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fishguy Donating Member (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:38 PM
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Freepers are AVOIDING Bush's AWOL issue like the plague
I have gone to a few freeper sites, like
www.conservativeunderground.com
and trotted out the Bush AWOL, Kerry war hero thing.
All they can do is call Kerry a liberal and totally AVOID the AWOL issue.
Must be because they know it is true.
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:43 PM
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1. Must comply, eh?
no questioning...no doubting... :eyes:

Well, you know they are right when they state that shrub and Hitler
are not the same... Hitler DID SERVE and WON MEDALS... Can't say
the same for dubya...
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:44 PM
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2. Nice....I went over there...blech
And as usual...ignore the topic.

And as far as "kicking our asses again" in the elction, uhm...Gore had MORE votes...they STOLE it through the SCOTUS...

MORANS ALL OF THEM!
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demothinker Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:40 PM
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11. Ummm
If you're going to call someone a "moron", it will carry more weight if you spell "moron" right...otherwise it comes across as ironic. :)
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:45 PM
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13. "Moran" comes from a guy with a pro-Bush sign
It read: Get a brain, morans!

:D
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 08:09 PM
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15. Here ya go...its an inside joke here...and quite ironic.
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 08:16 PM by Cannikin


I dont know the origin of the photo. Does anyone know the back-story?
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:50 PM
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3. And they're praying that D Duke doesn't run as a Republican!
It's not that they disagree with him, but they're worried that he will damage the party image! LOL! Here's my fave snip:

Its not a matter of political correctness at all. Its a matter of survival. Nobody can embrace that sort of image and survive today. Yes, I have read a fair amount of his writing and even agree with a certain percentage of it. But, and this is a HUGE but, the way its being delivered is soooo bad....

I cant believe that his site is aimed at anyone other than the white supremacists or the closet Klan members in the world. I wouldnt be surprised if he has Nazi swastikas subliminally imaged on his site.

Imagine Joseph Stalin coming back to life and joining the dem party. Now hes speaking words of moderation and common sense but will anyone really hear them?

Prolly not and neither will anyone see past the white hood of David Duke. And conservatives have nothing to gain but much to lose if we dont steer wayyyy clear of him.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:13 PM
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5. "Bush went AWOL" shorter than "Gore invented the internet"
We know the second one isn't true and the first one, well not actually but that doesn't mean it can't be entered into the public debate. The BIG LIE can work both ways especially if it is not in the papers/TV but over coffee at the shop/diner.

Welcome to DU :hi: home to the wise and otherwise. Stick around you'll have some fun.
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:17 PM
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7. "not actually"
if you have evidence that * showed up in AL you should send it to Karl. and if he didn't, he was AWOL, wasn't he?
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spotbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:37 PM
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10. AWOL isn't a big lie, not even close.
It would be a simple problem for * to clear up, but he doesn't because he can't. He really didn't report for duty, he really didn't take the physical which would have included a drug test, he really pulled strings to get a transfer to Alabama where he didn't report for duty.

Where is the lie?
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KayLaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:15 PM
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6. I never heard that
I never knew the NYT did an article on it. I guess it's resurfacing because Peter Jennings brought it up the other night.
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:12 PM
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9. It was debunked.
Its a fact he was AWOL from is unit in Alabama and never completed his tour in the Reserves or as a pilot. He would not have passed drug screening tests.

One source: Lies and the Lying Liars ....
A Fair and Balanced look at the Right , by Al Franken

But he has no scruples about dressing up in a flight suit and posturing for the media.
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 07:01 PM
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14. There were something like 2000 stories of Clinton's non service issue
and 44 on Bush's AWOL question that was never answered fully. That, my friend is called a FREE PASS by the media!
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 05:18 PM
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8. The only counter I've heard is
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 05:20 PM by Cat Atomic
"he wasn't charged with anything".

But that's the whole fucking POINT. He *would've* been charged for being AWOL for a year if he weren't the son of a well-connected, wealthy family.

His absence from service from '72-'73 is not even in dispute.
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spotbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:43 PM
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12. Bush does have a former girlfriend who says she remembers
that he went to the Guard while in Alabama. Also the people who worked on the political campaign with * say the same thing. Funny, but no one in the Guard can remember the Congressman's son reporting for duty. The records don't show he reported as required. The military people who supposedly worked with the congressman's son can't remember him, either can the man that was supposed to have been his officer. Strange.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 08:15 PM
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17. I heard he was cavorting with Mexican whores and snorting cocaine...
after he told people he was going to Alabama. I think James Bath was with him and has incriminating photographs.
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 08:15 PM
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18. Actually, the former girlfriend has said that he -told her- he was going
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 08:16 PM by mike1963
to ANG drills. I don't believe she ever said she knew he was doing so from her own knowledge or observation.
;-)

edit: typo
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 08:15 PM
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16. Another failed attempt to crack the conservative skull of my local show
http://www.anti-bush.com/topgun.html

I sent the talk show host this link and just asked if any of it was true...I got this response which is typical of him.

Christian this stuff has floated around since the contentious election of 2000. There are folks who hate Bush like there are people who hate Clinton. The material on the web site is manufactured and malicious. Just like the stuff that was saying Clinton had people killed. Bottom line...if it sounds over the top it probably is...have a great weekend and try to stay dry :-) Dave

Dave Elswick
Asst. PD/Mid-Day Host
NewsRadio 920
KARN
Little Rock, AR 72211
O-(501) 401-0343
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 08:17 PM
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19. Ask him why Bush was grounded and why Bush couldn't...
show up for his physical--right after drug tests became mandatory.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 09:14 PM
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20. FReeps discussing it here
Apparently, Newsmax has "debunked" the deserter story. If the story isn't true, why doesn't Junior present evidence he was there. Simple enough. End of story.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064499/posts
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DiverDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:13 PM
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21. Had to laugh at this one
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 10:15 PM by DiverDave
I think we need to start alluding to Kerry as a traitor and a phoney war hero.

10 posted on 01/24/2004 1:14:42 PM PST by My2Cents ("Failure is not an option.")
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Yo, STUPID, yeah you, my2cents, you cannot call him that as Kerry was awarded the silver star AND 3 purple hearts.

Traitors don't get those...BTW what medels do you have?

This is TOOO easy, freepers, what morans LOL
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