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		<title>By: Scott Malensek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Malensek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said Gregory</description>
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		<title>By: Gregory Dittman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregory Dittman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s worse is Obama and Biden seem to keep being blindsided on simple issues and even issues they have strong feelings about.  Even if Obama was a one issue candidate like universal health care he would have something to go on.  He just wanders around aimlessly.  Even Moses had a goal.  That&#039;s a good way to end up in every trap there is from economic traps to political traps to military traps.  Any tin horned dictator or lobbist with a copy of a chess book or Art of War will just slice and dice Obama and then the nation as a whole.  That&#039;s why it takes $40 million a month to make him look good. It&#039;s all props and movie style special effects.  Mr. Gaff Central Bidin can&#039;t help.  He couldn&#039;t even help himself when running for president.  Obama has pissed off Hillary so there goes all those Clinton aids.  That&#039;s why Obama is stuck with advisors that haven&#039;t seen action since the &#039;70s and the ones that got Carter in trouble.   Obama couldn&#039;t even see those advisors can&#039;t help him and they have a known history of stupidity.

I&#039;m also starting to doubt Obama&#039;s teaching role as a law professor.  The man can&#039;t even talk without a script.  During the job interview did he get to use a teleprompter?  How could the man organize anything, he can&#039;t even organize a simple sentence.  I&#039;d hate to be working as his translator in a foreign exchange.  I&#039;d also hate to be an allied leader talking to him.  No wonder Obama doesn&#039;t want to organize more free trade and is basically an isolationist.  He just doesn&#039;t want to talk to foreign leaders because their news telling the world that Obama just isn&#039;t right in the head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>What&#8217;s worse is Obama and Biden seem to keep being blindsided on simple issues and even issues they have strong feelings about.  Even if Obama was a one issue candidate like universal health care he would have something to go on.  He just wanders around aimlessly.  Even Moses had a goal.  That&#8217;s a good way to end up in every trap there is from economic traps to political traps to military traps.  Any tin horned dictator or lobbist with a copy of a chess book or Art of War will just slice and dice Obama and then the nation as a whole.  That&#8217;s why it takes $40 million a month to make him look good. It&#8217;s all props and movie style special effects.  Mr. Gaff Central Bidin can&#8217;t help.  He couldn&#8217;t even help himself when running for president.  Obama has pissed off Hillary so there goes all those Clinton aids.  That&#8217;s why Obama is stuck with advisors that haven&#8217;t seen action since the &#8217;70s and the ones that got Carter in trouble.   Obama couldn&#8217;t even see those advisors can&#8217;t help him and they have a known history of stupidity.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also starting to doubt Obama&#8217;s teaching role as a law professor.  The man can&#8217;t even talk without a script.  During the job interview did he get to use a teleprompter?  How could the man organize anything, he can&#8217;t even organize a simple sentence.  I&#8217;d hate to be working as his translator in a foreign exchange.  I&#8217;d also hate to be an allied leader talking to him.  No wonder Obama doesn&#8217;t want to organize more free trade and is basically an isolationist.  He just doesn&#8217;t want to talk to foreign leaders because their news telling the world that Obama just isn&#8217;t right in the head.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Malensek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Malensek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s really funny is that George W Bush has more military experience than the entire Democratic Party ticket-even if he only showed up for a day.</description>
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		<title>By: reddevil1628</title>
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		<dc:creator>reddevil1628</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL Bush was in the National Guard.  Good one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>LOL Bush was in the National Guard.  Good one.</p>
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		<title>By: luva the scissors</title>
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		<dc:creator>luva the scissors</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why would the dems put up a candidate with zero military experience during a time of conflict?  maybe you could argue that community organiser is experience enough, i guess it would depend on the community, maybe watts would do.  i don&#039;t think national service should be required of our youth, but i do believe it would be helpful in later life and i think it should be a requirement to be president.  call me crazy but i think it would show a sense of national pride and responsibility.  makes you wonder what the dems are thinking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>why would the dems put up a candidate with zero military experience during a time of conflict?  maybe you could argue that community organiser is experience enough, i guess it would depend on the community, maybe watts would do.  i don&#8217;t think national service should be required of our youth, but i do believe it would be helpful in later life and i think it should be a requirement to be president.  call me crazy but i think it would show a sense of national pride and responsibility.  makes you wonder what the dems are thinking.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Malensek</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/09/02/obamabiden-the-chickenhawk-and-the-draft-dodger/comment-page-1/#comment-109298</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Malensek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If someone has a link to a comment about Biden&#039;s deferrments at Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, Think Progress, Truthout, Bartcop, Buzzflash, or any other far left site please post it.

68 years....wow.  Even then one has to wonder if Sec of the Navy during WWI is on the same level as Illinois state legislator or community organizer?</description>
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<p>68 years&#8230;.wow.  Even then one has to wonder if Sec of the Navy during WWI is on the same level as Illinois state legislator or community organizer?</p>
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		<title>By: wordsmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>wordsmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, &lt;a href=&quot;http://townhall.com/blog/g/11acdf10-67e7-4148-90fe-d9bc28d7dc0c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;consider...&lt;/a&gt;


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Sunday, August 24, 2008 
OBAMA-BIDEN: FIRST TIME IN 68 YEARS A TICKET WITH NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE 
Posted by: Michael Medved at 2:18 AM 
THE OBAMA-BIDEN TICKET IS THE FIRST TICKET OF EITHER MAJOR PARTY IN SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS IN WHICH NEITHER THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY! 

At a time of war, the Democrats give us something the nation hasn&#039;t seen in more than two generations: a ticket where neither of the the running mates ever wore a uniform of any kind.
 
Shouldn&#039;t Republicans make a big deal of this?
 
Consider the history--
 
2004 -- GOP -- Bush served in National Guard/ DEMS- Kerry served in the Navy
2000---GOP -- Bush served in National Guard/ Al Gore served in the Army
1996 ---GOP -- Dole served in the Army/ Gore (Clinton&#039;s running mate) served in the Army
1992--- GOP -- Bush Sr. served in the Navy/ Gore served in the Army
1988 -- GOP-- Bush Sr. served in Navy, Quayle served in National Guard/DEMS --Dukakis served in the Army and Bentsen served in the Army Air Corps
1984-- GOP -- Reagan, Army Reserves and active duty (Capt. Rank), Bush Sr. served in Navy/Mondale served in Army
1980--GOP -- Reagan, Army, Bush Sr. served in Navy/Carter served as Naval Officer,  Mondale in Army
1976--GOP --Ford servd in Navy, Dole in Army/ Carter, Navy, Mondale Army
1972--GOP -- Nixon served in Navy, and Spiro Agnew in Army/ McGovern, Army Air Corps
1968-- GOP-- Nixon, Navy, Agnew Army/DEMS-- Ed Muskie, Navy (Humphrey twied twice to enlist, turned down because of Hernia)
1964 -- GOP -- Goldwater, Major General in Air Force/ LBJ -- Navy
1960 -- GOP -- Nixon, Navy, H.C. Lodge - Lt. Col in Army/ JFK and LBJ both Naval officers
1956--  GOP--- Eisenhower (are you kidding?), and Nixon, Navy/DEMS --Stevesnon, Navy
1952-- GOP -- Eisenhower (five star general) and Nixon, NAvy/ Dems, Stevenson, Navy
1948-- GOP -- Earl Warren (Dewey&#039;s running mate). Army/ DEMS, Harry Truman, Army
1944--GOP --  John Bricker (Dewey&#039;s Running mate), Army Lt./ Harry Truman (FDR&#039;s running mate), Army artillery officer
 
finally, you have to go all the way back to 1940 to find a ticket with no military experience: FDR and the pro-Stalin Henry Wallace (though FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy during WW I). His opponent, Wendell Wilkie, by the way, served in the army in WWI.
 
In other words, in the last 68 years of American history we&#039;ve had 32 tickets representing the two major parties. Every single one of those tickets featured at least one candidate -- often both of them -- with military experience. Obviously, the GOP ticket for 2008 will again feature a heroic veteran in one of its slots.
 
But the Democrats, at a time of war, offer us a modern first: a national ticket with two candidates who never served a day in uniform in any capacity.
 
And why didn&#039;t Joe Biden serve? He&#039;s a year younger than Dick Cheney, so even more subject to the Vietnam draft. Remember how Democrats reamed Cheney for his &quot;five deferments&quot; during the height of the war as he pursued his education.
 
So what about Biden? He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, just as the war began to escalate intensively and he would have been exposed to the draft. Instead, he attended law school (at Syracuse University) graduating in 1968-- the very height of the war and the Vietnam draft.
 
And why didn&#039;t Biden go to war -- instead beginning the practice of law and his political career?
 
If he were a Republican, the press would be all over this one... remember what they did to Dan Quayle because he served &quot;only&quot; in the National Guard.
 
Meanwhile, whatever Biden&#039;s story of draft avoidance (I&#039;ve told my own tale in that regard, very candidly, in RIGHT TURNS), you know that if he were running on a GOP ticket the press would be grilling him already on his lack of service.
 
The sad fact remains that for the first time in 68 years we see a national ticket for a major party where neither the Presidential nominee nor the Vice Presidential nominee spent time in military service of any kind.
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Also, <a href="http://townhall.com/blog/g/11acdf10-67e7-4148-90fe-d9bc28d7dc0c" rel="nofollow">consider&#8230;</a></p>
<blockquote><p>
Sunday, August 24, 2008<br />
OBAMA-BIDEN: FIRST TIME IN 68 YEARS A TICKET WITH NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE<br />
Posted by: Michael Medved at 2:18 AM<br />
THE OBAMA-BIDEN TICKET IS THE FIRST TICKET OF EITHER MAJOR PARTY IN SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS IN WHICH NEITHER THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY! </p>
<p>At a time of war, the Democrats give us something the nation hasn&#8217;t seen in more than two generations: a ticket where neither of the the running mates ever wore a uniform of any kind.</p>
<p>Shouldn&#8217;t Republicans make a big deal of this?</p>
<p>Consider the history&#8211;</p>
<p>2004 &#8212; GOP &#8212; Bush served in National Guard/ DEMS- Kerry served in the Navy<br />
2000&#8212;GOP &#8212; Bush served in National Guard/ Al Gore served in the Army<br />
1996 &#8212;GOP &#8212; Dole served in the Army/ Gore (Clinton&#8217;s running mate) served in the Army<br />
1992&#8212; GOP &#8212; Bush Sr. served in the Navy/ Gore served in the Army<br />
1988 &#8212; GOP&#8211; Bush Sr. served in Navy, Quayle served in National Guard/DEMS &#8211;Dukakis served in the Army and Bentsen served in the Army Air Corps<br />
1984&#8211; GOP &#8212; Reagan, Army Reserves and active duty (Capt. Rank), Bush Sr. served in Navy/Mondale served in Army<br />
1980&#8211;GOP &#8212; Reagan, Army, Bush Sr. served in Navy/Carter served as Naval Officer,  Mondale in Army<br />
1976&#8211;GOP &#8211;Ford servd in Navy, Dole in Army/ Carter, Navy, Mondale Army<br />
1972&#8211;GOP &#8212; Nixon served in Navy, and Spiro Agnew in Army/ McGovern, Army Air Corps<br />
1968&#8211; GOP&#8211; Nixon, Navy, Agnew Army/DEMS&#8211; Ed Muskie, Navy (Humphrey twied twice to enlist, turned down because of Hernia)<br />
1964 &#8212; GOP &#8212; Goldwater, Major General in Air Force/ LBJ &#8212; Navy<br />
1960 &#8212; GOP &#8212; Nixon, Navy, H.C. Lodge &#8211; Lt. Col in Army/ JFK and LBJ both Naval officers<br />
1956&#8211;  GOP&#8212; Eisenhower (are you kidding?), and Nixon, Navy/DEMS &#8211;Stevesnon, Navy<br />
1952&#8211; GOP &#8212; Eisenhower (five star general) and Nixon, NAvy/ Dems, Stevenson, Navy<br />
1948&#8211; GOP &#8212; Earl Warren (Dewey&#8217;s running mate). Army/ DEMS, Harry Truman, Army<br />
1944&#8211;GOP &#8212;  John Bricker (Dewey&#8217;s Running mate), Army Lt./ Harry Truman (FDR&#8217;s running mate), Army artillery officer</p>
<p>finally, you have to go all the way back to 1940 to find a ticket with no military experience: FDR and the pro-Stalin Henry Wallace (though FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy during WW I). His opponent, Wendell Wilkie, by the way, served in the army in WWI.</p>
<p>In other words, in the last 68 years of American history we&#8217;ve had 32 tickets representing the two major parties. Every single one of those tickets featured at least one candidate &#8212; often both of them &#8212; with military experience. Obviously, the GOP ticket for 2008 will again feature a heroic veteran in one of its slots.</p>
<p>But the Democrats, at a time of war, offer us a modern first: a national ticket with two candidates who never served a day in uniform in any capacity.</p>
<p>And why didn&#8217;t Joe Biden serve? He&#8217;s a year younger than Dick Cheney, so even more subject to the Vietnam draft. Remember how Democrats reamed Cheney for his &#8220;five deferments&#8221; during the height of the war as he pursued his education.</p>
<p>So what about Biden? He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, just as the war began to escalate intensively and he would have been exposed to the draft. Instead, he attended law school (at Syracuse University) graduating in 1968&#8211; the very height of the war and the Vietnam draft.</p>
<p>And why didn&#8217;t Biden go to war &#8212; instead beginning the practice of law and his political career?</p>
<p>If he were a Republican, the press would be all over this one&#8230; remember what they did to Dan Quayle because he served &#8220;only&#8221; in the National Guard.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, whatever Biden&#8217;s story of draft avoidance (I&#8217;ve told my own tale in that regard, very candidly, in RIGHT TURNS), you know that if he were running on a GOP ticket the press would be grilling him already on his lack of service.</p>
<p>The sad fact remains that for the first time in 68 years we see a national ticket for a major party where neither the Presidential nominee nor the Vice Presidential nominee spent time in military service of any kind.</p>
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		<title>By: Missy</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/09/02/obamabiden-the-chickenhawk-and-the-draft-dodger/comment-page-1/#comment-109285</link>
		<dc:creator>Missy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Scott!

Wow Neo, that&#039;s some stuffed lunchbucket!  Also, I guess times have changed, my soldier boy has asthma and migraines, it didn&#039;t stop him from enlisting and serving in Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Great post Scott!</p>
<p>Wow Neo, that&#8217;s some stuffed lunchbucket!  Also, I guess times have changed, my soldier boy has asthma and migraines, it didn&#8217;t stop him from enlisting and serving in Iraq.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Malensek</title>
		<link>http://floppingaces.net/2008/09/02/obamabiden-the-chickenhawk-and-the-draft-dodger/comment-page-1/#comment-109283</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Malensek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neo shows the lack of duality in msm coverage re VP&#039;s....VERY well.

Nice job</description>
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<p>Nice job</p>
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		<title>By: Scrapiron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scrapiron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now we need some democrat (maybe Blather Rather) to visit a Tx stockyard and &#039;buy&#039; Hussein O a heroic military record. While there they can &#039;find&#039; Hanoi John &#039;traitor&#039; Kerry&#039;s service records. I still have a copy of the SF 180 saved on my computer (I&#039;ve used it to release records for my daughter) if Hanoi needs another copy.

To the democrats I say &#039;BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Now a new hurricane may pay the dhimmi congress critter from South Carolina back (by slamming S.C.)  for laughing about Gustov interupting the RNCC. People of S.C., it&#039;s time for a recall, he makes you all look like uncaring fools.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Now we need some democrat (maybe Blather Rather) to visit a Tx stockyard and &#8216;buy&#8217; Hussein O a heroic military record. While there they can &#8216;find&#8217; Hanoi John &#8216;traitor&#8217; Kerry&#8217;s service records. I still have a copy of the SF 180 saved on my computer (I&#8217;ve used it to release records for my daughter) if Hanoi needs another copy.</p>
<p>To the democrats I say &#8216;BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.</p>
<p>Now a new hurricane may pay the dhimmi congress critter from South Carolina back (by slamming S.C.)  for laughing about Gustov interupting the RNCC. People of S.C., it&#8217;s time for a recall, he makes you all look like uncaring fools.</p>
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