Both George W. Bush and John Kerry are scheduled to address the National Guard Association this week as the election draws near. Who do you think will get a better reception from the Guardsmen?
The man who served honorably in the National Guard for 6 years, or the man who keeps equating service in the National Guard in the 70's with dodging the draft and running to Canada?
The man who flew fighter jets in the service of America's Air Defense, or the man who faked 3 Purple Hearts to get out of a combat zone?
The man who honorably serves as a resolute Commander-in-Chief for the National Guard troops that are now deployed into a war zone, or the man who voted to deploy them and then voted to deny them supplemental funding after they were in harms way?
I don't have any doubt who will get the cheers and who will get either boos or polite silence.
I finished reading "Unfit for Command" this week. It's the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth account of John Kerry's dishonorable service in Vietnam and after he returned. Having read that, I would not want to be John Kerry stepping in front of a group of veterans. Especially the National Guard who he continues to disparage. But, as a former Air National Guardsman myself, I would like to buy a ticket to the event!
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