<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>It should be noted that President Barack Obama became "of age" several years after service in the US armed forces became voluntary and Mitt Romney, after four deferments during Vietnam, went off to live in a mansion in France.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess that patriotism is whatever you make of it.<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 2, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; ">This year marks the first year since </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1944" style="color: rgb(149, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; ">Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey faced off against each other in 1944</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; "> that neither major party candidate for President will have served in the military at some point in their life</span> <span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/does-it-matter-if-a-presidential-candidate-never-served-in-the-military/"><a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/does-it-matter-if-a-presidential-candidate-never-served-in-the-military/">http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/does-it-matter-if-a-presidential-candidate-never-served-in-the-military/</a></a> <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> viz <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 2, 2012 6:48 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Have You Ever . . .<br> </font> </div> <br>
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So the people (ie all of us) have the right to know why Romney/Ryan disrespected the Flag & Troops at the RNC? My guess is that this supposed disrespect was not intentional, that they'd be wondering what all the fuss (if any) was about, and if they sensed major fallout they'd issue a mea culpa in order to try to save votes. Otherwise, if they were intentionally disrespecting the Flag/Troops, it would be simply to 'get votes' although I'd question this type of vote getting strategy.<br><br>-Scott<br><br><div><hr id="yiv1758384261stopSpelling">CC: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>From: <a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a></a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Have You Ever . . .<br>Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 18:28:04 -0700<br>To: <a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a><br><br><div>Scott Dredge inquires . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"<span class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Tahoma; ">And how many others do you think have also
been offended by this oversight that they'll withdraw their support for the GOP?"</span></div><div><font class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:15px;">Well, Mr. Dredge -</span></font></div><div><font class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="yiv1758384261ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:15px;">Being an extremely liberal registered Republican, the liberal in me believes that people have the right to know . . . and the Republican in me asks "why?".<br></span></font><br><div>Seeya round town,
Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 2, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Scott Dredge <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote>And how many others do you think have also been offended by this oversight that they'll withdraw their support for the GOP?</blockquote></div> </div></div>
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