Kerry vs. the chicken hawks

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/19/bush/index_np.html

John Kerry's band of Vietnam War brothers has the Bush army running for their lives.

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By Robert Poe



Feb. 19, 2004 | It was an unscripted scene, nothing like the polished photo ops the Bush team, plundering the resources of the government, liked to put together. Near the end of the Iowa caucus campaign, former Green Beret Jim Rassmann stood on a Des Moines stage and quietly described how John Kerry had saved his life in Vietnam. By the time he was finished, something remarkable had happened: a presidential challenger had, as the world watched, grown larger than the incumbent president.

But something even more important happened as well: In that moment, Vietnam veterans, with characteristic modesty, claimed their long-overdue seat at the head table of American politics. And that brought an unexpected threat to the Bush team's reelection plans, which relied on beating up liberals who didn't know how to fight back. Standing beside Kerry at campaign stops, working the phones, or simply filling the front rows, the veterans, powerless but for the witness they bore, took aim to blow those plans away.
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[Sub Atomic]

2. goodbye

:tombstone:

[Goldom]

3. um...no?

he fought in the war. so not "chicken". just plain hawk.

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[Old and In the Way]

7. McClellan, is this one of your other assigned duties?

[5thGenDemocrat]

4. Hey, "Revolution"

Why don't you revolve your ass on outta here?
John
Just one guy's opinion.

[regnaD kciN]

10. I see. So now only pro-Kerry people are to be allowed at DU?

I've been expecting something like that for the General Election :-( , but didn't expect to see it so early...

[hippiechick]

13. Yes, the rest of us are irrelevant maniacs ....

... didn't you get the memo? :shrug:


:hippie:

[Metrix]

6. This article ought to be required reading for anyone under 45

I thought this was also interesting:

"About the writer
Robert Poe is a writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the Vietnam War, he spent two years in prison for refusing induction into the Army."

[captain_change]

8. Don't give the "Baby Neo-cons" a pass

I am 42 and manage to be awarded 5 medals, combat medical badge and wore the AA patch on my right shoulder. Since 1983 we have had combat in Grenada, Panama, Haiti, Gulf I, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Gulf II (I hate the marketing term for our recent mess "Iraqi Freedom"). The Baby Neocons like Tucker Carlson would have had plenty of opportunity to prove their courage if they wanted to.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Thanks for your post, your service - and welcome to DU!

A good and solid observation about the Tucker Carlsons of the world, as well. Look forward to reading more! Welcome!

[leftchick]

11. Thank you for your service captain!

You are absolutely correct! Welcome to DU :toast:

[captain_change]

12. Thanks

Been lurking for a few years, registered ages ago, just haven't been good at posting. For the first time in my life I believe that if I don't do something, the future of this country could be in jeopardy

[saigon68]

16. Thank you Captain

Welcome aboard

Tan Son Nhut 1968-1969

[newyawker99]

15. Hi captain_change!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[mumon]

14. While I thought this was a great article,

It's not really LBN...

I got "LBN'd" yesterday on a similar "analytical" piece - and mine wasn't more than 12 hrs old...