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To: JBTFD who wrote (257386)	2/23/2008 7:20:07 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

<I don't think it has been established that "the vast majority" of veterans hate Kerry.> I do and I am, how about U?, a Vet?

To: JBTFD who wrote (257386)	2/23/2008 7:29:55 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

I don't think it has been established that "the vast majority" of veterans hate Kerry Okay, maybe not a "vast" majority. But a very solid majority voted against Kerry and did not want to see him as CoC, and noted that his anti-war activities were a big reason why. For this there is plenty of evidence from the 2004 election: How Did Veterans and GIs Vote? Along with the rest of U.S. voters on Election Day, veterans and active-duty personnel expressed their opinions on who should lead the country. Based on exit polls and informal surveys, they favored President George W. Bush. A Nov. 3 CNN exit poll of more than 13,000 voters indicated some 18% had served in the military. Veterans voted for Bush by a 58% to 41% margin. GIs were even more strident in their support of the president. The 2004 Military Times Election Survey, which polled 4,165 active-duty, National Guard and Reserve subscribers to the Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times and Air Force Times about three weeks before the election, showed Bush leading Sen. John Kerry 73% to 18%. In an analysis of the Times survey, staff writer Gordon Trowbridge noted the polling group's "close affinity" for the Republican Party. "About 60% of those surveyed identified themselves as Republicans, while 13% consider themselves Democrats and 20% independents," he wrote. On the issue of military service, Trowbridge wrote that Kerry's emphasis of his decorated tour in Vietnam may have actually hurt his appeal to troops. "More than one in five respondents said his Vietnam service made them less likely to vote for him," Trowbridge wrote. "Two-thirds said Kerry's anti-war activities when he returned from Vietnam made them less likely to vote for him." The 2004 National Annenberg Election Survey produced similar results. It polled 655 adults between Sept. 22-Oct. 5 who had either served on active duty between February and October or were family members of GIs. On the question "Who do you trust more to handle the responsibilities of commander-in-chief of the military?" some 75% of the GIs favored Bush and only 16% chose Kerry. Some 74% of the GIs said they approved of the way Bush was handling his job as President. 209.61.225.240