sooooo different from these clowns who never served, cheney (it didn't fit into my prorities untill now i guess and george who was out parting) handing out band aids at the convention with purple hearts on them. what an outrage and slam to the families of dead soldiers and war heros. and the american public will swallow this without a word. what have we come to? we are not even seeing the thousands of demonstrators on t.v. and we have a free press? sure we do.
Anthony Currie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But Michael, Surely a "war hero" is allowed to be antiwar.Surely someone who has served in a war is allowed to condemn war... after all, surely they are the ones in the best position to know what they are talking about. I think that the republicans, with their massive media power, are trying to box the argument in... push the argument down a track similar to what you are saying A can't be B...."war hero" can't be "anti-war hero." As I have just shown.... of course they can... in fact, that's the most expected outcome. You and I know war is terrible. We all remember the horror of Vietnam. So one guy comes home, with a few medals, and condemns the war.... bloody good. Shows great character. Tony Currie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McMillan" To: Sent: Saturday, 4 September 2004 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [RHETORIC] Even as we say it, do we dare to say it? > Kerry is going to lose because he, himself doesn't really know who he is. Is > he a war hero or an anti-war hero? An awful lot of vets have figured out who > he is, though, and don't like it one little bit. > > Right now, Kerry thinks it to his advantage to bring up his heroic actions > in 'Nam. Now, in truth I have absolutely no way of knowing, for sure, what > really happened during the time he was in 'Nam on a swift boat, so I'll > leave that for the present combatants to fight it out. What he did after he > came home, though, is a matter of public record. He came home and denounced > his fellow servicemen, in public. When they came home, they were spit upon, > called "baby killers" and in some cases faced physical harm here from their > own countrymen. Then, they were treated to Kerry denouncing them. Now, > thirty years later, he seeks their votes based on his heroic actions in > 'Nam. Guess what's not going to happen? > > This is a common problem with those who would sleep with both the lion and > the tiger. Kerry played both sides of the fence-- war hero and anti-war > hero-- and this, as much as anything else, will cost him. Maybe Bush is, > secretly, behind those Swift Boat ads. Maybe not. But, be sure of this. > Kerry's greatest enemy in this election is himself. > > ----- > / o o \ > ===OO=====OO================================================== > 4 Portals - 2 Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No More BuSHIT! > It all starts here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) > ============================================================== > ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================== 4 Portals - 2 Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No More BuSHIT! It all starts here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) ============================================================== --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================== 4 Portals - 2 Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No More BuSHIT! It all starts here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) ==============================================================
