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Skriven 2004-08-15 07:36:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
Ärende: Another analysis
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-=> Quoting John Hull to Frank Scheidt <=-

 RJ>>>> This article can be found on the web at
 RJ>>>> http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040816&s=williams
 RJ>>>> Bush's Military Past
 RJ>>>> by IAN WILLIAMS
 
 RJ>>>> Even allowing for the usual military-bureaucratic incompetence,
 RJ>>>> records relating to George W. Bush's National Guard Service have 
 RJ>>>> a suspiciously low survival rate, so there has been 
 RJ>>>> understandable incredulity about the recent revelation that a 
 RJ>>>> crucial quarter's pay records from 1972 did not survive the 
 RJ>>>> Pentagon's alleged attempt to transfer the microfilm to a more 
 RJ>>>> durable medium. That incredulity was enhanced rather than allayed 
 RJ>>>> when they eventually were discovered behind whichever filing 
 RJ>>>> cabinet they had been dropped.
 
 RJ>>>> At issue is whether Bush was, technically at least, a deserter 
 RJ>>>> in his fourth year of National Guard service, when he requested 
 RJ>>>> a transfer to Guard duties in Alabama so he could assist a 
 RJ>>>> Republican senatorial campaign there.
 FS>>>                               ... [snip] ...
 FS>>> This kind of activity is known as "Flogging a dead horse".  So
 FS>>> let's cut out the nonsense and start studying Kerry's "brilliant"
 FS>>> U.S. Senate career ... I wonder why Kerry is so silent about that
 FS>>> ... also about the fact that he was Dukakis's Lt. Governor ...
 FS>>> heh heh heh ... now *there's* a horse which can really gallop!
 
 FS>>> ... "I need a home-run hitter," Tom said ruthlessly.
 
 JH>>> Don't bet on it, Frank.  Cal Thomas had a rather long column in 
 JH>>> the paper today about how these questions about Kerry's military 
 JH>>> and Vietnam service are legitimate questions.  Why?  Two reasons:  
 JH>>> 1. He has been trying to sell his leadership ability and courage 
 JH>>> under fire based on his alledged Vietnam record, and 2. He has 
 JH>>> made a big deal of Bush's record, trying to get traction by saying 
 JH>>> he was AWOL, etc.
 
 JH>>> He can't have it both ways, and I have to tell you, we 
 JH>>> conservatives would WELCOME him into a courtroom to try to take 
 JH>>> legal action for what the Swift Boat guys are saying.  WELCOME 
 JH>>> IT!
 
 JH>>> This is not going away and it won't do him any good.
 
 FS>> I'm certain it won't go away, but, from my standpoint the closer
 FS>> his actions are to *today* the more important.  After all the
 FS>> Vietnam War was three decades ago while his Senate record is
 FS>> fairly recent.
 
 FS>> I think his Vietnam record is largely a wash.  People can use the
 FS>> swift boats challengers to knock him down while supporters can
 FS>> use his official record in that war to build him up.  I don't
 FS>> care much for his Vietnam record in general.
 
 EC> But it is TODAY that Kerry is making a big deal about his war 
 EC> record.

 JH> As some of the more astute columnists have noted, Kerry has hung his
 JH> whole campaign on the fact that he's a war hero.  HE has brought it all
 JH> into the light, and now he's bitching because others are coming out of
 JH> the woodwork to say the emperor has no clothes.  So sorry, but he
 JH> brought it all on himself. 

There's no doubt that Kerry is basing his campaign on his war 
record.  Hence he *did* bring it on himself ... so be it ...

... "I am but mad north-northwest." ÄÄ Shakespeare

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