"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:57:32 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"John H" wrote in message
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Should have said, "...nor am I using it to support my Presidential
run." But, only one as astute as yourself would have caught it!


Using it? I suspect that if the public, the press and his idiot opponent
didn't encourage him to discuss the issue, he wouldn't bother with it.
Military service is a non-issue for a president.


Did Bush bring up Kerry's Vietnam service, over and over and over?

Mostly, it was you, John. :-) But, both candidates are going to give each
other plenty of bullets to shoot back. It's human nature. They invent
issues, and watch the polls 2 days later to see how the pablum-sucking
public digests these issues. The real issue is not Kerry's presence in
Vietnam, but the fact that he had the gall to disagree with the suits about
whether we belonged in that war, and express that disagreement publicly.
That suggests that there is freedom of speech in this country.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ...
"John H" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:57:32 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
.. .


Should have said, "...nor am I using it to support my Presidential
run." But, only one as astute as yourself would have caught it!


Using it? I suspect that if the public, the press and his idiot opponent
didn't encourage him to discuss the issue, he wouldn't bother with it.
Military service is a non-issue for a president.


Did Bush bring up Kerry's Vietnam service, over and over and over?

Mostly, it was you, John. :-)


No it was not. Even the most partizan here that listened to any of
Kerrys speechs during the primaries would have heard Kerry, and every
surrogate mention Kerrys service within the very first few lines of
those speeches. Even you must admit, Kerry ran his campaign on it,
until that engineer showed up, go ahead, ignore me on this one, it's
gonna be good...

But, both candidates are going to give each
other plenty of bullets to shoot back. It's human nature. They invent
issues, and watch the polls 2 days later to see how the pablum-sucking
public digests these issues. The real issue is not Kerry's presence in
Vietnam, but the fact that he had the gall to disagree with the suits about
whether we belonged in that war, and express that disagreement publicly.
That suggests that there is freedom of speech in this country.

In the end, I doubt it will matter, no more than the gay marriage/civil
union thing matters. Polls indicate that most voters are concerned first
about the economy and the deficit. Perhaps the country is waking up.

Doug Kanter wrote:
In the end, I doubt it will matter, no more than the gay marriage/civil
union thing matters. Polls indicate that most voters are concerned first
about the economy and the deficit. Perhaps the country is waking up.



What matters is that Bush and his policies and his errors are exposed to
sunlight.