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To: American Spirit who wrote (2468)	6/20/2003 2:22:11 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

Kerry is viewed by military personnel as a yuppie-stuffy Northeastern liberal, he will look more like a Dukakis if he tries those macho hollywood-image-games. Bush is viewed as a decent, honest leader, who is willing to make the difficult decisions the office demands. In regard to cutting taxes and its effect on education benefits to military personnel, sorry, wrong again. Education benefits to military personnel have gone up the past few years. You no longer have to pay a percentage of the cost of tuition, which was a big hurdle for many low income families to overcome. The system now pays 100% for active duty personnel. McCain has quietly led the charge against cutting veterans medical benefits, and he's had some success the past few years. Prescription drugs can now be purchased inexpensively at remote locations by retirees. Lawyers, who have been lining the pockets of Democrat candidates, to keep the system sui-happy will be exposed in the next election. Doctors are getting the message across the country, as Bush is slowly winning the battle on TORT reform. Democrats are extremely vulnerable on this issue. Kerry will be afraid to go after Bush for the supposedly big deal AWOL charge, since films and pictures are still floating around of him throwing his medals as a Vietnam protestor. Bottom line: The military overseas vote will decisively go to Bush in Florida. Probably greater than the near 70-30 split in the last election. They will remember the disgusting way Gore's team of high priced henchmen attempted to steal their right to vote in the last election.

To: American Spirit who wrote (2468)	6/21/2003 7:02:45 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

Kerry is a veterans rights champion and Silver Star winner. He'll get a nice fat share of military voters. Kerry is not veteran friendly. He does not get their vote. Veterans know this about him... His anti-war protests were phony...He threw his medals away and later they showed up on his office wall...He now claims he threw another veteran's medals away. He participated in flag burning demonstrations. Some of the men who served in combat with him question his awards. Even his own constituents do not like him. The Boston Globe and the Boston herald have run major articles and editorials criticizing Kerry. Brit Hume reported... HUME: And when he was head of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, he participated in a very famous demonstration in which Medal of Honor winners and other Vietnam veterans threw medals up on the Capitol steps, and Senator Kerry threw what everyone at the time thought were his medals. It turned out they were somebody else’s medals..... But this is an issue that has arisen now and will arise again. This Year, Kerry refused to let a bill out of his committee requiring Vietnam to address human rights issues before they got increased trade rights. If you want to know if Kerry gets the military vote...ask a veteran. Ask a VFW or American Legion member. unclewest