Purple Heart bandaid hits AP

[Sparkly]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=2&u=/ap/20040831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_purple_heart_bandages

Disgusting. At least McAuliffe responded.

[WindRavenX]

1. tasteless

Then again, today was pretty much the most disgusting act of exploitation for political gain I've seen...

[Sparkly]

5. Worst I've seen, too.

And I didn't even watch the whole thing. The exploitation of 9/11, practically standing on the graves of thousands to promote their political party, was absolutely over the top.

This has got to stop. Attacking veterans while claiming to support the troops, acting like 9/11 was some sort of accomplishment and as if all victims and all heroes that day were Republicans, acting like the war in Iraq is a glorious humanitarian mission... Horrible. This has got to stop. I've never seen politics this ugly.

[rumguy]

23. great encapsulation of what just we just witnessed

you should have your own column or something sparkly, cuz your posts are always right on...

[michigandem2]

2. did the RNC ask them to remove them?

its in poor taste...right???

ugghh they are just shameless...assholes...we are too damn nice I tell ya

[Honor Where Are You]

49. Yes they, but the cat is loose

[imax2268]

3. just sent the article

to Mike Malloy...heh heh heh...!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. They really value the soldiers in Iraq

talk about a slap in the face to those who served and are serving their country honorably! :grr:
:mad: :argh:

[Quizzical]

13. Cats

Is the cat on the left in your sig a Bombay? Very beautiful.

Sorry for OTness.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. They're both Domestic Shorthairs. Here's another:

[HuskerDem]

26. Now that is the sweetest dang thing I've seen all day!

Love how they hug each other.......... What cuties.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

28. Thanks-they're good buddies. Here's another:

[Fridays Child]

6. Gave it a 1 but the Ugly Americans thugs are giving it 5s.

[speedoo]

7. "5" this.

Let's get it over 4.

[Kadie]

8. I wonder how our service men and women serving today feel

about stunts like this...

Yep, the GOP is totally behind you. Just don't get hurt.

[grytpype]

9. Picture!

IT'S AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!

[grytpype]

19. ANOTHER PICTURE!

[grytpype]

20. Another outrageous picture!

[senseandsensibility]

22. I'm sorry,

but that's a "pie wagon" (remember Ann Coulter's slam on Dem women who weren't anorexic like her?) Ugly inside and out.

[HuskerDem]

31. It's also a hygienically challenged pie wagon

those are effin dentures, which means the person was most likely too negligent to take care of her effin teeth. Gross inside, gross outside.

[senseandsensibility]

32. EWWW

I guess I could have done without that visual imagery right before bed! :-( What losers! I guess she thinks she has something to grin about!

[Fovea]

37. She deserves 3 lilac heart bandaids...

One for each chin.

[Thrill]

10. I hate these people

I really do

[mdmc]

16. courage, buddy

hate is so ugly.

[stldemocrat]

11. War

I am really sick of hearing about war and soldiers. I wish someone would start talking *seriously* about important things like healthcare.

[LTR]

12. Support the Troops!

Here's a better suggestion: How about walk the fucking talk!



It all seems so shallow.

[qanda]

14. And they worry about how the protestors will be perceived...

The double standard in our country is so unbelievable. All the Republicans have done is bash Kerry and *we're* the negative ones. I'm a registered Independent but more and more every day I realize I could never ever vote for a Republican, I don't care how much to the center they are. Anybody who would align themselves with this party is insane.

[yellowcanine]

15. I am betting by tomorrow no one will know anything about those purple

heart bandages at the convention. The word will go out tonight. "Lose the bandages." - Carl Rove

Did anyone bother to ask the sophomoric twit if he had served in combat and if he was ever awarded the purple heart?

[Lorien]

17. Maybe our protesters should head out tomorrow

all carrying cans of beer. After all, while Kerry was earning those purple hearts, * was drunk off his silver cokespoon ass!

[RamboLiberal]

25. Get Some Pabst Blue Ribbon for the only ribbons AWOL won

someone here had a great graphic of this with Kerry's ribbons and AWOL's Pabst Ribbons

[Julien Sorel]

18. Notice the strength of the wording here:

Kerry won three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a bronze star for his service in the Vietnam War. A group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has been attacking Kerry as a liar through campaign ads and media interviews, but Kerry's wartime experiences have been backed by crewmates and official records.

It's game over for the Swift Hoaxers. I wonder what kind of impact their dishonesty will have on the rest of the negative campaigning Bush does.

[rumguy]

24. good point

[Renew Deal]

27. Morton Blackwell is staying at the Helmsley

According to the RNC delegate sheet I found.

http://cryptome.org/

Morton Blackwell VA

Helmsley Park Lane (36 Central Park South)

[Sparkly]

30. Anybody know if it's possible to get a special protest delegation there?

A few choice signs and chants especially for Mr. Blackwell, maybe?

[Renew Deal]

34. You won't be able to get in the hotel.

They are screening everyone at these hotels.

[merh]

29. If they were sincere about their outrage over this, the RNC should

throw that schmuck out of the convention and should watch the interviews and throw out everyone that was wearing one or should demand that they all turn them in to be destroyed.

They have no morals!

[Renew Deal]

33. I just spoke with him,

He was nice, but partisan. He was caught off guard. I didn't realize how late it was. He said that he paid $50 for about 300 bandages. He did it on his own and will stop. He also said that people were tortured because of Kerry. I said that lives were saved because of him and he said it was a difference of opinion.

[Sparkly]

35. Really?!

I still think the delegates need to be smacked for showing them off, and this man should be, too; but above all, it should reflect on BushCo and their SwiftLiars for getting this disgraceful ball rolling in the first place.

[hlthe2b]

47. Someone needs to send the article to Stars & Stripes...

The troops need to see how the Repugs are denigrating their service-- nothing but cannon fodder truly.

[Pachamama]

54. I agree ....Mods, someone on DU have the Stars & Stripes on the DU

blaster??? Anyone got contacts at Stars and Stripes?

:grr:

[Julian English]

36. Imagine if they thousands dressed chicken suits when Bush appeared

yup, bush assailed by thousand dressed in chicken suits, crying out "Buck, buck, buck, BUSH!!!! Buck!!!"

Anyone know where we can get a couple thousand chicken suits cheap?

Be a Bush/Cheney Chickenhawk!

[mondo joe]

38. I'm sorry, but Kerry should have MADE the Smearboats a disgrace

Kerry let the smearboats slide, and now they've damaged him.

He should have right up front said "These accounts you are hearing are contradicted by the official records, and are the work of radicals opposed to any democratic candidate. I will not have my record of service slandered by these people in service to someone who used his family connections to avoid serving."

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[mondo joe]

45. Kerry NEVER said every Nam veteran was a war criminal

And Kerry doesn't need to do anything more to prive the Swift Boaters are liars - that has been proven in abundance.

The problem isn't proving it. It's not a legal problem - it's a polirical one.

[Sparkly]

46. He did NOT say "Every veteran who ever served in Vietnam is a

war criminal."

I assume you know what Tiger Force was, what My Lai was, what free-fire zones were. You can't claim these things didn't happen.

The issue for VVAW was never about pointing fingers at the veterans. Why don't you understand that? The issue was about holding the leadership accountable and ending the war. There was no reason for anybody to sign an affadavit, because nobody was going after the soldiers and there was no reason for THEM to be scapegoated. Do you not understand that?

All of Kerry's pertinent records are released. Where are the Bush boy's? He can't even show he fulfilled minimum requirements.

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[Sparkly]

41. What National Guard "service?"

McAuliffe continued: "It is inexcusable to mock service and sacrifice."

And you think that applies to the Bushboy? What sacrifice? What service? When did he ever risk his life in combat? When was he ever injured or even in danger of being injured overseas?

It's nothing short of despicable to claim to "support the troops" and then attack a decorated veteran, malign the credibility of the US Navy, and minimize the medals of all veterans as if they can be easily gained by making up stories.

Disgusting.

[WoodrowFan]

48. clearly YOU'VE never been to the dentist

just imagine the pain dubya went through getting his teeth cleaned while in the Guard! I hear he still has flashbacks whenever someone uses the words "rinse and spit" around him...

[jmowreader]

56. Bush is a survivor of numerous forays onto foreign soil

How many times did Bush's elite Special Forces unit invade the hostile terrain of Ciudad de Juarez?

Between the cheap tequila, the "special discount" beer, the mile-long lines of unknown white powder, and the donkey shows, Bush risked his life on HUNDREDS of occasions!

Bush still breaks into a cold sweat when he hears a Latino say "hey gringo, do you want a good time?"

Compare that to a measly 120 days of guys just shooting at Kerry, firing mortars at Kerry, trying to sink Kerry's boat with B-40 rockets...that's just pussy stuff. Naah, Bush is the real war hero here.

I wonder how many times Bush caught the kind of "cold" that requires three million units of procaine penicillin G injected intramuscularly into the buttocks to cure? See, officers are gentlemen and never catch the clap. They always catch colds.

[TahitiNut]

42. GW Bush mocked the National Guard by abandoning it.

The notion that revealing that DimSon didn't show up for duty for 193 days while he did (court-ordered?) community service at Project PULL in Houston and then bailed out and had his trail covered up by Poppy's cronies is not demeaning the National Guard! The AWOL Fuck-Face did all the dishonoring by his coke-headed little self!

The rock-hard, utter stupidity of some people!! (Sheesh!)

[gauguin57]

40. So what do we do to represent BUSH's service to his country?

I guess we should leave a convention hall filled with EMPTY SEATS, to represent Mister AWOL!

[Christof]

44. How sad.

They're really creative individuals, eh?

:eyes:

Someone should ask them how many Purple Hearts Dubya got in Vietnam...

[ClassWarrior]

50. Wear a silver star for JK...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=700513#701034

[jefferson_dem]

51. Even Sludge couldn't hold back the truth any longer

he's linked to the AP story now.

[ItsMyParty]

52. Great tactic by the RNC - wasn't it

You didn't like it. I didn't like it. That's what makes it even more special for the republicans. and those badaides are going to spring up all over this country just like Clinton's words "It's the Economy, Stupid". Wouldn't it be nice if we had people thinking that fast on their feet??? It's a fight for the little bit of headline news across the nation and the republicans are stealing the show with bandaides and swiftboats. It's now in Kerry's hands---none of us can bring home the bacon for him.

[Strawman]

53. Good. This will blow up in their faces.

I hope the delegates are all over the TV wearing these. Anything that sheds sunlight on what assholes these people really are is good.

[Killarney]

55. rate this a 5. it dropped off the yahoo homepage.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=2&u=/ap/20040831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_purple_heart_bandages

[Clinton Crusader]

57. rated it

:kick: