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#43531 - 12/15/01 05:59 PM
Re: John Ashcroft DRAFT DODGER!
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Anonymous
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Hmmmm...welcome to short attention span theater. How about the little jaunt in Panama to take the heat from the Iran-Contra thing? Who was the President being scrutinized then? How about Grenada? How about Libya? How about Desert Storm? Seems to me Slick Willie wasn't the only one using the military to either divert attention from himself or to boost his rating in the eyes of the polls.
No, Gryphon. It's apples and apples. The row over Clinton's draft dodging took place during his campaign against George H.W. Bush. And that all came from the "conservative, right wing, military" side of the fence.
Now...is draft dodging the same whether you are right,left, or center. Obviously not in your world.
Please explain the difference. I always thought a dodger was a dodger and a bigot was a bigot.
[ December 15, 2001: Message edited by: Klingonwarrior ]
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#43532 - 12/15/01 06:29 PM
Re: John Ashcroft DRAFT DODGER!
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gryphon
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I don't believe that Grenada, Libya or Desert Storm are comparable. We did not have an embattled President. Were they empeached and I didn't know it?
Let me explain, maybe you don't know that apples and oranges are different.
1) Clinton was President... Ashcroft was not
2) Clinton was a draft dodger, George H.W. Bush a war hero
3) Bush (both) supported the military Clinton did not
4)Did I mention that Clinton was the Comander in chief and Ashcroft is not
Learn about Apples and Oranges
Yes, but the Commander in Chief does not equal the Attorney General. Does it in your world?
Explained away.... Clinton did more to undermine this country, was he a bigot, I don't know, you could never tell if and when he was telling the truth.
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#43535 - 12/15/01 06:42 PM
Re: John Ashcroft DRAFT DODGER!
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Libya was a response by Reagan (or those in his cabinet) to send a message we were not soft on terrorism.
Grenada and Panama were both used by an embattled President Bush to boost his ratings and divert attention the "war on drugs" was a sham as well as divert attention from the Iran-contra, guns for drugs trade. Desert Storm was another sham war for oil. No disrespect to the dead and injured soldiers in that, but odd that in that war as with the current war, most casualties were the result of "friendly fire".
Seems that both Bushs', rather than being the heroic town sheriffs in this horse opera, are the "gang who couldn't shoot straight".
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