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Sorry for the lack of posts. After I got back from Vegas a couple of weeks ago. I got slammed at work and by some legal issues I'm working out. Then last weekend, I went to L.A. to see my sister and her family. While I haven't posted here for a couple of weeks, I didn't want you to think I've been slacking off. No, I've been fighting the good fight against a hoarde of right-wing zealots in my political chat group. Below, you'll find some of my posts to that group from the last ten days or so. I'm at a lost to figure out why so many right-wingers WANT to believe the swift boat liars. It's not as if they're asking for a full investigation; no, they seem quite willing to accept it all at face value. The right may wonder the same about the left... why believe Kerry? Well, mostly because the smears are coming from the same direction as past smears leveled against McCain and Clelland. In other words, its par for the course as far as bullshit accusations. I'm much more likely to give the benefit of the doubt to a guy who's got a pretty clean history of service to our country. I mean, do I believe a man who volunteered for service in Vietnam, who then returns to speak out against an unjust war... a man who dedicates his life to public service and represents his constituants. Or do I accept the word of an admitted alcoholic, a man who didn't bother serving the public until seven years ago. A man who spent most of his life serving only himself, running several failed businesses with the help of his daddy. A self-admitted C student who coasted through Yale as a Legacy. We need to ask more questions of our leaders and not let them off the hook. I don't know how much more investigating you can do with Kerry... he's got his Navy records on line, the testimony of fellow troops. And a handful of guys accusing him of being a liar, while admitting they have no proof he lied. No, if fact, faced with a mountain of evidence which contradicts their claims, they merely dismiss it as all being wrong without so much as offering an ounce of proof to back up their stories. At the same time, most even admit they have no beef with his service, but simply dislike his testimony after the war. Bush, on the other hand, cannot produce a single man who saw him serve in Alabama... not a single officer who may have commanded him. All we hear is, "Hell, it was a big platoon... he might have been there. I don't know." There are a couple of unclaimed rewards dating back to 2000 for people who can present evidence that Bush served in Alabama. No one has come forward to collect these thousands of dollars. And yet no one is outraged at this lack of proof. People simply shrug. This troubles me. It makes me question our society and citizens... our morals. I finally have found something that the right will have to concede on: the bands supporting Bush all suck. From AP....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... Fucking priceless.... while Dole appears on Wolf Blitzer's CNN show, he trashes Bush off the air... but not off camera. The video operator taped it and released it. See it now at Slate!!! A leaked video reveals what Bob Dole really thinks about Bush's tactics. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Right-wing pundit Andrew Sullivan catches Bush in a Fruedian slip:
Remember, George W. Bush doesn't think we can beat the terrorists...
Notes from the RNC: Well, as predicted, the Bush twins came off looking idiotic compared to the Kerry girls. What are they... 15? You're telling me these two have Yale degrees? Puhleeeze. Irony of ironies, they tried to look cool by mentioning Outkast and Bono? Er... Andre3000 hates your dad girls. And Bono? I don't think he supports your dad either. These two are actively campaigning to remove him from office. I laughed during the twins' speech, but not because they were good. The awkward silences after every joke... I felt like I was watching Leno. What a snoozefest. Someone from the RNC vetted this? And Arnold.... sheeesh, enough with the bad movie puns (True Lies? Check! I'll be back? Check!). Before he opened his mouth, I asked my wife to guess how long it'd be before he used the phrase "girly-man" (about three minutes). Hey Arnie... that bit was funny.... on SNL... in 1989! Not to mention that a lot of his speech has since been deemed false or misrepresentative. Watching Laura Bush was like watching June Cleaver. Go back in the kitchen and bake some cookies dear. There's no "there" there. I later heard from some republicans who explained that she has long been suspected of medicating herself... and of having botox, which also leads to her dazed expression. And what can one say about Zell Miller? Zell Miller makes Joe Lieberman look like Huey Newton. Here's an excerpt from his book, "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat". Read it and tell me he doesn't sound like a crackpot:
And that's just on page two. Sounds like Travis Bickle driving around in his cab (tick, tick,tick, tick). Checking in on all the pundits and analysts this morning I see Zell Miller was pretty much panned across the board. The best bit I heard was about Miller looking like he was about to eat a baby (and didn't he know that was Cheney's job?). He definitely looked a bit frightening. You know you're scary when you make Cheney look like Mister Rogers. He kinda reminded me of the guy from the horror movie "Phantasm". Anyway you cut it, Miller looked like a psychopath. Here's the transcript of the CNN anchors tearing Zell apart and exposing his convention lies. Every time he's busted, he just plays dumb. I can't imagine it played better live than on paper. He also looked/sounded pretty bad on Hardball. He actually challenged Chris Matthews to a duel. I don't know how anyone can look at Miller asd anything but, at worse, a nutjob and at best, misinformed. Miller just screwed the pooch with swing voters. Cheney didn't help. He just took the whole night even more negative. While the boos and chants of "flip-flop" may have charged up the party faithful, I think the rest of the country was pretty disgusted by the whole thing. Let's just say Miller's no Obama. Zell Miller... flip-flopper...
Swift liar links Vietnam Vet Says Has No Proof for Claim Kerry Lied Military records support Kerry's account of Vietnam service Attorney Works for Bush, Anti-Kerry Group Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Resigns Former Texas Lt. governor admits to getting bush into the National guard as a favor to "rich people" Poll: Growing number of Americans think Bush campaign behind ads attacking Kerry's war record Columbus swift boat vet angry about letter Reconstructing one day on a Swift boat RNC commentary links GOP backs away from Miller's blast Will Zell backfire on the GOP?
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