History and those who change it
Bush served in the National Guard, Kerry served in
the US Navy (as did I).

One who claimed to be somewhere that he wasn't
(Cambodia), as found in previously published
documents by his own hand.

One who re-filed for a Purple Heart after it was
denied the first time.

One who claimed that he committed atrocities, by
his own testimony, yet failed to give specifics.
(which would mean that he had to admit to
committing a crime; he is a lawyer, after all.)

One who claimed that he threw away his medals
(or ribbons) that his country bestowed on him.

One who meet with the leaders of a country that,
we were at war with (Vietnam) in France in order
to provide them legitimacy to their point of view.

One who testified in Congress of atrocities committed
by US Armed forces. Only to have those same
speeches used against US POW's, in an effort to
get them to admit to committing similar atrocities.

One who has his picture posted up in the Museum
dedicate to those who helped oust "US Imperialism".

One who claims that he has many regrets of his service
in the military. Who now tells us that this is the pivotal
point in his life by which he should be judged as worthy
of being president.

One who omitted his application for a deferral of service
to the Draft board, that was denied, before volunteering
to go to OCS (Officer Candidate School).

One who thought he heard that fateful speech on
Christmas '68 given by President Nixon. (Note:Nixon
was elected Nov 2, 1968. He was not in office nor did
he give a radio speech about Vietnam until Mar '69)

Now let's get to the current items;
One attempted to cut the intelligence budget by 6 billion
(that's a "B") dollars after 9/11/01 not once but for
two years running.

One who, in 2001, then asked that same country to have
8 additional medals granted and documented in his service
record. These medals are for the same war that he had
protested against and had also discarded previous
medals over.
(FYI: that is what a DD-215 is for)

One who meet with , shook hands with and had him
seated next to X-Pres. J. Carter during the national
convention. The man who directed a movie, who's
sole purpose was to denigrate his political opponent.

One who after being nominated to the top of his parties
presidential ticket. Has not given up his seat in the
Senate in order for those in his own state to have proper
representation.

This is the short list.

The lesson is those who refuse to learn from history are
doomed to repeat it.

We had a guy in office in 1976, who was perceived as a
bumbling clumsy oaf. We were offered an alternative,
someone who ran as a war hero and a man with a vision.
He won. When he took office, the US had single digit
inflation, single digit unemployment and single digit
interest rates. By the time he left office, all of these were
double digit (16, 12 & 19) and American hostages had
spent over a year in captivity. Of course you know who
he is, after all he was seated next to Michael Moore.






- posted by Mike @ 5:57 PM