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| Kerry Demands Bush Prove Guard Service |
| 2004-04-26 |
| EFL WHEELING, W.Va. - John Kerry, a decorated Navy veteran criticized by Republicans for his anti-war activities during the Vietnam era, lashed out at President Bush on Monday for failing to prove whether he fulfilled his commitment to the National Guard during the same period. Looks like the baiting worked. "If George Bush wants to ask me questions about that through his surrogates, he owes America an explanation about whether or not he showed up for duty in the National Guard. Prove it. That’s what we ought to have," Kerry told NBC News in an interview. "I’m not going to stand around and let them play games." "The Bushitler is a deserter!" In 1992, as Democratic candidate Bill Clinton faced criticism for avoiding service in Vietnam, Kerry said, "We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways." "Clinton was only raping in Arkansas, not Vietnam." Kerry was asked to reconcile two explanations for why he didn’t throw his own medals: He told The Washington Post in 1985 it was because he didn’t want to personally, and told the Boston Globe in 1996 that he didn’t have time to go home and get them. "Plus, uh, the dog ate them!" |
| Posted by:someone |
| #4 "If George Bush wants to ask me questions about that through his surrogates,.. Sounds like one of those types that believe conspiracies of all kinds are afoot. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-27 12:38:26 AM |
| #3 As far as it goes, Kerry should be as happy with the focus on the medals and ribbons as Bill Clinton surely was about the blue dress. The medals are window dressing as compared to the allegations he made against fellow servicemen. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-27 12:32:06 AM |
| #2 he didn’t have time to go home and get them Didn't he live in New York, and wasn't one of the medals he did throw belong to a New Yorker that he got from that veteran at a VA hospital in New York? I am confused? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-27 12:30:02 AM |
| #1 The building of the Moscow subway was terribly expensive, and just before its grand opening, the American ambassador was given a sneak preview by the Russian Foreign Secretary. The American was very impressed by how elaborate it all was, then asked, what kind of subway cars do you use? The Russian Foreign Secretary immediately and angrily snapped back at him, "But what about your mistreatment of the blacks in the American South!?" (The Russians had spent all their money that year on the tunnels, and didn't have any left for subway cars.) |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-04-26 11:29:13 PM |