] The debate that a handful of Texas multi-millionnaires
] close to the Bush family have cleverly manufactured over
] John Kerry's war record is absurd in every way. The
] charges that they have put some vets up to making against
] Kerry are false and can be demonstrated by the historical
] record to be false. Most of those making the charges have
] even flip-flopped, contradicting themselves. Or they
] weren't eyewitnesses and are just lying.
]
]
] But to address the substance of this Big Lie is to risk
] falling into its logic. The true absurdity of the entire
] situation is easily appreciated when we consider that
] George W. Bush never showed any bravery at all at any
] point in his life. He has never lived in a war zone. If
] some of John Kerry's wounds were superficial, Bush
] received no wounds. (And, a piece of shrapnel in the
] forearm that caused only a minor wound would have killed
] had it hit an eye and gone into the brain; the shrapnel
] being in your body demonstrates you were in mortal danger
] and didn't absent yourself from it. That is the logic of
] the medal). Kerry saved a man's life while under fire.
] Bush did no such thing.
]
]
] What was Bush doing with his youth? He was drinking. He
] was drinking like a fish, every night, into the wee
] hours. For decades. He gave no service to anyone, risked
] nothing, and did not even slack off efficiently.

[ There's more... Juan Cole pretty well lets lose here... -k]