I used to work with a very pro-Bush veteran...

wyldwolf

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:09 AM
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I used to work with a very pro-Bush veteran...

...and I ran into him yesterday.

"My opinion of Bush has changed since we last talked..."

"Oh, yeah?" I asked. "You're not part of the 37% now, huh?"

"I have friends in Iraq... they have no idea why they're there. They just drive around and get shot at all day." he replied.

I just nodded.

"One of my buddies back from Iraq is in Washington. He used to be a Republican. Says he's going to run for office. As a Democrat." he said...

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Spinzonner

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:12 AM
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1. And they're the lucky ones

The unlucky ones get blown up

And it's clear why they're there.

So Shrub doesn't look like the incompetant asshole he is. At least until after the next election.

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Kagemusha

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:47 AM
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2. I imagine we'll see more and more of these reactions.

About time, too.

I mean, I can understand poor management of a war in itself. What war is well managed? There aren't many. But ideologically driven blindness leading to war - that is something that is inherently political.

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w8liftinglady

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:49 AM
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3. My dad changed...

Edited on Sun Dec-04-05 09:50 AM by w8liftinglady

he was a staunch neocon until his grandson was sent to Iraq Three times.When it hits home,they'll change.When they can't access the VA,they'll change.

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BJW

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Sun Dec-04-05 02:30 PM
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4. too bad he doesn't seem to show expansion in thinking

For this man, it sounds like his decisions is about the impact of the war on people he knows and the lack of "success" there, not about *s lack of abilities, the lies, bankrupting the country, destroying the planet, killing Iraqis, torturing people...

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otohara

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Sun Dec-04-05 04:28 PM
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5. I'd Sure Like to Know How Many Vets

voted for Bush in 04 - they never did release those numbers

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Neil Lisst

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Sun Dec-04-05 04:33 PM
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6. I'm a veteran Bush basher, so now I have people coming up

... and saying "man, I'm done with that guy, too." I'm talking about people who happily voted for him both times. In Texas! His support has really eroded.

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