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Skriven 2004-07-29 07:19:45 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
    Kommentar till text 113 av JOHNJWILSON (1:123/140)
Ärende: Nothing much, I guess.
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28 Jul 04 21:32, JOHNJWILSON wrote to ALL:

 J> Last evening a thought persisted after signing off here
 J> and I wondered why.
 J> It was something that was said in here. Just one line.
 J> And I thought "I'll bet there are those in here
 J> who will nod their head in agreement."
 J> The line was:
 J> "Scratch a liberal and you'll find a bigot."
 J> Now, it is easy to dismiss this as
 J> just another foolish remark, a braying to the
 J> politically converted, but this was said by
 J> an intelligent man. Why, I thought
 J> would an Intelligent man write such as this?
 J> Pandering was a question that popped to my mind. Surely
 J> not. But in an echo where Kerry is portrayed as
 J> 'not fit to lead' a traitor, his medals a fraud,
 J> his purple hearts undeserved, un american, et cetera,
 J> I suppose anything is possible.
 J> The overall level of discourse when it is not
 J> shocking or amusing is such that I think unworthy
 J> of serious times...
 J> So...I think I'll bow out of here; posts to me I'll answer
 J> but as soon as they cease I'll drop this echo.


I don't suppose there is any possibility that the reason people say some of the
things they do - and that you take exception to above - is because there might
be some truth in it?  Nah, how could that be, eh, John?

You mentioned an intelligent man made the comment about liberals being bigots
under the skin.  I will assume that you say an "intelligent" man based on
previous observations.  If that is the case, why then would you assume that he
is being any LESS intelligent when making that remark?

Now, I'll pick one item from those above to also illustrate something to you. 
You say Kerry is portrayed as "not fit to lead" and his medals aren't legit. 
Why is that, do you think?  Why is it that all but two of the people Kerry
served with (and who probably know him better than anyone else having been in
combat with him) say he's unfit?  Why have they formed an organization to
oppose his candidacy as president based on his Vietnam record?  I will remind
you that this group covers the whole system of rank, from seaman to admiral.  I
assume you know that ratings don't associate with officers normally, so its
highly unprecedented for such a diverse group to come together on a single
unifying issue almost to a man.  Surely, that must give you pause as to Kerry's
qualifications for the most important part of being president.  I know it does
me.  In fact, just contemplating him as CinC scares the hell out of me. 
Doesn't the fact that he sat in front of Congress and told those politicians
that US servicemen were committing atrocities by the hundreds, as if he'd seen
them (which he hadn't - he was repeating someone else's false accusations as
his own) when clearly that was a blatant lie, give you pause?

Do you begin to see why there is such vehement opposition to Kerry from many of
those in this echo?  None of what I've said is stretching the truth, its all
fact, and we all know it.  You purport yourself to be a fair and intelligent
man.  Apply some of that in this case, if you can.  Prove to the rest of us
that you're not just another mealy mouthed liberal spouting boilerplate from
the party apparatchiks.


If you can, that is.

John 

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