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| 2004-01-26 |
| EFL - of all but a little stupidity. John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, won the Iowa caucuses and Wesley Clark, a former four-star US Army general, is one of the front-runners for Tuesday’s vote. Mr Clark and Mr Kerry are certainly not typical Democratic candidates. According to Dennis Johnson, an associate dean at George Washington University, Democrats historically have been weak in fielding "warriors". A Colin Powell makes a much more credible Democratic presidential than Clark. Clark has made so many previous statements that make him incompatible with the current DNC that his candidacy is a joke. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #6 Shipman, that type of behavior could get a POW a superstud status once the video is released on the internet. Actually, we could e-mail the video to Sistani and ask him for a ruling. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-26 9:44:32 PM |
| #5 Well that's pretty good SH... but the competition in Gitmo has been known to abuse themselves in front of female guards. How's that for gutsy? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-26 3:45:22 PM |
| #4 Stockdale was the only good thing about Perot. Here is a except from his bio about his will as a POW: "...sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personaI sacrifice. He deliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese..." The man is a legend at USNA. During GW I, a downed captured pilot that was a USNA grad tenderized his own face against a cement cell wall in emulation of Stockdale's defiance technique. I couldn't believe that Sadaam still broadcast pictures of the pilot's face. Eventhough I was pretty sure the guy had done it to himself, I almost smashed my television set. I was that mad. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-26 3:24:04 PM |
| #3 Interestingly, the last sitting legislator to win the Presidency was a Senator from Leftachussets - name was Kennedy - same initials as JFKerry! So, a guy like Clark has a big advantage in probability considering that the last "General" to run (not counting that fluky RADM for Perot)was Ike and look what happened to him. God forbid it repeats itself. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-1-26 11:46:41 AM |
| #2 This is the DNCs plan to reinvent the party every election. Next time they will field a Quasi 'Christian' candidate. Probably be one of them gay bishops we have heard so much about or a lesbian Catholic Ex-Nun. Ann Coulter talked about this theory on CSPAN once and it has merit |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-1-26 11:40:04 AM |
| #1 "Democrats historically have been weak in fielding "warriors" has that changed? |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-26 9:16:00 AM |