Even the DUMBEST voter knows one thing: Kerry went, Bush deserted.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

We will be thanking the Swift Boat Dirtbags come election day.

[ranosgol]

1. AWOL ... Desertion Difference

There is a difference between AWOL and Desertion. AWOL, or Away WithOut Leave is a less serious charge than desertion. AWOL you are absent from your command but you may intend to return. Desertion means you left your post on purpose with no intent to return. Desertion has to be proven. If someone is AWOL more than 30 days they are considered a deserter but it still must be proven. One way to prove it would be you pack up your belongings and leave or turn in your id card. If you just disappear but return on your own free will that is considered AWOL. You can be considered AWOL if you are jailed, even if the command knows it. Jail is not an excuse to be late.
Bush was an officer and the rules that apply to an enlisted man does not always apply to an officer, they usually get greater leeway. I am no fan of Bush by any means but his time missing would more correctly be called AWOL not Desertion.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. Sadly, some are dumber than dumbest

There are MANY who do not know boosh has a yawning gap in his service record. There are MANY who believe any such gap is a lie made up by democraps /sic/

Never underestimate the stupidity of SOME people.

[CornField]

3. I kinda like the new ad

http://www.desertersfortruth.com/

[George_Bonanza]

4. But but but but but but but but but but but but Bush is a Christian

And a pro-lifer. And "down to earth". We can have a beer with him! Let's elect him president!

[CornField]

5. Ironically, some disagree

This was e-mailed to me... it's lengthy, so I'll just post a few snippets. It seems, when one begins mixing religion with politics, it's an all or nothing affair.

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I. George W. Bush on Abortion

On the campaign trail, President Bush professed to be “pro-life,” but with exceptions – he believes abortion to be justified in cases of rape and incest.1,2 The New York Times reported, “It was the same tempered language that George W. Bush typically uses to discuss abortion, which he opposes except in cases of rape, incest or risk to a pregnant woman's life.”3 As Alan Keyes pointed out in the Presidential debates and in various speeches, such pro-life exceptions that allow the innocent to be killed in some circumstances disqualify President Bush from being pro-life at all.4 If President Bush would justify the killing of one innocent person under his jurisdiction, he is disqualified from being a good person, much less a good leader. Having a rapist for a dad is not a capital crime, and for President Bush to state that innocent children can justly be killed because of the tragic circumstances of their conception reveals that he doesn’t comprehend the basic principle of the inalienable, inviolable, God-given right to life acknowledged in our nation’s founding documents.

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II. George W. Bush on Sodomy

President Bush has stated that he has no qualms about hiring homosexuals,20 and he has proven it. He has appointed open homosexuals to high government positions at a rate that makes Bill Clinton look like a homophobe!21 In December of 1999, when President Bush was Governor of Texas, he appointed a supporter of the Houston Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus and also of Planned Parenthood, Martha Hill Jamison, to the 164th District Court in Houston. Very early in his tenure as President, G.W. Bush appointed a pro-homosexual, pro-abortion candidate to the Federal bench.22 Early in 2000, President Bush attempted to purge the Republican platform of planks against homosexual marriage and homosexuals in the military. On April 9, 2001, he appointed a renown homosexual activist, Scott Evertz, to the Office of National AIDS Policy, which was the first appointment of an open homosexual to this federal position.23 On June 18, 2002, he transferred Evertz to direct U.S. Policy on Global Fund for AIDS and appointed another homosexual activist to take over as new director of the Office of National AIDS Policy.24

On September 18, 2001, President Bush appointed a homosexual activist to be Ambassador to Romania at the protest of the Romanian government. Furthermore, President Bush authorized a Clinton policy that allows an “unmarried partner” of a foreign aid worker to be given the same status as a married spouse. So the ambassador’s homosexual lover accompanies him to official government functions, travels with and resides with him on the taxpayers’ tab. On August 22, 2001, President Bush appointed an open homosexual to the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts.25 He presided over the appointment of another open homosexual to oversee the choice of civilian personnel at the Pentagon.26 The Bush administration posted a job for a "gay and lesbian program specialist" at the Department of Agriculture. On November 1, 2001, President Bush appointed an open homosexual to the State Department as an arms control advisor, which was the first appointment of an openly gay person to a senior arms control post. President Bush insisted that openly homosexual Congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona be given a prominent speaking role at the Republican National Convention.27, 28 On January 25, 2002, President Bush appointed many openly gay Republicans to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.29

G.W. Bush hired running mate Dick Cheney’s openly gay daughter to be a consultant for him during his campaign. “The governor believes Mr. Cheney has a wonderful family,” a Bush spokesman said. “Being gay or lesbian is not a liability in this campaign. The governor embraces both of Mr. Cheney’s daughters and will invite them to campaign with him.”30 Dick Cheney openly promotes “same-sex unions.”31

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III. George W. Bush on Other Issues

There are many other reasons Christians should conscientiously object to voting for George W. Bush. Certainly, many of these acts are not necessarily sinful, but together they provide convincing proof that George W. Bush is not an authentic conservative.

* He demoralized Korean and Japanese Christians by bowing down at a pagan Shinto shrine in Japan.40
* His public profession that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, contrary to the plain teaching of Scripture.41, 42
* His endorsement of Ramadan, a Muslim fast, at a White House celebration.43
* His proposal to increase funding of the National Endowment for the Arts by 15 percent, the highest percentage increase in two decades. That's a total of 139 million dollars in 2005 to finance art, much of which is blasphemous. (Recall the taxpayer-financed painting of a crucifix in a jar of urine.)44
* His support of increased Federal involvement in the education of children at the state and local level. Funding for government education has increased billions of dollars under President Bush.45

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BTW, this isn't even a 10th of the e-mail. Some "Christians" are really ticked that Bushco hasn't taken their values seriously enough. (Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.)

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Many think he was an ANG flying ace --

and the press reinforced that idea when he landed on the carrier in his flightsuit costume. Hopefully, some are seeing the light, despite little-to-no press mention of Bush's skimpy service record.

[Piperay]

7. True and

if Kerry spent every bit of his time in a bar in Saigon, he was OVER THERE AND RISKING DANGER while chimp was AWOL from Alabama.