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To: John Sladek who wrote (2046)	2/13/2004 6:33:17 AM
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February 13, 2004 Both Parties AWOL by Justin Raimondo Forget Bush's National Guard records and Kerry's carnal adventures: the real scandal is how we were lied into war by Justin Raimondo The limitless capacity of both major parties to distract us from what's really important may be their true and only function. That thesis, at any rate, is certainly on display this election season. The Democrats are now howling that President Bush has no right to call himself a "war president" because he supposedly evaded actually showing up for National Guard duty back in the early 1970s. Coming from the other side of the partisan divide is the latest sex scandal bombshell to somehow mysteriously fall into Matt Drudge's lap: the news that Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry may have had an affair with an intern who used to work for Associated Press has all the earmarks of yet another Republican slather-fest. And the presidential election season has hardly begun! Apparently, we are to be spared nothing, this time around. But what I don't get is how they expect us to endure this endless blather – while the death toll in Iraq keeps rising, along with the horrendous cost in treasure as well as troops. Who cares if George W. Bush managed to evade the worst possible consequences of being drafted during the Vietnam era, i.e. getting shipped to that jungle hell? Since most of the President's critics are of the opinion that the Vietnam war was immoral and not in our interests anyway – and rightly so – why-oh-why are they making such a big fuss about this? The answer, of course, is pure partisanship. As for Kerry's alleged carrying on – gee, aren't heterosexuals allowed to have any fun? No wonder their numbers, and influence, seem to be diminishing! [Full Story at antiwar.com ]