Here we go with the smear postings again....
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First, I posted the Conason article so people could read it for themselves. I just
sweetened up the subject line to get peoples' attention.Secondly, I have known all along how Max Cleland was injured in Vietnam. But go back
and read Coulter's piece and the follow up piece posted by GaAtkinson and notice the
tone of her venom. In a way she is lampooning Cleland's injuries. The mentioning of
having beer with his buddies and the ridiculing manner of suggesting that anyone anywhere
could blow off limbs if given the right circumstances.A point missed by Coulter is that Cleland VOLUNTEERED for Vietnam. He
VOLUNTEERED to go to war. What did Bush do? He jumped 500 spots above other
potential pilots. Not only that, his background (a couple of arrests and several driving
problems) usually warranted a refusal for admission to flight school. Then add on how
Bush checked the box signifying he did not volunteer for overseas duty (and recently has
the audacity to state he would have went to Vietnam if called up).My own issue with Coulter's piece is regardless of how a person is injured in a war
theater, that person is in a war. I do not care if the person is injured in friendly fire, a jeep
accident, combat or from a tree falling on him or her. If they are in war, especially by
volunteering, then that person deserves our respect and sympathy.I get so sick and tired of tough talking people who have never been tested, nor every will
(Coulter), blathering on about shit they know nothing about and then sitting back behind
the safety of their desk, Poppy, or other privledged backgrounds.And frankly, I simply cannot understand why Chickenhawks (regardless of party
affiliation) are not held in great scorn and disrespect by everyone. I mean, how lower can
a person go, when given their own opportunity to take part in things such as wars, choose
to run and hide, then later act as if they have balls of steel and then later, so willingly send
the sons and daughters of others to war and then boast idiotic things such as "Bring it on"?
And to declare a particular group of people do not care about others, such as Vietnam vets, because of a political belief stance is juvenile, insulting and utter bullshit.
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First, I posted the Conason article so people could read it for themselves. I just
sweetened up the subject line to get peoples' attention.Secondly, I have known all along how Max Cleland was injured in Vietnam. But go back
and read Coulter's piece and the follow up piece posted by GaAtkinson and notice the
tone of her venom. In a way she is lampooning Cleland's injuries. The mentioning of
having beer with his buddies and the ridiculing manner of suggesting that anyone anywhere
could blow off limbs if given the right circumstances.A point missed by Coulter is that Cleland VOLUNTEERED for Vietnam. He
VOLUNTEERED to go to war. What did Bush do? He jumped 500 spots above other
potential pilots. Not only that, his background (a couple of arrests and several driving
problems) usually warranted a refusal for admission to flight school. Then add on how
Bush checked the box signifying he did not volunteer for overseas duty (and recently has
the audacity to state he would have went to Vietnam if called up).My own issue with Coulter's piece is regardless of how a person is injured in a war
theater, that person is in a war. I do not care if the person is injured in friendly fire, a jeep
accident, combat or from a tree falling on him or her. If they are in war, especially by
volunteering, then that person deserves our respect and sympathy.I get so sick and tired of tough talking people who have never been tested, nor every will
(Coulter), blathering on about shit they know nothing about and then sitting back behind
the safety of their desk, Poppy, or other privledged backgrounds.And frankly, I simply cannot understand why Chickenhawks (regardless of party
affiliation) are not held in great scorn and disrespect by everyone. I mean, how lower can
a person go, when given their own opportunity to take part in things such as wars, choose
to run and hide, then later act as if they have balls of steel and then later, so willingly send
the sons and daughters of others to war and then boast idiotic things such as "Bring it on"?
And to declare a particular group of people do not care about others, such as Vietnam vets, because of a political belief stance is juvenile, insulting and utter bullshit.
