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Originally posted by bilmore
A. I don't credit Drum's second paragraph as being anything more than his wish list, cobbled together from some very thin gruel.
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You're fooling yourself. You should follow his links.
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B. I think, at some point, Bush denied getting out early, and got himself into a stuck position. Too bad.
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A parable about Iraq. And yet you guys insist it has nothing to do with his character now.
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C. He did serve in the Air Force. I can't believe that you just repeated that piece of crap meme.
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And some of my Dad's service in the Army was in the Green Berets, except that it wasn't. Bush was puffing his credentials.
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D. No one leads a perfect life. Had Kerry not so completely overwhelmed his real political character with his "reporting for duty" persona, thinking (rather shallowly, I think) that that would be enough, I think his service would be a non-issue today. He'd get the same pass Bush gets. But, he's offered no other reason to vote for him, and so that's what gets attacked.
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Tellingly, once again I saw that it shouldn't matter, and you say that it does. You guys have a hard time saying that it should with a straight face, but you love the smear.
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And, you can start listing all of his positions, and try to argue this point, but, damn, man, even the top Dems are excoriating him now for the shallow, single-issue run.
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(1) Being criticized by your own party only means something when you're a Republican. The Democrats start doing it before they wake up in the morning.
(2) He actually says shit about other things. He just can't make it stick. Yet. I fault his communication skills.
