onecallpowerw said:
What about the one that used his Fathers Political might to avoid going to vietnam. This has almost certainly be proven. Missing Records ? Yeah right. Ask yourself the same question. Is this who we want to stand behind ? A COWARD or should the wealthy only have to sit back and watch the back bone of this country die.
I would think that standing beside someone that at least did not fear serving, would be a far better than that of a COWARD.
Look, nobody wanted to be in vietnam. Is it not your duty to stand up for what is right ? Kerry, went, seen, fought and came to his own conclusion that the vietnam war was unjust. And it was. I would venture to think that most on this board probably see this also. THE WAR IN VIETNAM SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. He used his 1st Admendment right and spoke up. SO FOR THIS HE SHOULD BE CASTRATED ? I dont think so.........
Yeah, sure Kerry was a war hero. He got out of Vietnam after four months. The way he did it? HE got three purple hearts. I am sure that David or another VET will correct me if I am wrong, but, You would have to be pretty incompetent to get three purple hearts in four months, especially since he had to put himself in for two of them, because his commanding officers thought he had inflicted the wounds himself. Some Hero. He found a loop hole, and found a way to get out of his service. Then on top of that, he has admitted to committing war crimes, he accused others UNDER HIS COMMAND, of doing the same things. They all deny it, and do not know where it came from. They do say that he was caught once or twice doig things that he should not have as an "Officer and a gentleman." [puke]
As for getting rid of our government, What do you offer as an improvement? It is the freest and most sought after form of government out there, I don't care what Michael Moore and the other nut cases (In my opinion) say. I have lived in multipel other countries, and visited even more. So far, i have not found the freedom that we have here. I have never been walking down the streets and asked for my papers, here. I have never had anyone do a secretly authorized search and seizure, just to see, here. I have not yet seen anyone refuse to step down after an election. I also have not had anyone in the government step in and say that I could not worship how I please. There are so many things good about our government, that I cannot see how a total change in our system of government could be beneficial to any of us. Organizations like the organization that you are presumably an adherent to, scare me as well. The presume to tell me how I should live my life, and what the right way is. Even Jesus Christ said "hate the sin and love the sinner" What you are talking about is robbing many people of their free choice.
I will admit that I am the first one to say that the issues that they are presenting are wrong, but, I do not think that our government was designed to be a dictatorship. From my point of view, that is what they are proposing, similar to Iran, except with a Christian basis. And if you think that you will get better adherence to your principles under Kerry, than you would with Bush, I think that you need to rethink your position. Kerry is a man that actually denies most of his own beliefs, for political expediency. He is one of the leaders to fight for partial birth abortion, Gay marriages, etc.
What you are talking about is not just electing a new and different president. That is something that happens every four years. What you are asking is for us to change what we stand for, and how we govern ourselves. That to me is truly scary. You might want to get out and rethink the positions that you are taking, because I am pretty sure that they are not in accordance with the Bible.
Scott Stone