Religions > Atheism > Liberalism Is An Actual Mental Disorder. ==> Max Cleland Drops a Political Grenade
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Liberalism Is An Actual Mental Disorder. ==> Max Cleland Drops a Political Grenade |
Max Cleland Drops a Political Grenade
Former Sen. Max Cleland is the Democrats' designated hysteric about
George Bush's National Guard service. A triple amputee and Vietnam
veteran, Cleland is making the rounds on talk TV, basking in the
affection of liberals who have suddenly become jock-sniffers for war
veterans and working himself into
a lather about President Bush's military service. Citing such renowned
military experts as Molly Ivins, Cleland indignantly demands further
investigation into Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard.
Bush's National Guard service is the most thoroughly investigated event
since the Kennedy assassination. But the Democrats will accept only two
possible conclusions to their baseless accusations: (1) Bush was
"AWOL," or (2) the matter needs further investigation.
Thirty years ago, Bush was granted an honorable discharge from the
National Guard, which would seem to put the matter to rest. But
liberals want proof that Bush actually deserved his honorable
discharge. (Since when did the party of Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy and
Robert Byrd get so obsessed with honor?)
On "Hardball" Monday night, Cleland demanded to see Bush's pay stubs
for the disputed period of time, May 1972 to May 1973. "If he was
getting paid for his weekend warrior work," Cleland said, "he should
have some pay stubs to show it."
The next day, the White House produced the pay stubs. This confirmed
what has been confirmed 1 million times before: After taking the summer
off, Bush reported for duty nine times between Nov. 29, 1972, and May
24, 1973 - more than enough times to fulfill his Guard duties. (And
nine times more than Bill Clinton, Barney Frank or Chuck Schumer did
during the same period.)
All this has been reported - with documentation - many times by
many news organizations. George magazine had Bush's National Guard
records 3 1/2 years ago.
All available evidence keeps confirming Bush's honorable service with
the Guard, which leads liberals to conclude ... further investigation
is needed! No evidence will ever be enough evidence. That Bush skipped
out on his National Guard service is one of liberals' many
nondisprovable beliefs, like global warming.
Cleland also expressed outrage that Bush left the National Guard nine
months early in 1973 to go to Harvard Business School. On "Hardball,"
Cleland testily remarked: "I just know a whole lot of veterans who
would have loved to have worked things out with the military and
adjusted their tour of duty." (Cleland already knows one - Al Gore!)
When Bush left the National Guard in 1973 to go to business school, the
war was over. It might as well have been 1986. Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson had already lost the war, and President Nixon had ended it with
the Paris peace accords in January. If Bush had demanded active combat,
there was no war to send him to.
To put this in perspective, by 1973, John Kerry had already accused
American soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, thrown someone
else's medals to the ground in an anti-war demonstration, and married
his first heiress. Bill Clinton had just finished three years of law
school and was about to embark upon a political career - which would
include campaign events with Max Cleland.
Moreover, if we're going to start delving into exactly who did what
back then, maybe Max Cleland should stop allowing Democrats to portray
him as a war hero who lost his limbs taking enemy fire on the
battlefields of Vietnam.
Cleland lost three limbs in an accident during a routine noncombat
mission where he was about to drink beer with friends. He saw a grenade
on the ground and picked it up. He could have done that at Fort Dix. In
fact, Cleland could have dropped a grenade on his foot as a National
Guardsman - or what Cleland sneeringly calls "weekend warriors."
Luckily for Cleland's political career and current pomposity about
Bush, he happened to do it while in Vietnam.
There is more than a whiff of dishonesty in how Cleland is presented to
the American people. Terry McAuliffe goes around saying, "Max Cleland,
a triple amputee who left three limbs on the battlefield of Vietnam,"
was thrown out of office because Republicans "had the audacity to call
Max Cleland unpatriotic." Mr. Cleland, a word of advice: When a slimy
weasel like Terry McAuliffe is vouching for your combat record, it's
time to sound "retreat" on that subject.
Needless to say, no one ever challenged Cleland's "patriotism." His
performance in the Senate was the issue, which should not have come as
a bolt out of the blue inasmuch as he was running for re-election to
the Senate. Sen. Cleland had refused to vote for the Homeland Security
bill unless it was chock-full of pro-union perks that would have
jeopardized national security. ("OH, MY GOD! A HIJACKED PLANE IS HEADED
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE!" "Sorry, I'm on my break. Please call back in two
hours.")
The good people of Georgia - who do not need lectures on admiring
military service - gave Cleland one pass for being a Vietnam veteran.
He didn't get a lifetime pass.
Indeed, if Cleland had dropped a grenade on himself at Fort Dix rather
than in Vietnam, he would never have been a U.S. senator in the first
place. Maybe he'd be the best pharmacist in Atlanta, but not a U.S.
senator. He got into office on the basis of serving in Vietnam and was
thrown out for his performance as a senator.
Cleland wore the uniform, he was in Vietnam, and he has shown courage
by going on to lead a productive life. But he didn't "give his limbs
for his country," or leave them "on the battlefield." There was no
bravery involved in dropping a grenade on himself with no enemy troops
in sight. That could have happened in the Texas National Guard -
which Cleland denigrates while demanding his own sanctification.
The BRILLIANT & BEAUTIFUL Ann Coulter!
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Left-wing liberals are EVERYTHING they accuse the right of being. They
are mean, vicious, hateful, greedy, cold-hearted, closed-minded,
selfish, intolerant, bigoted and racist.
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12 Jun 2005 04:46:21 AM |
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