A Republican puts his money where his mouth is!

jmowreader

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:00 PM
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A Republican puts his money where his mouth is!

One of my guys is a Republican. He's also 20 years old. I don't know how they get ruined at such a young age.

About three weeks ago, a few of us liberal veterans at work were sitting at lunch talking about the war when this kid says something about how wonderful the war is going. To this our interim store manager--the guy who's the Bush-hating retired sergeant major; I told you about him--said "if you think the war's going so well, I'd be happy to drive you to the recruiter so you can find out firsthand."

On Tuesday, he told us he was leaving the company in October. "I joined the Army as a medic."

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:01 PM
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1. Hey at least I can admire him for

Edited on Fri Sep-17-04 11:03 PM by nadinbrzezinski

actually willing to walk the walk and talk the talk

I wonder, after he comes home, if he will still be a Republican,
or think war is that much glory and honor and all that crap

By the way, thank you for your service, and as a former Red Cross
Medic (Mexican) I hope they teach him the Geneva COnvention

By the way, being shot at is not all fun and games, I guess he will soon find that out for himself

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GaryL

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:03 PM
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2. Good job.!

I hope every recruit that gets sent over there is a pug. Let their enthusiasm be their body armor.

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jmowreader

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Sat Sep-18-04 08:33 AM
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8. Actually, I hope he goes to Korea

Korea sucks but at least you're fairly safe there. And there's lots of business for a medic in Korea--most of it being social diseases, but still.

No one needs to go to fucking Iraq, and the people there need to be pulled out.

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the Kelly Gang

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:03 PM
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3. hey..that's the first genuine Repub supporter, sadly

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vetwife

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:21 PM
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4. Dang ! another duped kid..Most republicans put money where pocket is !

Sure he wasn't a closet dem?

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jmowreader

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Sat Sep-18-04 08:30 AM
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7. No, his car is covered with Bush crap

If he's a closet Dem his closet is pretty damn big.

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MarianJack

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Fri Sep-17-04 11:23 PM
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5. I Worked with Sooo many right wing dickheads...

...who thought that bush & the war were wonderful (that is, until my economy turned the corner to the unemployment line 3 weeks ago) who had sooo many excuses why they couldn't possibly enlist and would never join the service.

I told them to brush up on their Arabic since they'd be drafted if moron stole a second term anyway.

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MissMarple

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Sat Sep-18-04 12:31 AM
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6. Well, maybe his learning curve is still active.

I'm thinking it is, if he's going to be a medic.

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