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Skriven 2004-08-12 15:28:40 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
     Kommentar till en text av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Another analysis
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Hey, TIM.

 RJ>>> At issue is whether Bush was, technically at least, a deserter in
 RJ>>> his fourth year of National Guard service, when he requested a
 RJ>>> transfer to Guard duties in Alabama so he could assist a Republican
 RJ>>> senatorial campaign there.

 JH>> Don't bet on it, Frank.  Cal Thomas had a rather long column in the
 JH>> paper today about how these questions about Kerry's military and
 JH>> Vietnam service are legitimate questions.  Why?  Two reasons:  1. He
 JH>> has been trying to sell his leadership ability and courage under fire
 JH>> based on his alledged Vietnam record, and 2. He has made a big deal of
 JH>> Bush's record, trying to get traction by saying he was AWOL, etc.

 JH>> He can't have it both ways, and I have to tell you, we conservatives
 JH>> would WELCOME him into a courtroom to try to take legal action for
 JH>> what the Swift Boat guys are saying.  WELCOME IT!

 JH>> This is not going away and it won't do him any good.

 FS>> I'm certain it won't go away, but, from my standpoint the closer
 FS>> his actions are to *today* the more important.  After all the
 FS>> Vietnam War was three decades ago while his Senate record is
 FS>> fairly recent.

 FS>> I think his Vietnam record is largely a wash.  People can use the
 FS>> swift boats challengers to knock him down while supporters can
 FS>> use his official record in that war to build him up.  I don't
 FS>> care much for his Vietnam record in general.

 TR> The problem Kerry has is he pretty well made his so-called war record a
 TR> part of the presidential campaign on the night he accepted (make that
 TR> read `went through the formality') the nomination.

 TR> He stepped right up to the podium in `military record' mode with his
 TR> "reporting for duty". They have been slamming Bush on his National
 TR> Guard service, while trumpheting Kerry's Vietnam record.

 TR> The problem is, Kerry's Vietnam record is beginning to not pass the
 TR> smell test.

 TR> He claims to have spent Christmas eve in 1968 in Cambodia, being shot
 TR> at by the South Vietnamese, who were celebrating something or other.

 TR> Its unlikely they were celebrating Christmas, since the vast majority
 TR> of the country (Vietnam `and' Cambodia) were Budhist.

 TR> And the Vietnamese New Year was still several weeks away.

 TR> So the question is, `what' were the South Vietnamese celebrating?

 TR> Most of the people in the unit at the time dispute his claim. Members
 TR> of his crew at the time are strangely silent on the `being shot at in
 TR> Cambodia' front.

 TR> Kerry thought he could just walk up and claim a whole block of votes
 TR> among Vietnam Veterans, by touting his status as a veteran of that war.

 TR> His biggest problem is he's caused far more `focus' on his Vietnam
 TR> service than he thought would be brought to bear. Now, some of the
 TR> things he's stated over the years are coming back to haunt him.

 TR> Its like the Kennibunkport police department waiting for just several
 TR> weeks before the last election to release the report of Bush's DUI
 TR> arrest way back when..... as if anyone cares. Lots of people have had
 TR> DUI's. People who are good solid members of the community. Its no
 TR> disgrace. Last time I looked, alchohol is legal in America. Even cops
 TR> get DUI's now and again. So do judges. So what?

 TR> That was a cheap underhanded trick, that someone like Hillary Clinton
 TR> would think up.

 TR> A few days before the election popping up with a question like; `well,
 TR> what about these charges of fraud and money laundering in Mexico City
 TR> back in the late `60's? When are they going to be resolved with the
 TR> Justice Department?'

 TR> By the time people find out there `aren't' any such charges, and the
 TR> candidate has never even been in Mexico in their life, the damage is
 TR> done and the election has been influenced away from that candidate.

 TR> They tried to paint George W. Bush as a draft dodger (ignoring
 TR> Clinton's draft dodging, of course), but it didn't wash. Bush was in
 TR> the Texas Air National Guard, and flew war planes.

 TR> They looked into thirty year old paper work, and found some `i' that
 TR> hadn't been dotted, and a few `t's' that hadn't been crossed correctly,
 TR> and tried to make something out of it. But that didn't wash either.

 TR> Some thirty year old paper work is missing (gee, in thirty years a lot
 TR> can happen to paper work) and right away the loony left start chiming
 TR> `AWOL, AWOL'!

 TR> Kerry tried to make his war record a big deal, but its coming around to
 TR> bite him on the ass.

 TR> So now, they're gearing up the old `well......that was thirty some
 TR> years ago. Do we `really' care what happened thirty some years ago?'

Well-said.  Couldn't have said it better myself.

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