Monday, February 16, 2004
FOOLS BROUGHT ANOTHER KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT
MR. RUSSERT ON MEET THE PRESS SUNDAY: Max Cleland, the former senator from Georgia, was interviewed recently by NBC News. Let me show that interview and come back and talk about it. (Videotape, January 30, 2004):
MR. JONATHAN ALTER: Do you think that it is fair to say that George W. Bush was AWOL... MR. MAX CLELAND: I do.
MR. ALTER: ...from the Vietnam War?
MR. CLELAND: Not a deserter, but AWOL. He missed some drills in the National Guard. When you miss drills you are AWOL. You're not present for duty, and that was back in the States. That's not under fire. John Kerry showed up for two tours of duty in Vietnam. (End videotape)
TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM?
He served twice in Vietnam, neither time completing the regular one-year Tour. His first assignment lasted six months, aboard a guided-missile frigate in the Gulf of Tonkin. He returned to "the world" (as the GIs called home) and five months later, in December 1969, was assigned to command "swifts," small gunboats patrolling South Vietnamese rivers.
After only 4 Months This Time, Kerry applied to take advantage of a Navy rule that entitled a thrice-wounded man to take his leave from a combat zone. He asked for duty as a personal aide in "Boston, New York or Washington," and came home to be an admiral's aide. Eight months later, he asked for an early discharge to run for Congress. Once out, he joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, an antiwar organization largely funded by Jane Fonda and did NOT run for Congress..
So Max- Kerry Did Not complete two tours (2 Years) of duty in Vietnam.
Max Cleland, speaking at a veterans' rally with Kerry on Friday, said the nation should NOT have a president ''who didn't even complete his tour stateside in the guard.''
So Max-the nation should not have a president like Kerry ''who didn't even complete his tour on 'Active Duty.' "?
Also Max, You cannot be AWOL in the Guard unless you are on Active Duty.
Look it Up!
MR. RUSSERT ON MEET THE PRESS SUNDAY: Max Cleland, the former senator from Georgia, was interviewed recently by NBC News. Let me show that interview and come back and talk about it. (Videotape, January 30, 2004):
MR. JONATHAN ALTER: Do you think that it is fair to say that George W. Bush was AWOL... MR. MAX CLELAND: I do.
MR. ALTER: ...from the Vietnam War?
MR. CLELAND: Not a deserter, but AWOL. He missed some drills in the National Guard. When you miss drills you are AWOL. You're not present for duty, and that was back in the States. That's not under fire. John Kerry showed up for two tours of duty in Vietnam. (End videotape)
TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM?
He served twice in Vietnam, neither time completing the regular one-year Tour. His first assignment lasted six months, aboard a guided-missile frigate in the Gulf of Tonkin. He returned to "the world" (as the GIs called home) and five months later, in December 1969, was assigned to command "swifts," small gunboats patrolling South Vietnamese rivers.
After only 4 Months This Time, Kerry applied to take advantage of a Navy rule that entitled a thrice-wounded man to take his leave from a combat zone. He asked for duty as a personal aide in "Boston, New York or Washington," and came home to be an admiral's aide. Eight months later, he asked for an early discharge to run for Congress. Once out, he joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, an antiwar organization largely funded by Jane Fonda and did NOT run for Congress..
So Max- Kerry Did Not complete two tours (2 Years) of duty in Vietnam.
Max Cleland, speaking at a veterans' rally with Kerry on Friday, said the nation should NOT have a president ''who didn't even complete his tour stateside in the guard.''
So Max-the nation should not have a president like Kerry ''who didn't even complete his tour on 'Active Duty.' "?
Also Max, You cannot be AWOL in the Guard unless you are on Active Duty.
Look it Up!
