Posted on 10/04/2007 1:26:54 PM PDT by Roberts
An Air America producer just sent over some transcript from an interview their Richard Greene (not our Richard Greene) conducted with Elizabeth Edwards, in which she questioned Rush Limbaugh's Vietnam exemption:
My classmates went to Vietnam, he did not. He was 4F. He had a medical disability, the same medical disability that probably should have stopped him from spending a lifetime in a radio announcer’s chair; but it is true, isn’t it? If he has an inoperable position that allows him not to serve, presumably it should not allow him to sit for long periods of time the way he does. I think this is a serious enough offense for the people who fund him, who buy ads and allow him to be on the air, need to be asked if this is what they really stand for, do they think it is alright for someone who has never served to denigrate the men and women who have simply because they are expressing an opinion. Frankly, I thought that is what we are fighting for.
In the interview, Edwards also suggested that John Kerry shouldn't have conceded when he did in 2004.
RG: Were you disappointed that Senator Kerry conceded as quickly as he did?
EE: I was very disappointed, not just because we did not count the votes, but because we promised people that if they stood in line and fought for the right to vote, that we would fight with them. And I was very disappointed that the decision was made by the campaign, over John’s objection, not to fight.
Nope.
Your elitist thinking is the problem.
I’ve served and don’t consider myself special just because of that. I now contribute to the American economy by working in manufacturing, helping my company and its shareholders pay their taxes. I work alongside people who are the undeniable ENGINE of America.
There are plenty of Americans out there working jobs, running factories, growing our food. To declare yourself special because you served in the military is exactly the type of thinking Our Founders were guarded against.
We wouldn’t have the bullets nor beans if not for the American CITIZENS who created this economy, paid the taxes and built the weapons that arm our military.
The military exists to SERVE, not to rule.
Her ‘husband’ served honorably in Vietnam and received twelve purple hears. No draft dodger he.
why is MR Betty Edwards like a lobster?
Never said it was a good idea, just that voting eligibility is left up to the states, and so the federal constitution has little to do with it. Oh it does proscribe some reasons for not allowing someone to vote, but "not a veteran" isn't one of them.
Agreed.
[ROTFLOLOL!
That is fantastic, potlatch!]
Thank you DC. It’s good for a laugh anyway and we have posted the song, “I Feel Pretty” on Edwards graphics a few times, lol.
THAT’S the one, lol!!
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Great stuff!
So was mine!
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Of course!
LSLM!
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