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   Kommentar till text 1300 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
Ärende: Another analysis
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15 Aug 04 07:35, FRANK SCHEIDT wrote to ED CONNELL:

 FS> -=> Quoting Ed Connell 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.

 FS> True enough.  Kerry, himself, seems to be basing his campaign on 
 FS> events of three decades ago.  He seems to ignore completely his 
 FS> experiences as a *politician* since then.  That puzzles me.

It shouldn't, Frank.  He ran on his Vietnam record because he thought he had a
home run there - after all, everybody loves a war hero.  He didn't count on
other warriors coming forward to debunk his carefully crafted story.  Warriors
are a curious bunch, however.  They will stand shoulder to shoulder to the end
for the flimsiest of reasons, but god help you if you violate the code.  Kerry
didn't understand that then, and he still doesn't.

Besides that, he hasn't got a record in the senate to run on - its abysmal! And
Dukakis was a loser, so he doesn't want to be seen as part of a losing
administration in his own home state.

His lies and arrogance got him where he is today, but let's hope they aren't
enough to carry him all the way to the Whitehouse.

John 

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