Posted on 08/16/2004 4:38:10 PM PDT by ejdrapes
My response to Harkin is, I'm not the one backing a delusional sociopath given to fantastic stories regarding his brief experience in combat, then proceeding to papering over his antiwar activism, which also was given to equally bizarre tall tales.
Or is he just outraged that Cheney was smarter than Kerry and was actually successful at getting a deferment where Kerry failed in his own attempt? Instead, he had to take a non-combat assignment to swift boats, only to find he was too dumb to have picked an assignment that would later become a combat assignment. At least he was lucky enough to be able to manufacture the circumstances to get out of his combat assignment at the earliest available opportunity.
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I call on Harkin to withdraw that remark.
What about all of the hard work Cheney has provided the United States of America by his service in many presidential administrations?
He could have made a lot more money in the private sector.
I appreciate everything Richard Cheney has done for me as an American by helping to keep us safe.
Perhaps Harkin didn't hear Kerry's own statement that he and other Dem senators sat around for more than a half-hour unable to think. In the meantime, Dick Cheney, in his calm, sober way, was making life-and-death decisions just a few blocks away.
Thank God — thank GOD! — that the experienced, steady Dick Cheney was Vice President on that terrible day. John Kerry wants to replace that kind of leadership with the empty, useless John Edwards — which tells me all I need to know about Kerry's brand of "leadership."
Would it matter to you if a candidate had fabricated a personal history of war hero, in order to make himself look "better," and ultimately use that fabrication for the purpose of gaining votes?
Would it matter to you if a candidate made false accusations about his fellow soldiers, accusing them of war atrocities?
Would either of those facts color your impression of the candidate's character? Or are those "pesky little details of life," that have little bearing on whether the man is fit to lead, and control the might of the US military?
What if you were a Vietnam veteran, and your valor was diluted by a liar? Or worse, you were spit on because the public believed the false accusations of war atrocities?
Given the above, my conviction is firm. It is morally wrong to "move on," and leave the wound unremedied. Yet, the Swiftees were willing to move on. Except, John Kerry sought the office of President of the United States. And a man with the character flaws outlined above is not fit for the office.
Oh for the good old days of a duel when someone called another's courage into question! I would pay good money to see Cheyne take out that pile of dung, Harkin. He must have forgotten that the picture is floating around showing him, Kerry, and little Danny Ortega in Nicaragua during the heyday of communism down there. And he dares to call Cheney names???
Only two weeks ago, I was talking with Sen. Tom Harkin and I could not find anything on him when I did a FR search. With nothing else to go by, I assumed he was neutral.
What a shame, I would love to talk to him this week...
Harkin was the liar who claimed he flew combat missions from Guantanamo Bay. He's a loudmouthed, lying sack of dung.
> Dick Cheney, who was a coward
Cheney not serving does not make him a coward. Even if he was, that was a long time ago and people change.
This administration has shown more courage than any Dem admin. since Truman. Harkin is a phony exponent of phony Kerry.
I just wonder if Ol'Motor Mouth Harkin would care to step up and call the Vice President a coward to his face.
Like out in a parking lot somewhere. I'll hold his purse for him.
Seems to me that if he was born in 1882 he would have been old enough to fight in WWI?
Is Tom Harkin for real? What a mud slinger. That is cowardly, Mr. Harkin.
I am just speechless, after Republicans were criticized for mentioning Clinton's avoidance of the draft.
A hearty thanks to Iowa for continuing to reelect this clod. Hope all those farm subsidies are worth your dignity (no offense to sane Iowans intended).
Hear, hear.
Wasn't FDR (civilian) Naval Secretary during WWI? I think so.
Ah yes, and I also understand that the Republicans are running a dirty campaign. You know, mud slinging, lying, name calling. . . . .
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