My Vet is Better Than Your Vet
The Fighting Dem phenomenon continues to grow. The Fighting Dem phenomenon spreads. Dem vets entering congressional races across the country to fight the GOP. This is an important pissing contest.
by kos Wed Dec 28, 2005 at 11:10:19 AM PDT : "This country craves leadership, and these guys are providing it unbidden. They are self-organizing, taking the initiative, and taking the fight to the enemy. These guys are rock stars."
Republicans will urge their vets into the arena. D-vet versus R-vet, younger McCains and Kerrys, with cheerleaders and pundits to lead the groupies; encouraged by the media, the public spreads wider for a national love affair with militarization. Number 4 in the 14 characteristics of fascism : Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
They're in it together folks. They are "rock stars."
1 comment:
I think we all agree that veterans deserve our admiration and respect for their service. But at the risk of sounding like a money market prospectus, past service is no guarantee of future success — in Congress or anywhere else.
Congress is typically stocked with plenty of vets. But I don't see where that's helped them any. Certainlty not when they handed over to Bush in 2002 their constitutional authority to wage war.
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