Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Is everybody asleep?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Phillip Kelchen wrote:

> Well, if you watched him, it did not look like he was trying to tell a 
> joke. He delivered it all with a straight face and tone, leading a lot 
> of people to believe that's what he meant to say. When it didn't have 
> the effect he intended, then he said that it was a botched joke. I can't 
> tell if Kerry is telling the truth or not if it really was a bothched 
> joke, but he just dissed on every person in the armed forces whether he 
> meant to or not. I find it hard to believe that hundreds of thousands of 
> soldiers and their families shrug it off as "not important."

You didn't see the whole thing, so you don't have the context.  He was 
talking about Bush.  He wasn't talking about soldiers.

Remember, John Kerry was a soldier and he is an honorable guy.  You should 
check out this movie sometime:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/going_upriver/

Mike

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