That about sums it up, me thinks. You know, this brings up an interesting point. Every presidential race since the beginning of the 20th century has discussed the candidates military service. Back then, military service was just a part of life. When I asked my Dad why he joined the AIr Force back in the 50's, his response was "that was just what you did".
As my generation, and the generation immediately before me, grows into our 30's and 40's and begin to increasingly populate the "voting age demographic", I think we'll find military service of less and less importance. Perhaps this past election was a first inclination that this has already begun. So many of us these days have never been in the military, and never intend to be, that Bush's rather easy stint in the military vs. Kerry's comparatively more rigorous, just didn't make the same impression that it might have even 10 years ago. > > Mr. Kerry's campaign advisors were just moronic to push his Vietnam > record forward when they knew he had protested the war and that he'd > already crossed swords with vets on that issue. > > It was an error so amatuerish that it's shocking they didn't see it. > This thread is the only possible result: a bunch of hearsay arguments > about what really happened (something we'll never know). > > For a time Mr. Kerry had the opportunity to set the character debate > and he comes out with Vietnam? Mr. Bush's weak point has always been > the economy and his betrayal of conservative ideals - attack him > there. > > Secondly, Mr. Kerry totally blew the abortion debate which you have to > expect. It was just bad strategy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153652 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
