# And now, the Republican version... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785 "2004-07-31T23:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/41 "2004-08-01T17:57:33Z")
Kind of, in a way. My cousin called me one night in 1968, telling me he had signed up rather than wait to get drafted. Seems that the recruiting guy was a good ol’ boy from Odessa (the _real_ one, not the one in Russia…), and had offered him a special deal, the kind you can’t really put on paper, you understand, but he could _guarantee_ him that if he signed up today, he would be assigned to Germany to learn radar maintanance. Dumb fuck was on the tarmac at Da Nang three weeks after finishing basic. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/42 "2004-08-01T22:14:30Z")
One thing that’s bugged me about the whole “John Kerry has few legislative successes in his career” Bushwah… What great accomplishments did Governor George W. Bush achieve when he was running in 2000? Aside from making Texas one of the nation’s leaders in prisoner executions, I’m stumped to think of any. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/43 "2004-08-01T23:02:36Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > So, are all Republicans on this board morally bankrupt? Yes. Yes we are. Now pardon me while I go and stomp some puppies and kittens… 🙂 Seriously though; yes, I wish that the Pubbie Party would stick to the issues and try to avoid the mudslinging, but as has been pointed out earlier, the Administration doesn’t have a whole lot to go on here. They are quite aware that they have driven segments of their core support away in the last few years, and I think they’re getting quite desperate. Also, no one asked my opinion except for Governor Arnold… and what a surreal phone call _that_ was: “Dis is Goberner Ahnold Swarzenneger, and I need your help…” \*_Click_ OK, back to my moral bankruptcy: Here kitty, kitty, kitty! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/44 "2004-08-01T23:13:34Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Yes. Yes we are. Now pardon me while I go and stomp some puppies and kittens… 🙂 That is sick and stupid. If you are going to kill them you may as well eat them. To do otherwise is a terrible waste of succulent baby flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/45 "2004-08-01T23:23:23Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > That is sick and stupid. If you are going to kill them you may as well eat them. To do otherwise is a terrible waste of succulent baby flesh. Hey! My wife _is_ Korean! I think you just anwered the eternal question “What’s for dinner tonight?” Boshintang! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/46 "2004-08-02T01:05:47Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > That is sick and stupid. If you are going to kill them you may as well eat them. To do otherwise is a terrible waste of succulent baby flesh. And that is _just_ what we expect from you and Ann Coulter. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/47 "2004-08-02T03:33:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Good point! When Kerry was in Viet Nam, Americans were dying there every day, but as long as GeeDubya was in Texas, there was not so much as a _single_ attack by the Viet Cong Air Force! > > So, who does a better job of protecting Americans? OK, I think we need to talk about (what I see as) your lack of consistency. Just bear with me here, we’ll get to the bottom of this. First of all, if I recall correctly, you were a Vietnam protester. You protested a war much like the one we’re in now, one that has often been compared to that conflict. It has also been your assertion that this war has nothing to do with protecting America, and as a Vietnam protester you most likely had the same opinion about that war. So how then can you claim that Kerry was “protecting Americans” by fighting in Vietnam but then turn around and claim that the war in Iraq is not protecting Americans? It’s not like the wars differ in the basics from your point of view, to wit: 1. We shouldn’t have invaded. 2. It was a purely political exercise with no real strategic value. 3. A lie got us into it. 4. There’s no end in sight and the bodies keep adding up. Did I miss anything there? So, let’s be consistent here. If Kerry was “protecting Americans”, then so is everyone in Iraq. Of course, I could be wrong with this. It wouldn’t be the first time. How I’d like to see you prove me wrong, because I’d hate to think that your ethical views are that flexible when you have something at stake. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/48 "2004-08-02T03:42:52Z")
It’s called satire, dude. **'luci’s** post was a mock defense of Bush. the question about “protecting America” was not an assertion that the Vietnam War protected America but was a parody of conservative attacks on Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/49 "2004-08-02T04:05:57Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > And that is _just_ what we expect from you and Ann Coulter. [Why haven’t you apologized yet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5124291&postcount=21) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/50 "2004-08-02T04:11:18Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > [Why haven’t you apologized yet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5124291&postcount=21) Because one cite that cannot be corroborated with any other to support it doesn’t merit you an apology. Continue to try and tell us how Ann Coulter isn’t a psychotic harridan, the President isn’t a thief and a liar, and how you aren’t a talking points spewing child. And until you come up with corroboration, hold your breath waiting for an undeserved apology. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/51 "2004-08-02T04:11:21Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > [Why haven’t you apologized yet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5124291&postcount=21) Uhm, I should apologize first for quoting what was a friendly joke. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785/52 "2004-08-02T04:13:11Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Because one cite that cannot be corroborated with any other to support it doesn’t merit you an apology. Continue to try and tell us how Ann Coulter isn’t a psychotic harridan, the President isn’t a thief and a liar, and how you aren’t a talking points spewing child. > > And until you come up with corroboration, hold your breath waiting for an undeserved apology. Did you not click on any of those links? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-republican-version/257785.md?page=2)