Reply #36: So is there ANY evidence this stuff matters? [View All]

Bill Clinton got elected twice and he didn't flunk his physical. (Yes, Dean flunked his physical. No spinning that. He was classified 1Y, unfit for military duty.)

George W. Bush didn't bother to show up for flight duty... in Alabama. And he's got a comfy chair in the Oval Office.

Max Cleland lost some limbs in Vietnam, and he's collecting a federal pension after his Senate defeat in Georgia.

Al Gore served in Vietnam as a press officer. He wasn't front line combat, but he did serve in a war zone.

John Kerry, if you believe Zogby, is more than 2 to 1 down in New Hampshire behind Howard Dean.

It's been an extraordinary run AGAINST Vietnam vets winning elections of late. Where do you go with this argument? I remember plenty of Democrats defending Bill Clinton and saying this stuff doesn't matter. (I was one of them.) It's grand hypocrisy for any Democrats to say it does now.

Voters want to know what you're going to do for them today and tomorrow. Resumes may be interesting and even suggestive, but that's it, fortunately or unfortunately.