Read this. Yeah yeah, I know, it's a subscription required page. But it's worth it and you can just use your spamtrap email address. So this is what it all boils down to for me: The Bush Administration is a group of folks, most of whom were nowhere to be found when it was time for them to serve, who now like to get all Clint Eastwood. John Kerry was a guy who disagreed with the Viet Nam policies of Johnson and Nixon, but went anyway because, I don't know, a sense of duty? Whatever, he went and put his ass on the line. And then he came back and said "I was there, and this is why the war is wrong (not an exact quote, but the gist of his argument, geddit?)." When did it become a Republican tactic to hold genuine war heroes up for scorn? Aren't they supposed to be the party of Real American Patriots? Or are all those Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood songs just a lot of hot air? Kerry has denounced the MoveOn.org ads that question Bush's military service, and has called on Bush to do the same to the Swiftboat Vetrans group. Bush has not done so. Why are people still looking to this guy as a leader. Because he made one or two good speeches during the week after 9/11? I really don't understand it, I wish someone would explain it to me without resorting to bumper sticker philosophy.
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