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To: Brumar89 who wrote (190894)	12/29/2006 1:16:08 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

i remember a guy i knew tell me of trip they flew kerry years ago to north vietnam i think , they sat on the runway in temps high above 100 degrees. were not allowed to leave plane and he ate their only lunch pizza. never asked for any just took it. and he was going to some luncheon. normally these guys get to stay in an air conditioned hut while on the ground but not this time they sat and sweated.. kerry came back from the meeting pissed the plane was not running and already cooled off for him. plus he didn't bring any food back. needless to say he didn't win their votes. the above is from memory so i could have confused a few items.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (190894)	12/29/2006 2:13:02 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793964

Michelle Malkin and Powerline have posts on the Kerry photo confirmation: michellemalkin.com powerlineblog.com Powerline's comments on lessons to be drawn from the episode: But, apart from its entertainment value, this episode illustrates, I think, some features of the moonbattery that is so common on liberal web sites: First, the tendency to fixate on, and go completely nuts over, a point that is of little or no importance. The whole "issue" of Kerry being more or less shunned by the troops was of less than earth-shaking consequence. Beyond that, when I tried to explain this controversy to my wife last night, she reacted with puzzlement: "What difference does it make if the picture was taken in January or December? It shows the troops avoiding Kerry either way." True; so, as often happens, the moonbats' rage was mounted over something that was minor at best. Second, the immediate resort to abuse and invective. There is no middle ground with the moonbats; no reasoned critiques; no thoughtful questions; no logical observations. Instead, there is unreasoning rage. These are people who, if you were around them in person, would cause you to start edging toward a doorway while surveying the room for a blunt object, just in case. Third, the obliviousness to obvious and innocent explanations. Our military correspondent hit the nail on the head when he referred to Occam's Razor. The moonbats don't rebut simple, benign explanations; they just ignore them in favor of gothic, fevered conspiracy theories. Their logic system favors, not the simplest explanation, but the darkest one.