Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:33:36

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:

> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
>> John I wrote:
>>> Nick wrote:
>>>
>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Reagan = Imagined that he saw action, was corrected by "Mommy". 
>>>>> Devotees claim this counts as military service and seek to emulate
>>>>> his saintly example.
>>>>> Bush = Navy
>>>>> Clinton = civilian
>>>>> Bush = wartime deserter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> "civilian" 
>>>> LOL!  As you can see, John's contact with reality is as thin as ever.
>>>> Well, I suppose technically you are a civilian if you refuse to
>>>> report for duty.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bush Sr probably had the best military record in the last 40 years.
>>>> 
>>>> From the Encyclopedia Americana:
>>>> "World War II interrupted Bush's education. He enlisted in the U.S.
>>>> Navy at the age of 18, was commissioned an ensign, and for a time was
>>>> the navy's youngest pilot. Serving in the Pacific theater, he flew 58
>>>> combat missions. He was once shot down and rescued by a submarine."
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>
>>> Yeah.  if you ignore Kennedy's and Eisenhower's and Carter's.
>> 
>> I think Nick misread what you wrote as "Bush = civilian".
> 
> No. He repeated the canard that Clinton dodged the draft, or that his
> evasion of the draft was something reprehensible while Bush's wartime
> desertion was good or at least tolerable.  sort of like how he thinks
> degrading prisoners for entertainment is not so bad.  or even good. 
> They're not people, really.  Just let the boys blow off some steam. 
> You'd think the Iraqis would be grateful and let a few rapes slide. 
> What sour-pusses. 
> 

I call it "Bush-Love".


> Fun fact:  the same guy who published the fake picture of Kerry and Jane
> Fonda and was circulating false accusations about Kerry's Purple heart
> status also claimed that Bush Senior jumped from his plane and
> negligently left his comrades to die.  Both of these claims were backed
> with irrefutable claims second-hand from anonymous eye-witnesses.
>

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