David Broder- At It Again
Is there no end to the intellectual dishonesty of the "Dean of the Washington Press Corps," Mr. David Broder?
Today, from his column in the Washington Post (thanks to Daily Kos):
"....today's Democrats really are isolated from the military. Harry Truman had been an artillery captain; John Kennedy and Carter, Navy officers. But Bill Clinton did everything possible to avoid the draft, and Obama, motivated as he was to public service, never gave a thought to volunteering for the military."
First of all, David, Bill Clinton did not do "everything possible to avoid the draft." He got a deferment. He didn't get five of them, like your tough talking buddy Dick Cheney, who had better things to do than fight in a war he actively claimed to support. And he didn't have his daddy get him a soft position out of the line of fire, and then desert even that when it suited his drunken, party boy purpose. And he didn't spend his wartime at home making propaganda films like a Republican President we can think of, rather than fighting the Nazis.
Mr. Broder, where was your contempt for all of these Republican figures who were up for any degree of mindless warmongering, as long as it didn't lead to any risk for themselves? And what kind of relationship should these cowards have had with the soldiers whom they sent to die in their place?
No- Republicans Brave, Democrats Weak. That's your line and you're sticking to it.
Today, from his column in the Washington Post (thanks to Daily Kos):
"....today's Democrats really are isolated from the military. Harry Truman had been an artillery captain; John Kennedy and Carter, Navy officers. But Bill Clinton did everything possible to avoid the draft, and Obama, motivated as he was to public service, never gave a thought to volunteering for the military."
First of all, David, Bill Clinton did not do "everything possible to avoid the draft." He got a deferment. He didn't get five of them, like your tough talking buddy Dick Cheney, who had better things to do than fight in a war he actively claimed to support. And he didn't have his daddy get him a soft position out of the line of fire, and then desert even that when it suited his drunken, party boy purpose. And he didn't spend his wartime at home making propaganda films like a Republican President we can think of, rather than fighting the Nazis.
Mr. Broder, where was your contempt for all of these Republican figures who were up for any degree of mindless warmongering, as long as it didn't lead to any risk for themselves? And what kind of relationship should these cowards have had with the soldiers whom they sent to die in their place?
No- Republicans Brave, Democrats Weak. That's your line and you're sticking to it.
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