Orange County Weekly: Shoot a Republican: The Sequel

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March 11 - 17, 2005

Shoot a Republican: The Sequel

Weekly extends offer to pump partisan lead

by STEVE LOWERY

Six months ago, we offered our Republican friends a unique opportunity to show up then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry while making a clear demarcation on what constitutes heroism, commitment and truth.

We offered to shoot them with a gun.

Or a really big slingshot.

Or a really small tank.

Mostly, we wanted to deliver into their bodies a similar amount of the metal received by Kerry while he was fighting in Vietnam. Republicans, who have always been suspicious of those who “serve” in the military — Kerry, John McCain, George Marshall — disputed how hurt Kerry actually was and, during the GOP National Convention, mocked him and his two Purple Hearts by wearing Band-Aids festooned with purple hearts. This they did while worshipfully listening to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert, who, between them, served exactly — let’s see, carry the two, bring down the nine — ZERO days in Vietnam.

Now, to some, this seemed, well, unseemly, insulting even to those who had served, died or been wounded fighting for their country. It’s akin to having a Secretary of Defense who refused to sign by hand letters of condolence to families of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and instead used a machine.

(snip)

So, to date, our offer has been taken up by exactly — let’s see, carry the two, bring down the nine, allow for the wind — ZERO Republicans.

More..
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/05/27/news-lowery.php

[Skinner]

1. Great essay.

I think the dude who wrote it is my new hero.

[question everything]

3. Here is the original story

http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/04/52/news-lowery.php

John Kerry is a pussy. What else do you call a guy who serves in ’Nam, takes a few pieces of metal in the shoulder and expects not to be branded a traitor? And what else can you call a guy who isn’t sure when and where he got wounded because he was too busy pulling guys out of rivers while others were too busy shooting and yelling and trying really hard not to get all killed to take the time to check their GPS?

[qnr]

2. Bravo! Now, let us see how this gets twisted on certain sites where

someone only looked at the headline.

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4. For some reason

stories like this have no effect on believers. It cuts to the heart of the hypocrisy re: the media's treatment of Kerry, and yet to a Republican it just doesn't register.