I think one needs to separate the military veteran from the politician. That's right, either party, they are politicians who decided to utilize their military service as platform to vault them into political career.
Remember also, that people who are supporters of one party or the other aren't politicians, they just identify with that party's platform.
It is a free country and as bad as I hate to admit it, there a few with a (D) behind their name that are actually decent people who actually stand for sopmething other than the leftist drivel. They are few and far between, but retiring Senator Zell Miller of Georgia (D) is one of them, he is also a fellow Marine - OOORRAAHH!!
If you separate the veteran from the politician, you will see what I mean. Example: George McGovern was a highly decorated WW II pilot, but when he became a politician years later, he was a liberal and a dove, (he also got CLOBBERED in '72 by Nixon).
Let's get as many as we can to vote for George W in November!
Hi Chieftain and thanks again for your insight. Your advice to separate the veteran from the politician is sound. Another vet friend of mine said something similar - that I should separate what they did from what they are doing.
I guess it's a bit naive for me to hold someone, even a hero, to a heroic standard for the entire rest of their lives. But the men I know at work and at church who served in combat are heroes to me, and everytime I see them I think of them as heroes. A kind word or pat on the back from them is a humbling and moving experience.
So it's hard for me to draw that distinction between the past and the present, but it's part of life I suppose. As I hope my tag line makes clear, there is only One Who is really worthy of praise.
Take care Chieftain. I'll look forward to the honor of talking with you on some other thread in the future.