Fuck Vietnam!
Sep. 9th, 2004 01:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberryI didn't give a shit about Clinton's letter to the ROTC guy and his going to England to avoid going to 'Nam.
I don't care about Bush's on-and-off work with the National Guard.
I honestly don't care too much about Kerry's service. He was over there for a few months. It's not like he's John McCain and is a hero. Nor does it bother me about Kerry's anti-war protesting after his service.
These three men did the same thing that a lot of other men did 30+ years ago. Some willingly went in, some went for Army-Lite, and others skipped out altogether. That is the story of the Baby Boomers.
But the damned presidential election shouldn't be about this kind of bickering. It should be focused on the bickering about the current war(s).
The media just can't help looking for a scoop and the partisans on both sides want nothing more than to help them.
Meanwhile, the American voters suffer from the mudraking by the press and the mudthrowing by the campaigns.
I don't care about Bush's on-and-off work with the National Guard.
I honestly don't care too much about Kerry's service. He was over there for a few months. It's not like he's John McCain and is a hero. Nor does it bother me about Kerry's anti-war protesting after his service.
These three men did the same thing that a lot of other men did 30+ years ago. Some willingly went in, some went for Army-Lite, and others skipped out altogether. That is the story of the Baby Boomers.
But the damned presidential election shouldn't be about this kind of bickering. It should be focused on the bickering about the current war(s).
The media just can't help looking for a scoop and the partisans on both sides want nothing more than to help them.
Meanwhile, the American voters suffer from the mudraking by the press and the mudthrowing by the campaigns.
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Date: 2004-09-12 05:54 am (UTC)Uhm, what are the real issues surrounding this election? I've lost track of them in all the service-related mudslinging.