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Posc
'05 Poster of the Year!
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 Posted - 08/24/2004 : 16:49:25
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> > ... great insight on Kerry from Ann Coulter's new book," All the
Best".
> >By Ann Coulter:
> >
> > Kerry was indisputably brave in Vietnam, and it's kind of cute to
see
> >Democrats pretend to admire military service. Physical courage,
like
> >chastity, is something liberals usually deride, but are tickled
when
> >it accidentally manifests itself in one of their own. One has to
> >stand in awe of Kerry's military service 33 years ago. Of course,
> >that's where it ends, including with Kerry -- inasmuch as, upon his
> >return from war in 1970, he promptly began trashing his fellow
Vietnam
> > vets by calling them genocidal murderers.
> >
> > But if Bush can't talk to Kerry about the horrors of war, then
Kerry
> >sure as hell can't talk to anyone about the plight of the middle
class.
> > Kerry's life experience consists of living off other men's money
by
> >marrying their wives and daughters. For over 30 years, Kerry's
primary
> >occupation has been stalking lonely heiresses. Not to get back to
his
> > combat experience, but Kerry sees a room full of wealthy widows as
"a
> >target-rich environment." This is a guy whose experience dealing
with
> >tax problems is based on spending his entire adult life being
> >supported by rich women.
> >
> > What does a kept man know about taxes?
> >
> > In 1970, Kerry married into the family of Julia Thorne -- a
family
> >estimated to be worth a! bout $300 million. She got depressed, so he
> >promptly left her and was soon seen catting around with
Hollywood
> >starlets, mostly while the cad was still married. (Apparently, JFK
> >really was his mentor.) Thorne is well-bred enough to say nothing ill
> >of her Lothario ex-husband. He is, after all, the father of her
> >children -- a fact that never seemed to constrain him.
> > When Kerry was about to become the latest Heinz family
> > charity, he sought to have his marriage to Thorne annulled,
despite
> >the fact that it had produced two children. It seems his second meal
> >ticket, Teresa Heinz, wanted the first marriage annulled
> >-- and Heinz is worth more than $700 million.
> >
> > Kerry claims he will stand up to powerful interests, but he can't
even
> >stand up to his wife. Heinz made Kerry sign a prenuptial
agreement,
> >presumably aware of how careless he is with other people's
property,
> >such as other people's Vietnam War medals, which Kerry threw on the
> >ground during a 1971 anti-war demonstration.
> >
> > At pains to make Kerry sound like a normal American, his campaign
has
> >described how Kerry risked everything, mortgaging his home in
Boston
> > to help pay for his presidential campaign.
> > Technically, Kerry took out a $6 million mortgage for "his share"
of
> >"the family's home" -- which was bought with the Heinz family
fortune.
> >
> > (Why should he spend his own money? He didn't throw away his own
> >medals.) I'm sure the average working stiff in Massachusetts can
> >relate to a guy who borrows $6 million against his house to pay for
> > TV ads.
> > Kerry's campaign has stoutly insisted that he will pay off the
> >mortgage himself, with no help from his rich wife. Let's see:
> >According to tax returns released by his campaign, in 2002, Kerry's
> >income was $144,091. But as The Washington Post recently reported,
> >even a $5 million mortgage paid back over 30 years at favorable
> >interest rates would cost $30,389 a month or $364,668 a year.
> >
> > The Democrats' joy at nominating Kerry is perplexing. To be
sure,
> >liberals take a peculiar, wrathful pleasure in supporting pacifist
military
> >types. And Kerry's life story is not without a certain feral
> >aggression. But if we're going to determine fitness for office
based
> >on life experience, Kerry clearly has no experience dealing with
> >problems of typical Americans since he is a cad and a gigolo
living
> >in the lap of other men's money.
> >
> > Kerry is like some character in a Balzac novel, an adventurer
twirling
> > the end of his mustache and preying on rich women. This low-born
> >poseur with his threadbare pseudo-Brahmin family bought a political
> > career with one rich woman's money, dumped her, and made off with
> >another heiress to enable him to run for president.
> >
> > If Democrats want to talk about middle-class tax cuts, couldn't
they
> >nominate someone who hasn't been a poodle to rich women for past 33
> >years?
> >
> > Don't forget -- John Kerry is strong on defense:
> > He voted to kill the Bradley Fighting Vehicle He voted to kill the
M-1
> > Abrams Tank He voted to kill every Aircraft carrier laid down
from
> > 1988. He voted to kill the Aegis anti aircraft system. He voted to
Kill
> >the F-15 strike eagle. He voted to Kill the Block 60 F-16 He voted
to
> >kill the P-3. Orion upgrade He voted to kill the B-1. He voted to
kill
> >the B-2. He voted to kill the Patriot anti Missile system. He voted
to
> >kill the FA-18. He voted to kill the B-2. He voted to kill the
F117.
> >
> > In short, he voted to kill every military appropriation for the
> >development and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988
> > to include the battle armor for our troops. With Kerry as
president
> >our Army will be made up of naked men running around with sticks and
> >clubs.
> >
> > He also voted to kill all anti terrorism activities of every
agency of
> > the US Government and to cut the funding of the FBI by 60%, to cut
the
> > funding for the CIA by 80%, and cut the funding for the NSA by
80%.
> > But then he voted to increase OUR funding for U.N operations by
> >800%!!!
> >
> > If you are interested in the character of the next president of
the
> >United States, please forward this to those you want to inform. We
do
> > need a character as President
Support terrorists. Vote Bush out of office. |
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y82benji
'04 Poster of the Year!
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2004 : 18:18:00
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So I had a really good reply to all of this, as I'm sure you know "Posc" and then it got erased because I hit backspace thinking it was going to delete text, but with the cursor not in the text box, it went back a page and I lost my whole long response! I'll summarize it:
Ann Coulter is a "flame-artist," and despite being good at which she does I would question her judgment and refrain from ever calling her intelligent because of that.
Both connotations and denotations are important in language (i.e. without context sentences are nothing, so things out of context will not be accurate in meaning).
Vietnam did feature some nasty things done by Americans and Coulter seems to suggest that Kerry should have condoned acts of murder and genocide.
Most importantly, I should hope people are smart enough to know that the beauty of humanity is in our ability to perceive the abstract and to understand situations that are not our own.
Finally, "voted to kill"... don't even get me started. Did he stab the bill? I can see it now: Senators armed with six-shooters, ready to put away any bill that crosses them! I love how she treats bills as if they are really just one sentence long. "And now, Bill no.349820, 'We should have Abrams tanks.' How do you vote Mr. Kerry?" |
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Throwing gasoline on the fire
