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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:02 PM
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Wasn't there a Republican who insulted a few soldiers in an airport,
saying something that was along the lines of how they're losing the war, or not pulling their weight?

I'm asking because the Akron Beacon Journal carried (yet again, without facts or honesty) Chip Bok's political cartoons ... made a cartoon where Harry Reid was walking past a number of soldiers in an airport ... and he calls one a "loser" ...

First thing, only under the Republican attack machine, and the echo chamber which is today's "investigative reporting" by the corporate media, would what Harry Reid said would be anything construed as Reid calling our troops losers ...

and I thought it was a Republican who, not too long ago, was on tape insulting or denigrating some troops in an airport ...
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:04 PM
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1. Do you in your right mind ever ever believe that Harry Reid
would ever slur a member of the military? NO DAMN WAY. Republicans love to get stuff like this started don't they.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:08 PM
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3. I'm looking for info to fire off a really critical LTTE to the ABJ
on this deliberate propaganda piece, bordering on illegal ...
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:07 PM
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2. Not troops...Fire Fighters
You're thinking of former Montana Senator Conrad Burns.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:11 PM
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4. That's it! I thought it was a senator from one of the Dakotas.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-30-07 02:30 PM
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5. That's it! Okay, still the rightwing liar modifying reality to suit their purposes
to smear someone who actually has balls ...

Thank you.
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