[Vision2020] Kerry's military record, redux.
Pat Kraut
pkraut@moscow.com
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:49:12 -0700
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If any of you care it is not Bush or the Repubs that went after Kerry on =
this...he lied to ABC news who didn't like it and showed his flopping on =
this issue. He did it himself. Check it out somewhere besides CNN.=20
I think the whole thing is completely out of purportion to the =
importance it actually has today. We each make decisions based on what =
we know at that time. As we grow and change, as times change, we make =
different decisions and often wish we had in our past. But, time won't =
go backwards so we have to look at what todays decisions are.=20
My brother went into the National Guard and stayed there for 35 years. =
It has brought him many benefits and praise God not any war service.
Kerry has done public service and so has Bush. I for one am much more =
interested in who they are today. And what they are doing today than =
what they did in 1970 anything.=20
PK
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Pat Kraut=20
To: vision2020=20
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Kerry's military record, redux.
My brother took a 'college deferment' also...a lot of people did. It =
was popular at the time.
PK
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Joan Opyr=20
To: Vision2020 Moscow=20
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Kerry's military record, redux.
Dick writes:
>I've been on the road all day listening to the conservative talk =
shows and=20
>someone needs to let these idiots know that most medals also have =
ribbons which=20
>are the same symbol. Some affairs you wear your medals and other =
affairs you=20
>only wear the ribbons which are symbolic for medals. The news =
people seem to=20
>not understand. The medal/ribbon issue was chewed and chewed on =
today by the=20
>talk shows.
Gosh. I wonder if this ignorance regarding medals and ribbons has =
anything to do with fact that many of our right-wing pundits have =
Vietnam-era service records that look a lot like Dick "Five Deferments" =
Cheney's? =20
Check out the Chickenhawk Database at =
http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=3Dlist&category=
=3D%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks
Some highlights:
Bill Bennett : college deferment
Bill O'Reilly: college deferment
Rush Limbaugh: college deferment
Michael Savage: college deferment
Dennis Hastert: bad knees
Saxby Chambliss: trick knee
Tom DeLay: wanted to serve but discovered that "blacks and hispanics =
had taken all the good spots" =20
Well, darn those glory-hogging blacks and hispanics. What were they =
doing on the front lines, taking bullets that ought to have been =
reserved for fat white Texan bug exterminators?
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>If any of you care it is not Bush or the Repubs =
that went=20
after Kerry on this...he lied to ABC news who didn't like it and showed =
his=20
flopping on this issue. He did it himself. Check it out somewhere =
besides=20
CNN. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I think the whole thing is completely out of =
purportion to=20
the importance it actually has today. We each make decisions based on =
what we=20
know at that time. As we grow and change, as times change, we make =
different=20
decisions and often wish we had in our past. But, time won't go =
backwards so we=20
have to look at what todays decisions are. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>My brother went into the National Guard and =
stayed there=20
for 35 years. It has brought him many benefits and praise God not any =
war=20
service.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Kerry has done public service and so has Bush. I =
for one=20
am much more interested in who they are today. And what they are doing =
today=20
than what they did in 1970 anything. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>PK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] =
Kerry's=20
military record, redux.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>My brother took a 'college deferment' also...a =
lot of=20
people did. It was popular at the time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>PK</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dauntiestablishment@hotmail.com=20
href=3D"mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dvision2020@moscow.com=20
href=3D"mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 26, 2004 =
7:33=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] =
Kerry's=20
military record, redux.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dick writes:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>I've been on the road all day listening to the =
conservative=20
talk shows and <BR>>someone needs to let these idiots know that =
most=20
medals also have ribbons which <BR>>are the same symbol. Some =
affairs you=20
wear your medals and other affairs you <BR>>only wear the ribbons =
which=20
are symbolic for medals. The news people seem to <BR>>not =
understand. The=20
medal/ribbon issue was chewed and chewed on today by the =
<BR>>talk=20
shows.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gosh. I wonder if this ignorance regarding medals and =
ribbons has=20
anything to do with fact that many of our =
right-wing pundits have=20
Vietnam-era service records that look a lot like Dick "Five =
Deferments"=20
Cheney's? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Check out the Chickenhawk Database at <A=20
=
href=3D"http://wwwnhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=3Dlist&a=
mp;category=3D%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks">http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin=
/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=3Dlist&category=3D%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks=
</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some highlights:<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Bill Bennett : college deferment</DIV>
<DIV>Bill O'Reilly: college deferment</DIV>
<DIV>Rush Limbaugh: college deferment</DIV>
<DIV>Michael Savage: college deferment</DIV>
<DIV>Dennis Hastert: bad knees</DIV>
<DIV>Saxby Chambliss: trick knee</DIV>
<DIV>Tom DeLay: wanted to serve but discovered that =
"blacks and=20
hispanics had taken all the good spots" =
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Well, darn those glory-hogging blacks and hispanics. What =
were=20
they doing on the front lines, taking bullets that ought to=20
have been reserved for fat white Texan bug =
exterminators?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV><BR clear=3Dall>
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