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OBAMA-BIDEN: FIRST TIME IN 68 YEARS A TICKET WITH NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE
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| 8-25-08
| Michael Medved
Posted on 08/25/2008 1:21:03 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: astyanax
And neither one has ever had the “black experience” either.
To: bolobaby
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:35:52 PM PDT
by
racing fan
(This isn't the state of California, it's a state of insanity. (from the movie 1941))
To: SLB
Here is some interesting information about the disloyal opposition.
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:36:34 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
To: SJackson
Shouldn't Republicans make a big deal of this? Nope. Because it will come back to bite us.
With the Vietnam generation being the "grown ups" and with the onset of the "volunteer military" service will be seen as admirable, but not a requirement.
To: SJackson
Well, they tried that last time and you see how well it worked for them...
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:36:45 PM PDT
by
Bob J
(For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.)
To: weegee
Obama served on a 3 hour tour All that does is make him Gilligan.
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:37:13 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
To: SJackson
I.m sure that the military would have over looked Biden’s asthma due to his HIGH intelligence. His claim, not mine!
To: SJackson
Should have been I’ve read he claims he flunked his physical because of asthma IIRC, in those days the physical consisted of counting the number of arms and legs.
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:38:56 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: weegee
I thought he had 666 secret missions in Cambodia. :)
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:39:00 PM PDT
by
xc1427
(It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
To: SJackson
Let’s hope they count the absentee ballots from our military personnel this time around.
To: SJackson
Why wouldn’t FDR’s term as ASN count as Military experience?
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:45:48 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: bolobaby
“Waitaminute... Kerry served in the military?
Wow. Did not know that.”
And I just found out — he also served in Vietnam. Can you believe that?
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:46:51 PM PDT
by
Ben Reyes
(If it's not sex scandal, it's incompetence - the problem with Democrats)
To: bolobaby
“Waitaminute... Kerry served in the military?
Wow. Did not know that.”
And I just found out — he also served in Vietnam. Can you believe that?
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:46:57 PM PDT
by
Ben Reyes
(If it's not sex scandal, it's incompetence - the problem with Democrats)
To: P-Marlowe
Nope...
Close family member with moderate-severe asthma got rejected by the Army after having his number called...
To: Ben Reyes; racing fan; Doomonyou; xc1427; Lexinom
Vietnam???
Wow. He should have mentioned it. I would have maybe possibly considered thinking about the remote chance of possibly casting a ballot for him. Possibly. But he never mentioned it, so his loss, I guess.
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:49:59 PM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: bolobaby
If only Senator Kerry’s characteristic modesty hadn’t gotten in the way, he could have told the American people about his military service and perhaps received their favor. Alas, Americans went to the polls without the benefit of knowing that Kerry had reported for duty during the Vietnam War era. Why, it may be possible that Kerry actually went to Vietnam while serving in the Navy, but we may never find out, since Kerry’s so famously tight-lipped about his military service.
: )
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Fred Thompson appears human-sized because he is actually standing a million miles away.)
To: SJackson
He must have plagiarized someone else’s physical...
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:56:00 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: weegee
Obama served on a 3 hour tourA tour in Larry Sinclair's limo?
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posted on
08/25/2008 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: SJackson
Biden seems to have gotten over the asthma, he’s quite the windbag now.
To: Non-Sequitur
Why? Had Giuliani or Romney or Huckabee or Thompson won the nomination then would they have been required to choose a vet to add legitimacy? Palin, Jindal, Steele, all the other names being bandied about are all people without military service. Should we shirk from nominating them in the future for that reason? People who live in glass houses should be wary of throwing stones.
Agreed - if anybody makes this an issue, it will bite Republicans in the butt later down the road.
We've had 16 years now where there wasn't a a strong emphasis on military service (if there was, Dole would have beat Clinton in '96 or McCain would have annihilated Bush in 2000 in the primaries). It's not really an issue anymore - my generation is the last generation to face the draft, and the majority of 40-somethings and under have not served.
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