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He helped rich people avoid service in Viet Nam. I won't mention any
specific people he helped, just that he's ashamed that he helped rich,
powerful families avoid service.

Asking for forgiveness and repenting after the fact is good but a ture man
of integrity would not have put himself into the situation where he would
regret his actions.

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no sense.
Now it does.

Did you ever stop to think that it was ONLY you, who didn't get it?

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no
sense.
Now it does.

Did you ever stop to think that it was ONLY you, who didn't get it?

I don't visit kerry-for-President websites...so why would I happen to
stumble upon Barnes' statement? The mainstream press didn't cover it until
Kerry put it on his website. Without posting the comments in their
entirety, the little snippet that Jim posted makes no sense.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:38:53 GMT, Jim wrote:

I disagree, helping "rich people" is one of the real problems with
politics.

As a general statement, it shows how morally corrupt we are as a nation.


You really believe the USA is a morally corrupt nation?

That is the liebral socialist mantra.......USA=BAD.......Blame America
first.



John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Your original quote made no mention of Vietnam.


"Jim" wrote in message
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He helped rich people avoid service in Viet Nam. I won't mention any
specific people he helped, just that he's ashamed that he helped rich,
powerful families avoid service.

NOYB wrote:

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Really, it doesn't make any sense to you? Jeez, why am I not
surpised.....


Of course *you* would understand it. Fragmented and
grammatically-challenged sentence structure seem to be your forte.

Now, would you like to explain what Barnes was referring to with the
word
"that", when he said "...*that* was what people should do..."?

"NOYB" wrote in message link.net...
Your original quote made no mention of Vietnam.

Man, your blinders must be tight. Do you need every little freaking
nuance explained to you? What to **** do you THINK he was talking
about, given the context?

P.Fritz wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:38:53 GMT, Jim wrote:


I disagree, helping "rich people" is one of the real problems with

politics.

As a general statement, it shows how morally corrupt we are as a nation.


You really believe the USA is a morally corrupt nation?


That is the liebral socialist mantra.......USA=BAD.......Blame America
first.

Another simplistic answer to a complex situation.

Morally corrupt, one example:
That picture on Drudge report yesterday of the Republican woman happily
clutching the book "Unfit for Command."

#2 Bush used family influence to get into the National Guard.

#3 The Swift Boat Veterans, headed by John O'Neill, a group of
ironically named liars with an agenda.

#4 Starting a war on a lie.

#5 Halliburton, Abu Grabe (sp) prison abuse

#6 Whitewater, filegate, travelgate, Ken Starr, and so on.

#7 J. Edgar Hoover

#8 Joseph McCarthey

The list is a long one, sometimes we ARE morally bankrupt.


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John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no

sense.

Now it does.

Did you ever stop to think that it was ONLY you, who didn't get it?


I don't visit kerry-for-President websites...so why would I happen to
stumble upon Barnes' statement? The mainstream press didn't cover it until
Kerry put it on his website. Without posting the comments in their
entirety, the little snippet that Jim posted makes no sense.


In any context, the statement that "the duty of an elected official is
to help rich people" is clearly offensive.

Now do you get it?

"Jim" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message

link.net...

Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
rthlink.net...

I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no

sense.

Now it does.

Did you ever stop to think that it was ONLY you, who didn't get it?


I don't visit kerry-for-President websites...so why would I happen to
stumble upon Barnes' statement? The mainstream press didn't cover it
until
Kerry put it on his website. Without posting the comments in their
entirety, the little snippet that Jim posted makes no sense.


In any context, the statement that "the duty of an elected official is
to help rich people" is clearly offensive.

You didn't say anything about "the duty of an elected official".

You said:

"I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people"


By itself, that statement makes no sense.

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"Jim" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

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"NOYB" wrote in message

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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message

link.net...

Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no

sense.

Now it does.

Did you ever stop to think that it was ONLY you, who didn't get it?


I don't visit kerry-for-President websites...so why would I happen to
stumble upon Barnes' statement? The mainstream press didn't cover it
until
Kerry put it on his website. Without posting the comments in their
entirety, the little snippet that Jim posted makes no sense.


In any context, the statement that "the duty of an elected official is
to help rich people" is clearly offensive.

You didn't say anything about "the duty of an elected official".

You said:

"I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people"


By itself, that statement makes no sense.

Again, you're the only one it doesn't make sense to.