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AFTER he ran to Canada. His daddy sent a guy up there to bring him back, so Jr.'s dodging wouldn't ruin his political career. They found him stoned.
So you have one who was a reporter for five months, taking no risks. You have another who flew a fighter jet, taking the risk of an accident, at the least. Who did the greater service for his country?
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Yes, a reporter in Vietnam, where (maybe you weren't aware of this) there was a war going on.
That means bullets, etcetra.
Even the back area wasn't all that safe.
So all Bush Jr. did was risk an accident? Oooooooh. Hell, I risk an accident every day driving. Gore went to Vietnam. Bush didn't. Gore had a choice in going to Vietnam -- despite how much his Dad might have proded him, it was still up to Al. All Bush did was check the "No, I don't want to serve overseas" box on the form.
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Uh, I'm sorry...but none of y'all were THERE. If I was given the chance of heading to Canada or to Vietnam, you can bet your sweet ASS I'd be kissin' that maple leaf "toot sweet."
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And your evidence for the Bush allegations is... what, exactly? The statements of a convicted felon? And you TRUST that? Aren't you supporting the same people who tried to make a nonissue of the similar (but much more substantiated, by police evidence) accusation of Clinton's cocaine use?
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Well, if I'd had any respect left for Omega's ideas, it would all be gone after now finding out that he thinks fighting in Vietnam somehow helped the US.
He probably thinks Cuba will soon bring down the entire Caribbean via the Domino Effect... *LOL*
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Oh, no no NO! Not the Domino theory. Or, as it's referred to by teachers here and in other countries, the "paranoid yanks spout bollocks" theory. Which actually applies to a lot of American politics, actually...
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Oooh, the "we saved your asses in World War II" arguement. THAT's original.
Okay, I am grateful to the US of 1942 for finally waking up and realising that there was a war going on. I am grateful to the US of the modern era for Matt Groening. Happy?
------------------ "If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there it would've been like Woodstock. I was at Woodstock. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours watching my hand move." - Spike, BtVS
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