Comments for Kerry and Bush: The Joke's on Us at http://www.pacificfreepress.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.pacificfreepress.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:44:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/137-kerry-and-bush-the-jokes-on-us.html#comment-86 300 million people in this country and it seems the best we can do for leaders is a pair of flannel-mouthed, lying morons. Where do we go from here? Chaos or community? That's sort of a no-brainer, ain't it? - Jimmy Montague Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:01:28 +0100 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/137-kerry-and-bush-the-jokes-on-us.html#comment-84 But from different perspectives. Shrub is because he is determined to destroy our Federal system of government and sees government in all ways as a bad thing. If he could, he would see to privatization of all aspects of our government. I would not be surprised to hear that there has been discussion in the West Wing about somehow calling a Constitutional Convention to rid us of that pesky document in favor of one more business friendly. Kerry is clueless because he truly is not one of us. Any more than the rest of the "elites" he consorts with. I sincerely think his heart is in the right place and at least he did SOMETHING right in Viet Nam. There is no real defense for either man and their inability to actually do some good. However, truth be told, many of the youngsters in Iraq ARE there because they lack the education necessary to make good decisions. This is partly due to the dumbing down of public education in America over the last few decades and partly due to where some of the service people are actually coming from. Since the military has been missing its goals for enlistments, they have lowered the bar to include non-high school grads, and those with only a GED. Another feature in the lack of education is that many of these kids join specifically to get money so they can GET an education. It is a cart before the horse argument in many ways but still valid. In my own case during the Viet Nam War, among many reasons I volunteered for the Marine Corps and a four-year enlistment was so that I could go to college if I lived through the war. In those days 2 years of service yielded 2 years of college and so on. The national guard in that era had no GI Bill benefits. In the latter part of the Viet Nam War that all changed but when I went in, that was the way it was. Excuses for Kerry and shrub? No way. they both need to be backshelfed. Hopefully, some real progressives with real backbone will dominate and actually make some changes. I am not holding my breath. - enemy of the people Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:40:23 +0100 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/137-kerry-and-bush-the-jokes-on-us.html#comment-83 You are right on...Next in line after bush gets up from his deserved spanking, allow the pink-tie, Rick Santorium, take his turn. Oh, (I would not wear an outfit like Sanitarium Insane Asylum outfit to bed if I'd lost my pj's) or (if Jane Fonda jumped into the public arena) how does one find the proper non-cuss words? thanks. - brotherbruz Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:37:47 +0100