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Posted on 12/04/2002 11:33:37 AM PST by OldCorps
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh a while ago and some liberal fool came on and said that Sen. John Kerry had "gravitas" (gag me, I'm so tired of that overused word) because he signed up for service with ___ Pershing and the guy who founded FEDEX. How does that give Sen. Kerry gravitas? It seems to me this vignette shows he (Sen. Kerry) is just a spoiled rich boy.
Then the liberal came up and mentioned Rush's being a draft dodger.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rushlimbaugh; vietnam
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To: AmishDude
I served 1980-1984. Did not see action. Is my critique of "Saving Private Ryan" valid or invalid?
To: Bluntpoint
No but I eat a lot of bananas..........
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:53:43 PM PST
by
breakem
To: breakem
My family says it was caused by them cutting my tail off when I was born.LOL. I've never asked my parents if I was born with a tail, but I don't think a tail is close enough to the offinding orifice.
At any rate I was free of these buggars during my service. Must have something to do with diet and exercise.
83
posted on
12/04/2002 12:53:51 PM PST
by
js1138
To: OldCorps
Rather than make a vanity post, I thought this might be a good thread on which to ask a Rush question. Rush was asking yesterday what Mary, Tony, and someone else had in common, but I didn't hear the answer. Just gots ta know. Who was the someone else and what was the answer? Thanks to anyone who can answer.
dof
To: AllSmiles
I'm confused (I know, not hard).
You're the guy that called in originally asking about Rush's Vietnam status or were you another caller?
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:54:00 PM PST
by
Fury
To: Cannon6
"Where is the outrage? People are talking about Rush lack of military service but no one has posted anything about clinton. Why is that?"
Maybe it's just me, but must EVERYTHING on Free Republic relate back to Clinton? How about if we start a thread about, *ahem*, obsessions?
86
posted on
12/04/2002 12:54:05 PM PST
by
mg39
To: Fury
Funny were talking about this, after all these years, in a nation where the Commander in Chief (though I prefer that position be filled by someone whos served) is a civilian by design, whose founders recognized that the decision to go to war was essentially a political one, vested in our representatives, not the military.
I assume Rush wasnt anxious to go (Id bet he had the option to try surgery, and come back), which doesnt make his condition illegitimate. MHT and wardaddy touch on what I think it the most important factor, this was probably occurring in 70-71 during the drawdown. Didnt need as many bodies, and why buy one with a medical condition the military would become responsible to treat.
87
posted on
12/04/2002 12:54:20 PM PST
by
SJackson
To: TheCause
PLEASE post a picture of an ANAL CYST!!!! See post 87
88
posted on
12/04/2002 12:55:08 PM PST
by
SJackson
To: mg39
It's a strange but true fact that Rush got out of serving in Vietnam because of (hold your hat), an anal cyst.
Did the cyst go on to be a Democrat senator?
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:55:16 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: breakem
Are you that guy who used to throw his feces at me when I cut through his back yard on my way to the young republicans' club?
To: SJackson
Thanks for posting that picture and the good comments. What a hoot the picture is! LOL
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:56:02 PM PST
by
Fury
To: jsraggmann
You speak for yourself alone. I don't put much credance in the opinion of warmongers that didn't spend one minute in defense of their country. Military service is important to some of us. And you speak for your self-alone. This former Marine doesnt give a rat's a** weather he served or not. What I DO care about is weather someone supports the PROPER use of the military in the defense of this nation and its interests. Rush does.
To: AmishDude
What about my father who volunteered in '65, knowing he wasn't going to college, hoping to get a quicker tour of duty, but was rejected because of a foot long metal plate holding his shin together.Nope, their opinion has been rendered null and void. Also, anyone other than a law enforcement officer is now unable to argue for vigorous policing against crime. After all, some cops will die in the process, and only someone who has risked their life fighting crime has the right to advocate putting them in harm's way.
To: Bluntpoint
In your case, it seems that if you liked Saving Private Ryan, your opinion is valid, but if you disliked it, your opinion is invalid. But, I can't tell for sure.
To: js1138
On e of the posters described how these develop. My doctor told me that some were born with the little pocket and some were not. The pocket can be irritated, fill with liquid, and become inflamed. The doc said that some believe it was a evolutionary thing about tails. Who knows.
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:58:20 PM PST
by
breakem
To: Bluntpoint
How many soldiers were shot and patched up and sent back into action during vietman? They were already in. Rush's cyst would have become the military's responsibility to patch up if drafted. They may not have wanted to bother.
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:58:22 PM PST
by
SJackson
To: Non-Sequitur
John Kerry did a tour in Viet Nam in riverine patrol boats. He came away with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. Doesn't sound like a spoiled rich boy to me.
But his going on to become a Democrat shows some degree of being unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.
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posted on
12/04/2002 12:58:41 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: conservonator
Whether=weather
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To: Britton J Wingfield
Well, I for one, never try to tell my trash collector how to work his compactor thingy.
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