Kerry Bashing April 27, 2004 ~ 9:26 am
Posted by Julie in : Politically Incorrect , trackbackAlright, we are once again entering the controversial here, just because this something that boils my blood. So if you don’t want to talk politics, or are a supporter of George Bush (either of them, really), you might not want to read this post. Skip it. I won’t hold it against you.
I expect there to be mudslinging during a Presidential Campaign. Not because it’s essential, not because it’s the right way of doing things, but because sooner or later these things devolve into name-calling. However in the 2004 Presidential Race, we seem to be witnessing new levels of it. And we all know which direction I’m pointing the finger in. (If you haven’t figured it out, read whichever “bumper sticker” is under the picture of the leaf above.) I’m not saying Kerry is a saint. Far from it. I don’t believe any politician could achieve sainthood. I’m not even saying he was my first choice for President. I backed Dean first, then Edwards. But I do know that in four years under Dubya, this country has been screwed six ways to Sunday. He lost my support on 9/11. While my home was being attacked, where the hell was Dubya? Up in a plane, somewhere, flying around the country. Rudy Giuliani, whom I previously had no respect for, was at least in the thick of things, doing what he could to aid those who were trapped, lost, and those of us who were in shock that such a thing could happen. I realize the Bush is the President, and is higher in the world scheme of things than Rudy. But running like that when your country needs you is not a way to instill confidence. You cannot tell me that he couldn’t have held still long enough to send us a message of support. And my opinion of him has never recovered. He has not done one single thing that has benefitted me. I am a single woman living in New York City with an income of $30,000 a year. Not exactly his prime focus. But I, and all the other people like me, are no less deserving of government notice than his oil cronies.
But I’ve gotten far off-track trying to give background. What’s pissing me off today is this latest smear campaign of the Bush camp against John Kerry’s military record. John Kerry isn’t fit to lead a country in wartime? A man who served in Vietnam, which was not one of the “good and glorious wars” to serve in, and was wounded three times. The real meaning behind all this is that Dubya is fit to lead a country in wartime. A man whose Daddy got him into the National Guard so he wouldn’t have to go to Vietnam, who was in the so-called “Champagne Squadron,” who was grounded because he failed to show up for a physical, who left the National Guard 8 months early to go to Business School, and who can’t provide records of his actual service time. Yeah, that’s a good guy to have in charge of our troops.
Nuff said.
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