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FlyLow · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject:

EVERYONE of these attendees should stand and turn their back to this coward.

This man has absolutely no "couth". He should be booed at least.
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Theresa Alwood · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:22 pm Post subject:

I must say as a vet I am really disappointed in the way most vets are responding to Kerry when he shows up at vet sponsored events....such as the VFW and American Legion - I was really disappointed that these vets did not stand up and all of them turn their back on Kerry...what a statement that would make - rather than just a few who did this. Where is the backbone of these vets?

I just do not get it. I could never shake Kerry's hand let alone raise by hands in applause for this man. I remember when my husband retired in 2000 - I really tried talking him into at least waiting until 2001 so President Bush could sign his retirements orders...I was just glad that my letter of appreciation was not signed by Clinton. Maybe I am too much of a right winger - I just don't know.

I had problems just standing at formal functions when they mentioned Clinton's name...I would never be able to stand at any function if Kerry was elected CIC of our Armed Forces - guess I should be glad that my husband is retired so I wouldn't embarass him at any military functions in the future.

I truly am shocked at these vets and their implied support of him when he walks in the room. I do not expect any difference from the National Guard. For some reason they applaud Kerry - maybe not with such great enthusiam...but they still applaud him. I just do not get it. Respect for Kerry - NEVER. Applaud Kerry - NEVER.
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greenvale · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:42 am Post subject:

Check out Drudge: DNC plans new attacts against Bush and guard duty in hopes of derailing his address before these vets. He's hopeing to get them to show disapproval like some have shown him. I believe that Kerry address this same group later in the week.
It's getting nasty..the swifties did damage by using the truth..not treachery..
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neverforget · Vice Admiral Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 875

DNC is now attacking President Bush for saying he was in the Texas Air National Guard and the U.S. Air force. So, when flying Badger and Backfire intercept patrol missions, there was no coordination with NORAD? Or maybe they had to get Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes' permission? Yeah, that's it.

These people are f'ed in the mind. And juvenile delinquents in their thinking.
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Polaris · Rear Admiral Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 626

Relax,

All this will do is further alienate the Guardsmen from Kerry. Anyone that has dealt with the Guard knows that when they are activated, they are subject to the same regulations and same chain of command, etc etc as active duty members. Indeed the Air Guard (or any Guard for that matter) is also an adjunct of the Air Reserve.

That means that when Lt. Bush was on active duty during Basic and Flight Training, he was for all intents and purposes an active duty USAF Officer. He has a Reserve and State Commission, true, but I assure you that it would make little if any difference.

Casting aspersions on guardsmen with active duty time is a collossal mistake on Kerry's party.
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ArmyWife · Lieutenant Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 218

Folks -

As much as I want to see a negative reaction at the NGAUS convention, I've got to caution you that it probably won't happen. The most they'll do is sit on their hands.

There are probably going to be a lot of O-5's and up in attendance that need to worry about their next jobs and whatever funding they get from their state governments. Any one of those folks from a state with a Democrat governor isn't going to want to get caught on camera standing with his back to John Kerry.

Mr. Silverback · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:

The very fact that he's going there shows just how tone-deaf he and his campaign are. He'll be lucky if he doesn't get boo-ed off the stage.
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msindependent · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:38 am Post subject:

I'm thinking that if Kerry's people have not pulled him out of this by now, they must have set it up with their embedded people. Probably part of a plan, I do hope some people uncover this if true. At this point, I don't think they would let him go before a hostile crowd. This could be a real bummer.

Kathy Kay · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:00 am Post subject:

Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Can we spread this story to NGA in the next couple of days?

From "Reckless Disregard," p. 46 by Buzz Patterson:

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ArmyWife · Lieutenant Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 218

If everyone here is serious about wanting to see some negative reaction to Kerry at the NGAUS caonference, then you need to ask around and find RETIRED National Guard folks who might be attending the conference and get them to boo, protest, whatever.

People currently serving in the Guard cannot take the political risk to do what we hope they will. They all have Democrats in their state legislatures whose votes they need for funding. Many of them are serving under Democrat governors, and ticking those Governors off could cost them their jobs.

The crowd will probably just give polite little golf claps, and remain quiet much of the time. It's the most they can do...especially if they are in uniform.

grandforker · Seaman Recruit Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 44

The Democrats, not just Kerry, have adopted a pattern of denigrating service in the National Guard. Their goal is to portray the Guard as a bunch of people who join for the benefits with the idea that they'll never see combat duty and are totally unsuited to fight. The Democrats do this to make President Bush's service in the Guard seem less honorable than it was.

As a case in point, after two North Dakota National Guardsman were killed in Iraq on Jan. 24, Lloyd Omdahl, the former Democratic lieutenant governor of our state, wrote this vile column that appeared in newspapers around North Dakota. He claimed that the Guardsman were duped into joining and were being exploited by the Pentagon.

It just so happened that one of the men killed was a close friend of mine for 14 years when I lived in Bismarck, ND. I knew why he had joined the Guard and his feelings about the war in Iraq. Omdahl's shameless insult of my friend and all Guardmen made me so angry that I wrote this response.

But liberals have no shame when it comes to slandering America's soldiers. A local peace activitist wrote a letter to the editor in which she essentially called me a liar. Omdahl wrote another column a few months later claiming that an e-mail he received from a Guardsman in Iraq proved him right. I'm still disgusted with how casually they're willing to proclaim that my friend was foolish and died for no reason.
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