there is nothing lower. Would the military like to get a Harvard grad? Well, I'll let you figure that one out.
Are we talking the 88% of registered GOP'ers or those oh so conservative indies that are breaking for the leftists ?
American Research Group Poll. Jan. 27-29, 2004. N=768 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5 (total sample). |
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"If the election for president were being held today between George W. Bush, the Republican, and the Democratic nominee for president, for whom would you vote: Bush or the Democratic nominee?" Options rotated |
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Republicans | 88 | 2 | 10 |
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Democrats | 9 | 85 | 6 |
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Independents | 46 | 49 | 5 |
Michael Moore is a fat a** lunatic who curiously enough most resembles what he actually is. A boil on the butt of the country. Heh, heh, take it easy. I was joking
I think he was the Pope once too.
Since John Effin mentions he served in Vietnam everytime he opens his mouth, it's kind of hard not to know.
Mister Conason, you intend to collect social security at some point, don't you?
Social security is available only to human beings.
And we know that the charge of calling you a human being is unmistakably fraudulent.
Joe has sand in his vagina.
I don't know why don't you ask him? But since his father was a pilot (mine was to by the way WW2) it is not surprising that the son wanted to follow in the father foot steps. Recent history underlining that point.
Listen, I is not my fault that Bush is not a war hero, or even a combat vet. He did what a lot of elites did. Could very well be that his family (Mom and Dad) talked him into avoiding active services in Vietnam. Lot's of Moms and Pop were doing the same. So stop giving me a hard time. I don't have a problem with Bush's service record.
Personal insult deliberately ignored this time.
Joe Conason is a complete moron.
Any ROTC grad can get "extraordinary commission as a second lieutenant."
We used to call them 90-day-wonders.
Saying again: JOE CONASON IS A COMPLETE MORON.
You guys are killing me!!! This is the first time that I've heard being commissioned a 2LT as extraordinary! I would hardly classify my two years as a butterbar as extraordinary.
I guess I better not run for public office either (not that Mrs. NHN would allow it). I evaded the draft by accepting a 4 year ROTC scholarship. However, I did serve in the Army for 8+ years. The closest I ever got to combat was when my jeep was clipped by an M-60 tank during REFORGER '77.
Based on the stance now taken by the loony left, such service does not qualify.
Just one question: why doesn't Conason spend as much time investigating BillyJeff's draft evasion, as he spends on Bush's honorable service in the National Guard?
Not that I'm qualified to ask reasonable questions. After all, I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes (C-123s, C-130s, and C-141s) while in the Army.
I'll take the First Answers to Rhetorical Questions for 500, Alex.
If you look at the next poll which outs a name to the rat candidate you can see that more GOP'ers fall into voting for Bush (perhaps they believe they are unsure because they don't know the rat candidate. Also, more rats go for Bush.
But that oh so conservative minded indie's flock for the liberal. This means the folks that say Bush is going to lose because of his liberal moves are dead wrong. In fact based on the polls, he needs to bring the liberal indies into his camp.
What if the election for president were being held between George W. Bush, the Republican, and John Kerry, the Democrat, for whom would you vote: Bush or Kerry?" Names rotated |
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Republicans | 89 | 3 | 8 |
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Democrats | 12 | 81 | 7 |
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Independents | 39 | 55 | 6 |
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