Kerry Allies Take Shots at Bush, Cheney on Vietnam

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-security5sep05,1,3918622.story?coll=la-home-politics

[graywarrior]

1. I hate registering for these things!

[buycitgo]

9. this works for lots of papers

salon

tabletalk

I just got on LA Times using it

[a new day]

2. By Matea Gold and Nick Anderson, Times Staff Writers

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — After being targeted for weeks by criticisms of his service in Vietnam and his later protests of the war, Sen. John F. Kerry looked on Saturday as a series of his supporters lambasted President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for avoiding combat service during those years.

Rep. Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) made the strongest attack at an evening rally here on the banks of the Ohio River, saying that Kerry "was carrying a gun through the jungles of Vietnam while George Bush was neglecting his military service and carrying out his responsibility as a cheerleader at Yale University."
That prompted both laughter and boos from a crowd of several hundred.

[wurzel]

4. Sen. Kerry. You did not save your crew by being "nice".

Until Kerry shows he can be as ruthless as the Repukes there will be doubts. Bullies will keep attacking until they are made afraid. Only then they will stop.

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6. A new day.......

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[a new day]

8. moderator

link is on first post

[Doosh]

3. we need to stop with the Vietnam issue

Kerry gets no traction promoting his war hero image, attack them on something else. this is vietnam overkill.

[jean]

5. Gen McPeak was on Maj Report the other night and had a great segue

He has taken a security position with Kerry.

They were talking about Vietnam and the SB liars and he said:

The Vietnam war was a diversion from the Cold War. It was a mistake and a huge waste of lives and money. As a result, it took us more money, lives and TIME to end the Cold War.

And the Iraq war is the same: It's a diversion from the war on terror and sucks all our money and troops down the drain. The Iraq war is a mistake and is stalling us in our efforts to fight terrorism. TIME is being wasted.

He went from Vietnam - - - - > smoothly into discussion of our current waste of time,money and lives quagmire, Iraq.

[TriMetFan]

7. Yes we do need to get away from Vietnam: But..

there are a lot of people out there that this war is still not over yet. I do remember that when I was a kid in the early 70's that if a man served in the National Guard it was thought as "HE was The Country Club". In other words that person was trying to get out of going to Vietnam. Also Bush is the one who has used his service for show. Like landing on the battle ship in a flight suite.