Oh, I agree!

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Oh, I agree!

Davin L. — 8/30/2004 6:04:20 AM (archived)

One was only open to the rich sons of politicians, and the other (and prison) was available to the poor and powerless.

I have an uncle who tried to get into the texas guard in 1968. The wait list was FIVE YEARS. Sure. No strings were pulled for Bush.

II don't have any truck with the argument that bush did or did not show up- but he did NOT go into the guard to lay his life on the line for his country.

Davin L.

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A dishonorable diversion from important issues - Donald - 8/29/2004 2:14:45 PM
- re: you democrats can't make the Swift-boat Vets - Bush Connection because you've yet to tie Halliburton to the Swiftvets. - Scott Evil - 8/30/2004 1:59:49 PM
- Oh, I thought you were going to apologize for slandering the President. - ebnelson - 8/29/2004 11:14:22 PM
  - I guess you haven't heard yet either - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 2:39:42 AM
    - re: So this Democrat was a war profiteer. getting the sons of the opressed killed, and now he is the left's hero? - Scott Evil - 8/30/2004 2:15:14 PM
      - Ah so that's the way to spin it, simply mistate it repeatedly... - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 3:48:36 PM
        
        re: Bush and his pets have been using lies to win from the earily days...Evil should know this if he really knows McCain. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2004 8:19:39 PM
- re: A dishonorable diversion from important issues - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2004 9:49:27 PM
  - Looks like you haven't heard either... - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 3:05:41 AM
- Meanwhile: Bush admits Kerry "more heroic" than he - Donald - 8/29/2004 2:20:32 PM
  - George Bush: Draft Dodger - Donald - 8/29/2004 5:59:13 PM
    - Draft dodger, then deserter, then AWOL? - ebnelson - 8/30/2004 2:13:16 PM
    - Well at least we can all agree that Draft Dodgers are scum of the Earth. - Scott Evil - 8/30/2004 2:03:08 PM
      - re: So you don't like Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, and Wolfowitz because they were Vietnam Dodgers? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2004 8:35:05 PM
    - Oh, we all know how eager Democrats were to help the sons of Republicans - Larry J - 8/30/2004 1:55:58 PM
    - Serving in the Guard is not quite the same thing as running to Canada. - RobVG - 8/29/2004 11:04:57 PM
      - Oh, I agree! - Davin L. - 8/30/2004 6:04:20 AM
        
        Well, if you put it that way. - RobVG - 8/31/2004 3:54:26 AM
      - I guess you haven't heard yet - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 1:37:38 AM
        
        So we've "stopped asking questions" about the war. Pardon me. (n/t) - RobVG - 8/30/2004 1:56:03 AM
        
        Guess you haven't heard about that either. Sorry - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 2:10:02 AM
        
        Maybe we occupied the wrong country. - RobVG - 8/30/2004 2:55:08 AM
    - Dems abandon their heritage - McFly - 8/29/2004 10:38:35 PM
      - re: Dems abandon their heritage - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2004 8:41:42 PM
        
        re: Dems abandon their heritage - McFly - 8/31/2004 3:10:14 AM
        
        re: McFly, I apologize. That was uncalled for. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/31/2004 6:31:28 AM
    - Nobody has ever answered a very simple question: - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2004 9:53:14 PM
      - Do you realize how incredibly desperate you have become in trying to defend your guy? - R.L. - 8/29/2004 10:43:49 PM
        
        Plenty of National Guards got posted in Vietnam. The disrespect of the dems towards the Guard is one reason Kerry will lose. - ebnelson - 8/30/2004 2:19:58 PM
        
        re: Our point exactly! Bush claims to have wanted to volunteer for a war he supported and instead hung out in Alabama. We respect the Guard. Just not these one guardsmen! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2004 9:53:19 PM
        
        Bush went to Alabama in 1972 - Larry J - 8/31/2004 4:50:09 PM
        
        re: Do you realize how incredibly desperate you have become in trying to defend your guy? - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2004 11:16:32 PM
    - this story gets even better: the payoff - E.P. Grondine - 8/29/2004 8:30:09 PM
      - the timing - E.P. Grondine - 8/29/2004 8:42:29 PM
        
        It was posted on the web june 25th (n/t) - R.L. - 8/29/2004 10:47:33 PM
        
        and apparently seen by a good number of UK viewers last year - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 1:11:42 AM
        
        I guess "timing" is only a dirty trick when Republicans do it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2004 9:51:25 PM
        
        Going to be interesting to see how Rush handles this one - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 1:33:23 AM

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