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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jlallen who wrote (422171)7/2/2003 4:51:32 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Colin Powell is not a right-winger. He's a moderate. No one even knows if he's a Republican. And he's attacked by Gingrich and other neocons all the time for being too "soft". Not a single major GOP right-winger leader who's ever served in combat. That's a fact. prove me wrong.



To: jlallen who wrote (422171)7/2/2003 4:54:46 PM
From: Bill  Respond to of 769667
 
Somebody needs an education on the cabinet. Perhaps American Idiot would like to compare the military service of the last Democrat president's cabinet to that of Bush's?

Here's the current cabinet:
George Bush, President, CIC, Aviator, Fighter Pilot - Air National Guard, six years
Don Rumsfeld, Naval Aviator 1954-57, Sec of Defense 1975-77, Pres Medal of Freedom 1977
Colin Powell, Army 4-star general 35 years, Chairman Joint Chiefs, 7 medals
Norm Mineta, Sec of Trans, Army 1953-56 Intel Officer
Tommy Thompson, HHS, Army Reserve, National Guard
Anthony Principi, Veterans Affairs, Naval commander, Vietnam combat vet, medals
Dick Cheney, Sec of Defense, Op Desert Storm, Op Just Cause, Pres Medal of Freedom
Andy Card, Chief of Staff, US Merchant Marine
Tom Ridge, Homeland Security, Army, Vietnam combat vet, Bronze Medal for Valor
Robert Zoellick, Trade Representative, Naval Academy
Condoleezza Rice, NSA, National Security Council, International command