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August 22, 2004

Dole Blasts Kerry's Purple Hearts, Anti-Military Slander

Bob Dole is a little like John McCain in that he frequently displays an "independent" or "nonpartisan" streak which, conveniently enough for both men, just happens to earn them admiration from the liberal media establishment, especially the NYT editorial page.

As annoying as that is, doing so only makes it more credible, and more welcome, when they deliver a sharp attack on a liberal.

I don't think Senator Bob Dole, War Hero, is earning himself any goodwill from the Times' Gail Collins with this tough attack on Kerry:

"I respect his record - but three Purple Hearts, he never bled that I know of," Dole told CNN's "Late Edition." "They were all superficial wounds."


"As far as I know he never spent one day in the hospital, I don't think he draws any disability pay. He doesn't have any disability. And he's boasting about three Purple Hearts, when you think of some of the people who really got shot up in Vietnam."

Next up: A visibly angered Bob Dole demands that John Kerry "stop lying about his record."


posted by Ace at 03:51 PM
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Bob Dole don't take cues from nobody! Go get'em big guy..

You know the way he phrases it: "three purple hearts"... "never bled".. "other vets with serious disabilities" and Kerry flaunts the medals he gamed the system to get, only to throw them over the fence (silly string attached-- so he could retrieve them later).

arvin wallace

Posted by: StreetGOP on August 22, 2004 04:18 PM

It just gets better and better, doesn't it? 'He should talk about his Senate record, which is pretty thin.'

Ouch!

Posted by: Dianna on August 22, 2004 04:50 PM

Estimated time it will take for Dole's "crusty independent" reputation to disappear: 0h0m30s.

Posted by: Jeff B. on August 22, 2004 04:53 PM

I read "Unlimited Partners" and it's pretty amazing what Dole went through (and still goes through). Yeah, I can see where he'd have a beef with Kerry.

Posted by: Joe R. on August 22, 2004 04:59 PM

Jeff B,

You're way too generous. My estimate: 0h0m0s. Actual time elapsed measured in nanos.

Posted by: kelly on August 22, 2004 05:06 PM

Great Headline...John Kerry: Medal Whore

Posted by: Golden Boy on August 22, 2004 05:36 PM

Ace is right. Dole will be celebrated by the majors for his independence, lack of partisanship, and his fresh, spontaneous, frank, and truthful outspokenness. He will be called "a breath of fresh air." Hundreds of stories will be generated.

Oh, wait a minute. Dole had negative comments for Kerry, not Bush? Never mind.

Posted by: rdbrewer on August 22, 2004 06:58 PM

It's a damn shame that Dole didnt remind Kerry that Vietnam was a "Democratic war".

Posted by: Senator PhilABuster on August 22, 2004 09:52 PM

No no no. Not 'Democratic War'.

It should always be referred to as "Yet another war the French and their lapdogs the Democrats got us into."

Posted by: Al on August 22, 2004 10:00 PM

Dole's comments were certainly great, but have ya heard the latest Dem spin?

Caught some high-level "Democratic strategist" on Scarborough debating his female GOP counterpart, and his words just *astonished* me: According to him, *Bush* is demoralizing our fighting troops by refusing to "denounce" the Swift Boat Vets ads.

(Say *what*??!) He 'explained' that "our troops serving now can't be sure that 30 years from now some President won't accuse *them* of something."

Ya gotta give the bastards an A for imagination: Kerry bugs out of Nam after just 4 months following 3 paper-cut Purple Hearts, then goes on national TV to accuse our troops of atrocities in Nam, and the Dems accuse *Bush* of demoralizing our troops??

Joseph Goebbels is alive and well at Dem headquarters.

--sf

Posted by: sf on August 23, 2004 10:43 AM

Drudge is front page with this story!!

Ace spanks Druge again. Spanked him by at least 36 hours. yeeeeeah.

arvin

Posted by: Arvin Wallace on August 23, 2004 01:15 PM

I bet Drudge is just seething with jealousy about Ace's scoop.
Hey, I'm just sayin....

Posted by: lauraw on August 23, 2004 03:28 PM

Thanks for the scoop-talk, but it was on Newsmax, and they got it from Late Edition.

Not exactly Pulitzer-worthy detective work on my part.

Posted by: ace on August 23, 2004 03:30 PM

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