A moderator at a conference of "progressive" bloggers attended by leading Democratic presidential candidates engaged in an unusual confrontation with a man in military uniform, refusing to let him speak and demanding he identify himself.
The panel, "The Military and Progressives," took place today at the YearlyKos in Chicago, an annual event run by influential blogger Markos Moulitsas of the DailyKos.
The confrontation was captured on video posted by blogger Ian Schwartz, beginning at about the 40-minute mark.
Based on all the comments Democrats have made about our military, it is no surprise that this happened. Atleast they were being honest about their hatred for the military and our soldiers.
I really with all liberals would just be honest about what they truly believe all the time, not only when they feel safe at a liberal convention.
Lets look back on some of the comments:
"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings,"
It's much worse than reported in Time magazine. There was no fire fight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood. And that's what the report is going to tell.
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
Don't forget about Kerry pretending to throw war metals onto the White House lawn and making up stories about troops in Vietnam..
The list could go on, but I think we see what these people think of our troops.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
'Progressive' conference shuts down military man
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Let's see - Who elects the chickenhawks and who elects the veterans?
Republican Chickenhawks
Cheney
Rice
Rove
Hastert
Bohner
McConnell
Blunt
Giuliani
Romney
Fred Thompson
Frist
Santorum
Rove
Reagan
Feith
Schwartzenegger (went AWOL from his austrian army base to enter bodybuilding competition)
Gingrich
Lott
Delay
Hannity
Limbaugh
Perle
Wolfowitz
OReilly
Ashcroft
Bill Kristol
Liberal Veterans
Jim Webb
Murtha
Kerry
Gore
Rangel
Cleland
Ted Kennedy
Wes Clark
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
Dukakis
James Carville
Markos Moulitsas (Kos)
So then what makes the Republicans respect and honor the military and the liberals bash and hate them?
The premise of your question is incorrect.
Game, the problem, as Gen. Wesley Clark explained in the video and in the link in question, is that a man in uniform was trying to engage in polictal behavior (such as, attending a convention) and, as such, was violating the Uniform Code of Military Conduct.
The panel and moderator reacted oddly, yes, but what would you do if you were watching someone violate the UCMC right in front of you?
Game. Again? How many times are you going to trot out the Durbin quote, which has been throroughly explained and is factual, and the unfortunately civilian incident, which is factual, and the Kerry thing which was 40 years ago? And then you say that this proves that liberals and Democrats hate the military. That's simply a false premise.
Apparently one is not allowed to describe a factual occurrence that reflects poorly on individual military units without being accused of painting the entire membership of the armed forces with the same brush.
Absurd!
Realism,
Good one! :)
From the CRS Report for Congress, 2004:
There are 153 Members of the 108th Congress who have had some form of military service, some 14 fewer than in the 107th Congress. The House has 117 veterans: 69 Republicans and 48 Democrats, including one woman, who is a Republican. In the Senate, 35 Members are veterans: 19 Republicans and 16 Democrats. They have served in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Kosovo, and during times of peace, as well as in the Reserves and the National Guard. One Senator is a former Secretary of the Navy. There has been a steady decline in the number of Members who have served in the military, which may be attributed in part to the end of the Selective Service System draft in 1973.
I'll keep searching for info on the 109th and 110th congress for their military service info. I would like to point out that there are Democrat leaders who have no military service as well. Somehow there names were omitted from realism's list.
And yet, it's only the Republicans who claim that the opposing party "hates the military" and impugns their patriotism at every turn...
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