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Dad's note adds to Guard flap - Ex-president expressed pride in son's attitude
Houston Chronicle ^ | September 18, 2004 | MICHAEL HEDGES, Washington Bureau

Posted on 09/17/2004 11:59:41 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: woofie

I guess he thought you'd come around by 20.

You were just a late bloomer.

LOL


21 posted on 09/18/2004 12:27:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I'm tellin' ya! WHAT is this world coming to!

When I was in the Army at Ft. Riley, my battalion was tasked with guarding the post Ammo Supply Holding Area. During our period of duty a SINGLE hand grenade was discovered missing. Our batt was "locked down" (restricted to the BN area, no visitors, etc) and a thorough - and I mean thorough - search ensued. After four days of this (I was a married man and lived off post) I had had enough.

I contacted my Representative. Within an hour, a Congressional Inquiry was launched, and within three hours the "lock down" was over - the "missing" grenade was apparently a clerical error.

The point: NO military officer wants to have Congress staring over their shoulder. A General Officer might consider it a duty to inform an elected official of their children's progress.


22 posted on 09/18/2004 12:28:21 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: AHerald

The left thinks they can repeat their "glory days" of anti-war activism during Vietnam.

They're deluded and losing BIG TIME.


23 posted on 09/18/2004 12:28:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: MJY1288
We all know the love and pride between this father and son.


24 posted on 09/18/2004 12:32:09 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: ladyinred
....This stuff is smoke and mirrors to keep the Swift Boats, and Kerry's treason out of the media and the minds of voters.

Bump!

25 posted on 09/18/2004 12:33:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: clee1
And what kind of father did John Kerry have? I think the electorate should know!

Kerry's World: Father Knows Best***.........."Americans," he writes, "are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white." They celebrate their own form of government and denigrate all others, making them guilty of what he calls "ethnocentric accommodation -- everyone ought to be like us." As a result, America has committed the "fatal error" of "propagating democracy" and fallen prey to "the siren's song of promoting human rights," falsely assuming that our values and institutions are a good fit in the Third World. And, just as Americans exaggerate their own goodness, they exaggerate their enemies' badness. The Soviet Union wasn't nearly as imperialistic as American politicians warned, Kerry argues. "Seeing the Soviet Union as the aggressor in every instance, and the U.S. as only reacting defensively, relieves an American observer from the need to see any parallel between our use of military power in distant parts of the world, and the Soviet use of military power outside the Soviet Union," he writes. He further claims that "Third world Marxist movements were autonomous national movements" -- outside Moscow's orbit. The book culminates in a plea for a hardheaded, realist foreign policy that removes any pretense of U.S. moral superiority. ..........***

26 posted on 09/18/2004 12:35:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: lodi90
This is just more good news for Bush.

Bump!

27 posted on 09/18/2004 12:36:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The democrats own polling must show they are seriously on the ropes if they have to try and twist this into something bad.

Hannity said today they are like a boxer who is losing bad on points. They are starting to swing wildly hoping that some punch will connect. So, as Hannity said, we can expect this making big deals out of trivia to continue. Plus, the ridiculous attempts to harm President Bush will continue. I just hope they stay this silly and don't get anything with traction (meaning something that strikes a chord with the public).

It is highly probable that Bush was given some special treatment - as is every child of a public official - then and now. What is the big deal? Bush may have even dabbled in some things he should not have when he was a young - as many have. However, I would say he has matured and become a fine, God fearing, man today that I trust with this country. He learned from his mistakes and changed.

John Kerry never grew up. He is still a childish, America bashing, boy wanting to be president. My apologies to any New Englander's here, but only from MA could such a person get into public office.


28 posted on 09/18/2004 12:37:18 AM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: NPWFON
HOW ARE YOU RETARD!!
ALL YOUR BAD TAKE ARE BELONG TO US.
30 posted on 09/18/2004 12:41:22 AM PDT by RichInOC (VOTE 'DUB'. FOR GREAT JUSTICE.)
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To: NPWFON

Jeez! Will you trolls just go suck up so tofu someplace else?

You DUmb@sses will never learn...


31 posted on 09/18/2004 12:42:23 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: clee1

"You DUmb@sses will never learn..."

Unfortunately, they seem to be incapable of learning. Probably a genetic disorder.


32 posted on 09/18/2004 12:45:24 AM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: Sola Veritas

Uh huh. Gotta be.

Nobody is that stupid naturally.


33 posted on 09/18/2004 12:48:20 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: ladyinred
"This is certainly no scandal--"

You're correct - the scandal is the MSM and their news handling and reporting. They ignore the Swift Vet story until Rather's expose`, which they thought would put the SV to sleep.

Look how it backfired - all because of their hate for the Bush family.

34 posted on 09/18/2004 12:48:40 AM PDT by malia ( 9/11/01 terrorist killed over 3,000 on our homeland - they are still killing in Iraq!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Think the GOP will pick up any votes from that picture!
The DNC keep digging themselves deeper and deeper!


35 posted on 09/18/2004 12:52:05 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: clee1
"-might consider it a duty-"

That and maybe because the dad was also a pilot!

36 posted on 09/18/2004 12:54:20 AM PDT by malia ( 9/11/01 terrorist killed over 3,000 on our homeland - they are still killing in Iraq!)
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To: fortheDeclaration
The left will probably demand congressional hearings about this dastardly deed.

They must like shooting themselves in the foot.

Oops - not shoot (no guns allowed) maybe sledgehammer themselves in the foot.

37 posted on 09/18/2004 12:56:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Howlin
Bryon York-The Hill

"---A 1970 evaluation said Bush “clearly stands out as a top notch fighter interceptor pilot” and was “a natural leader whom his contemporaries look to for leadership.”

A 1971 evaluation called Bush “an exceptionally fine young officer and pilot” who “continually flies intercept missions with the unit to increase his proficiency even further.” And a 1972 evaluation called Bush “an exceptional fighter interceptor pilot and officer.”

Now, it is only natural that news reports questioning Bush’s service — in The Boston Globe and The New York Times, on CBS and in other outlets — would come out now. Democrats are spitting mad over attacks on John Kerry’s record by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.--"

38 posted on 09/18/2004 1:07:11 AM PDT by malia ( 9/11/01 terrorist killed over 3,000 on our homeland - they are still killing in Iraq!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'm sure this whole thing seems scandalous to the Leftists. Since it is extremely doubtful that their parents are proud of them, they just cannot comprehend that anyone else's father would be proud of their son's accomplishments.
39 posted on 09/18/2004 1:38:42 AM PDT by Prime Choice (The Religion of Peace ISN'T.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
maybe sledgehammer themselves in the foot.

Yep. And that little piggy's starting to look like roast beef!

40 posted on 09/18/2004 1:39:37 AM PDT by Prime Choice (The Religion of Peace ISN'T.)
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