- It Takes Real Courage to Desert Your Post and Then Attack
a Wounded Vet
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- Dear Mr. Bush,
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- I know you and I have had our differences in the past,
and I realize I am the one who started this whole mess about "who
did what" during Vietnam when I brought up that "deserter"
nonsense back in January. But I have to hand it to you on what you have
uncovered about John Kerry and his record in Vietnam. Kerry has tried to
pass himself off as a war hero, but thanks to you and your friends, we
now know the truth.
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- First of all, thank you for pointing out to all of us
that Mr. Kerry was never struck by a BULLET. It was only SHRAPNEL that
entered his body! I did not know that! Hell, what's the big deal about
a bunch of large, sharp, metal shards ripping open your flesh? That happens
to all of us! In my opinion, if you want a purple heart, you'd better be
hit with a bullet -- with your name on it!
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- Secondly, thank you for sending Bob Dole out there and
letting us know that Mr. Kerry, though wounded three times, actually "never
spilled blood." When you are in the debates with Kerry, turn to him
and say, "Dammit, Mr. Kerry, next time you want a purple heart, you
better spill some American red blood! And I don't mean a few specks like
those on O.J.'s socks -- we want to see a good pint or two of blood for
each medal. In fact, I would have preferred that you had bled profusely,
a big geyser of blood spewing out of your neck or something!" Then
throw this one at him: "Senator Kerry, over 58,000 brave Americans
gave their lives in Vietnam -- but YOU didn't. You only got WOUNDED! What
do you have to say for yourself???" Lay that one on him and he won't
know what to do.
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- And thanks, also, Mr. Bush, for exposing the fact that
Mr. Kerry might have actually WOUNDED HIMSELF in order to get those shiny
medals. Of course he did! How could the Viet Cong have hit him -- he was
on a SWIFT boat! He was going too fast to be hit by enemy fire. He tried
to blow himself up three different times just so he could go home and run
for president someday. It's all so easy to see, now, what he was up to.
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- What would we do without you, Mr. Bush? Criticize you
as we might, when it comes to pointing out other men's military records,
there is no one who can touch your prowess. In 2000, you let out the rumor
that your opponent John McCain might be "nuts" from the 5 years
he spent in a POW camp. Then, in the 2002 elections, your team compared
triple-amputee Sen. Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden, and that cost him the
election. And now you are having the same impact on war hero John Kerry.
Since you (oops, I mean "The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth!")
started running those ads, Kerry's polls numbers have dropped (with veterans,
he has lost 18 points in the last few weeks).
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- Some people have said "Who are you, Mr. Bush, to
attack these brave men considering you yourself have never seen combat
-- in fact, you actively sought to avoid it." What your critics fail
to understand is that even though your dad got you into a unit that would
never be sent to Vietnam -- and even though you didn't show up for Guard
duty for at least a year -- at least you were still IN FAVOR of the Vietnam
War! Cowards like Clinton felt it was more important to be consistent (he
opposed the war, thus he refused to go) than to be patriotic and two-faced.
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- The reason that I think you know so much about other
men's war wounds is because, during your time you in the Texas Air National
Guard, you suffered so many of them yourself. Consider the paper cut you
received on September 22, 1972, while stationed in Alabama, working on
a Senate campaign for your dad's friend (when you were supposed to be on
the Guard base). A campaign brochure appeared from nowhere, ambushing your
right index finger, and blood trickled out onto your brand new argyle sweater.
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- Then there was the incident with the Crazy Glue when
your fraternity brothers visited you one weekend at the base and glued
your lips together while you were "passed out." Though initially
considered "friendly fire," it was later ruled that you suffered
severe post traumatic stress disorder from the assault and required certain
medicinal attention -- which, it seems, was provided by those same fraternity
brethren.
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- But nothing matched your heroism when, on July 2, 1969,
you sustained a massive head injury when enemy combatants from another
Guard unit dropped a keg of Coors on your head during a reconnaissance
mission at a nearby all-girls college. Fortunately, the cool, smooth fluids
that poured out of the keg were exactly what was needed to revive you.
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- That you never got a purple heart for any of these incidents
is a shame. I can fully appreciate your anger at Senator Kerry for the
three he received. I mean, Kerry was a man of privilege, he could have
gotten out just like you. Instead, he thinks he's going to gain points
with the American people bragging about how he was getting shot at every
day in the Mekong Delta. Ha! Is that the best he can do? Hell, I hear gunfire
every night outside my apartment window! If he thinks he is going to impress
anyone with the fact that he volunteered to go when he could have spent
the Vietnam years on the family yacht, he should think again. That only
shows how stupid he was! True-blue Americans want a president who knows
how to pull strings and work the system and get away with doing as little
work as possible!
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- So, to make it up to you, I have written some new ads
you can use on TV. People will soon tire of the swift boat veterans and
you are going to need some fresh, punchier material. Feel free to use any
of these:
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- ANNOUNCER: "When the bullets were flying all around
him in Vietnam, what did John Kerry do? He said he leaned over the boat
and 'pulled a man out of the river.' But, as we all know, men don't live
in the river -- fish do. John Kerry knows how to tell a big fish tale.
What he won't tell you is that when the enemy was shooting at him, he ducked.
Do you want a president who will duck? Vote Bush."
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- ANNOUNCER: "Mr. Kerry's biggest supporter, Sen.
Max Cleland, claims to have lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam. But he
still has one arm! How did that happen? One word: Cowardice. When duty
called, he was unwilling to give his last limb. Is that the type of selfishness
you want hanging out in the White House? We think not. Vote for the man
who would be willing to give America his right frontal lobe. Vote Bush."
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- Hope these help, Mr. Bush. And remember, when the American
death toll in Iraq hits 1,000 during the Republican convention, be sure
to question whether those who died really did indeed "die" --
or were they just trying to get their face on CNN's nightly tribute to
fallen heroes? The sixteen who've died so far this week were probably working
hand in hand with the Kerry campaign to ruin your good time in New York.
Stay consistent, sir, and always, ALWAYS question the veracity of anyone
who risks their life for this country. It's the least they deserve.
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- Yours,
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- Michael Moore
- mmflint@aol.com
- www.michaelmoore.com
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- PS. George, I know you said you don't read the newspaper,
but USA Today has given me credentials to the Republican convention to
write a guest column each day next week (Tues.-Fri.). If you don't want
to read it, you and I will be in the same building so maybe I could come
by and read it to you? Lemme know...
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