Vietnam Veterans Website Cites Kerry's Anti-War Activities

Because it's focusing on one thing instead of the whole.

Kerry was a war-hero - who protested the war

Bush had a shady history in the ANG - but led two successful invasions.

When a part of the whole is focused on, it diminishes the whole.

My 2cents anyways.

McGentrix wrote:

Because it's focusing on one thing instead of the whole.

Kerry was a war-hero - who protested the war

WHo ahd every right to do so. In fact my respect for him stems from this.

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Bush had a shady history in the ANG - but led two successful invasions.

Again, your definition of "success" is extremely flawed, bordering on ludicrous.

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When a part of the whole is focused on, it diminishes the whole.

Which seems to be the strategy Bush is counting on in reference to his own presidency!

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My 2cents anyways.

Worth much less than that, as always.

Because it's focusing on one thing instead of the whole.

McGentrix wrote:

Because it's focusing on one thing instead of the whole.

But focusing on the whole arguably strengthens Kerry's standing: He was against Vietnam all along. But when his country called, he heeded the call, did his duty as a soldier, and did a good job at it. Bush, by contrast, bailed out into the National Guard -- quite possibly with a little help from his father's friends. In the National Guard he did something so embarrassing that it trumps the embarrassment of hiding his military record. But once president, he has no problems sending other people into battle on ficticious evidence.

How does the whole picture make Bush look stronger than Kerry? I still don't get it.

Kerry was too much of a dumb-ass or was so ill-connected that he couldn't get out of going to fight in a war that he opposed, making him weak on his convictions and easy to manipulate.

Meanwhile, Bush was able to keep his butt out of the fire, assuring himself a safe place while his political aspirations were just warming up. He was wise enough to know that a dead Bush can no longer serve his country. Then, once elected to be President, was able to make tough decisions and show true leadership while keeping his own convictions solid.

It's all in the spin.

"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed managed to wangle slots in the Army Reserve and National Guard units... Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country."

phoenix

They are yanking your chain. Don't allow it. There's NO CONNECTION between Fonda and Kerry, but there is a picture where they are sitting in the same crowd.

Day after day, according to the tapes and memos, Nixon aides worried that Kerry was a unique, charismatic leader who could undermine support for the war. Other veteran protesters were easier targets, with their long hair, their use of a Viet Cong flag, and in some cases, their calls for overthrowing the US government. Kerry, by contrast, was a neat, well-spoken, highly decorated veteran who seemed to be a clone of former President John F. Kennedy, right down to the military service on a patrol boat.

The White House feared him like no other protester.

I am neither a Republican nor a Bush fan, but applaud his aggressive response to the events of 9/11.

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I am neither a Republican nor a Bush fan, but applaud his aggressive response to the events of 9/11.

Bill

That's an oft repeated statement. Yet it is curiously unreflective. Why not assume the likelihood that anyone who might have been holding the Presidency after 9-11 would have acted similarly? It could have been Carter, Ford, Clinton, Gore, Lieberman, you, me. There is no reason to believe that Bush is somehow unique, or more steadfast or resolute (pick your loaded terms). There is no comparison here to relate to, merely the drumbeat of the PR campaign to give Bush altitude.