8/16 Why is the swiftboat troll so persistent?
\_ 3 wounds and you get to go home, Kerry got 3 purple hearts
for 3 scratches and got to go home, but also made himself
and video taped himself to appear like Kennedy in
his reenactments of his wounds. Also, Xmas in Cambodia
depends on your definition of "seered"
\_ If you were in Vietnam and realized that the war was a mistake
(after the burning villages, the carpet bombing, the fact
that four times as many civilians were dying as enemy soldiers,
etc.), you'd be happy to get three scratches for three purple
hearts.
You'd still do your job right while you were there, and when
you left, even after four short months, you wouldn't be a coward.
As for Christmas in Cambodia, his people said he got the date
wrong.
\_ Stop with the "four short months". He did two tours.
\_ if the dumb fuck doesnt know when Xmas is, then he
shouldn't be our president
\_ Troll. He never said he didn't know when Christmas was, he
said he didn't know what day it happened.
\_ it was "seered" in his mind that it was Xmas
\_ it was a "life changing" moment in his life, so much
so that he talked about it in front of Congress
so much so that he doesn't know what day xmas is?
\_ I believe it is an exaggerated war story. His people have
since said he was near Cambodia during Christmas, and in
Cambodia in January. In his mind, he thought, what the hey,
I was doing the missions, I was in Cambodia under fire from
both sides, and it makes a better story to say Christmas.
\_ That's fine if you're telling it to your grandkids.
But don't you think telling it to congress under
oath is kinda dumb?
\_ Only if you were testifying on precise dates of when
U.S. soldiers were in Cambodia.
\_ So lying is ok as long as you weren't asked a
direct question on the subject? Okie Dokie!
\_ I don't think this is lying, just as much as
people say GW Bush is a liar. Kerry was
mistaken, and at worst, exaggerated -- lying
is something else. Bush was mistaken, and
at worst, misled the American people.
\_ Getting an unimportant detail (the exact date)
wrong does not make you a liar. It may make you
sloppy or forgetful, but not a liar.
\_ I have nothing against people trying to get out of
'nam. Just don't act like some kind of hero because of
it.
\_ It still hasn't been documented he even went to
Cambodia.
\_ Hell, we still say we never had ANY troops in cambodia.
\_ I don't have a problem with Kerry using the 3-purple-heart
rule. I think there are some legitimate questions about it
that haven't been answered, and I get irritated that most of
the responses are to (1) label it as a troll and dismiss it,
or (2) use a strawman argument. -emarkp
\_ The first time it was posted, it was interesting. I'll even
grant a second and a third time. However, the repeated
posting of a topic without any new information simply for
the purposes of encouraging people to yell at one another
is textbook trolling.
\_ i keep posting it to show how vicious and vile the
extreme right can be, sorry
\_ Why do you hate America?
\_ It isn't extreme if it's true.
\_ Because they ask a lot of unanswered questions. Censoring them
won't make the questions go away. It only makes it look like
Kerry has a critical weakness you're trying to hide. I assume
you're the one who censors it given your comment. I've never posted
a swiftboat link and haven't seen that many. I think you spend too
much time on this.
\_ when did you stop beating your wife?
\_ I think you meant to ask the OP this.
\_ Because work is boring. |