Locobot

hmmm an off-topic quibble about current troop moral, I'm sorry I wasted time downloading that. He doesn't tell them to "eat a cock" not even "pretty much." And I don't see how you were able to divine anything from Murtha's face which basically expressionless and distorted due to low video quality.

I think the big picture goal of what we're talking about here, the baseless and scurrilous accusations against veterans in politics, suits larger-picture goals of the Neo-Cons. Their goal seems to be to obfuscate the political process behind a shroud of emotional issues and to cause people to become frustrated with politics. They (the neo-cons) want a nasty mudslinging contest in elections. They want you to become apathetic and not pay attention to what they're doing. So fed up with political nastiness that you don't even feel like voting? That's a victory for the neo-cons who have a solid base of voters so scared of such pressing issues as boys kissing boys, the availability of automatic weaponry, and the omnipresence of the Ten Commandments in government buildings. The don't need a free thinker like you, why you might even change your mind!

Of course questioning the patriotism of someone like Max Cleland, who left both legs and an arm in Vietnam, is nothing for Rove in comparison to a faulty bit of evidence of GWBush's dereliction of duty making the evening news report. GWBush couldn't be bothered to show up for stateside duty with the "Champagne" division while John Kerry was running swift boat missions up the Mekong.

Imagine the utter shitfit there would have been if Clinton had questioned the patriotism of GHWBush or Bob Dole. It almost seems like a lost era today, substantive issues actually decided the outcome of elections rather than who can shout the loudest or make the most outrageous claims about their opponent.