Posted on 08/25/2004 2:18:32 PM PDT by hope
Cleland's Publicity Stunt Flops Trying again to divert attention from his repeated refusal to leash his multimillion-dollar 527 attack dogs, Sen. John Kerry sent chum Max Cleland to Crawford, Texas, to hand President Bush a letter attacking Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. But the Georgia Democrat never made it past the Secret Service. Cleland, a former one-term senator from Georgia, claimed: "The question is where is George Bush's honor. The question is where is his shame to attack a fellow veteran who has distinguished himself in combat. Regardless of the political combat involved, it's disgraceful." What's "disgraceful" is that the Democrats keep trying to pretend the president hasn't already denounced such attacks. Too bad the president didn't give Cleland a message asking Kerry once more to stop his attacks.
Editor's note:Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004
Cleland, who became a triple amputee in Vietnam when he picked up a live American grenade while horsing around, had a message from nine Senate Democrats who wrote that Bush had "a special duty" to condemn attacks on Kerry's military record.
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O.K. does this qualify for the Darwin Award or what?
We threw that idiot out of office here in GA cause he drank too much of the Kool-Aid. Damn him and sKerry's cheap tricks.
Does anyone know who are the nine senate dims that signed on?
Max Cleland - still a dumbass
It was interesting to see that version in print. It differs from the current "official version", but is much closer to the story which circulated when he first ran for office many years ago.
The senators signing the letter to Bush included Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings of South Carolina, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Tom Carper of Delaware and Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg, both of New Jersey.
Bad me.
He picked up the grenade that had fallen off his, or anther soldiers webbing, while exiting a helicopter. Perhaps he didn't realize the pin had been jarred loose, thus arming the grenade, but horsing around with a grenade is not an accurate statement.
Of course, it doesn't say much about the Rats' opinion of Georgians...that you guys are sooooo stupid that you all fell for the Republicans' shenanigans. It COULDN'T be that Cleland was doing a crappy job and you guys picked someone else, could it?
Huh? Gee, why hadn't I heard about that on CBS?
Oh, ok. Do you have any other information you'd like to add regarding this?
No it qualifies for the Almost Darwin Award. He would have to been killed in order to qualify
HOw did my beloved Dumb Dick Durbin miss attaching his signiture to that drivel?
Yes, but according to another thread you Georgians and the rest of us are still paying his salary because good ol' Pres. "Let's set a new tone" Bush appointed him to his $136,000/yr. job at the Export/Import Bank last year. Looks like it's a real easy job too, if he can be rolling around the ranch in Crawford today for the benefit of the partisan press. Shame on this pathetic grandstander.
If you were horsing around with a grenade and it went off, what would you tell people 35 years later?
I have no idea what the real truth is, but he is a Democrat. Just because we all feel sorry he was so badly hurt doesn't mean we can't be a bit skeptical.
Senators Sneezy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey, Happy, Bashful, and Doc. Along with Moe and Curley...Larry was conspicuously absent.
Why didn't the Senate Minority Leader sign this letter?
Senator Daschle served during the Vietnam War for the Air Force Strategic Air Command.
Cleland can whine all he wants.
Meanwhile, "Unfit for Command" is sailing right up to #1 on all the best-seller lists.
Hey, Max, go play with a live one.
Thank you. A very impressive group. LOL
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