RK ARCHIVE - War Hero McGovern Blasts Draft Dodging Bush and Cheney

War Hero McGovern Blasts Draft Dodging Bush and Cheney

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Cheney said that today's Democrats have adopted my platform from the 1972 presidential race and that, in doing so, they will raise taxes. But my platform offered a balanced budget. I proposed nothing new without a carefully defined way of paying for it. By contrast, Cheney and his team have run the national debt to an all-time high.

He also said that the McGovern way is to surrender in Iraq and leave the U.S. exposed to new dangers. The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

In the war of my youth, World War II, I volunteered for military service at the age of 19 and flew 35 combat missions, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-24 bomber. By contrast, in the war of his youth, the Vietnam War, Cheney got five deferments and has never seen a day of combat - a record matched by President Bush.

I believe the term for the people George McGovern refers to is "chickenhawk." And that's certainly what Bush and Cheney are, along with corrupt, incompetent, arrogant, disrespectful, unethical, immoral, and unconstitutional.

Now, back to George McGovern for some final thoughts on the Worst Presidency Ever:

It is my firm belief that the Cheney-Bush team has committed offenses that are worse than those that drove Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew and Atty. Gen. John Mitchell from office after 1972. Indeed, as their repeated violations of the Constitution and federal statutes, as well as their repudiation of international law, come under increased consideration, I expect to see Cheney and Bush forced to resign their offices before 2008 is over.

Personally, I am not even slightly optimistic that we'll get rid of these losers before January 20, 2009. But boy do they deserve it, as Lieutenant McGovern so eloquently and forcefully writes.

Comments

McGovern (DukieDem - 4/24/2007 7:48:02 PM)

He came to speak at Duke two years ago; great guy, signed books and talked with everyone for a while.

I am glad McGovern spoke out.... (bladerunner - 4/24/2007 7:52:12 PM)

Now there's a guy with some balls. Flying over Germany in WW II getting shot at by Me 109s and flak takes big balls. Something Heir Bush and Goebells Cheney don't have. All this loyalty shit that Bush is getting in the face of his Imperial invasion of Iraq is sickening too. I know it's easy to pile it on Bush, I try to find something positive about him, but there's nothing. The one thing that really is maddening is his buying time in Iraq so he can pass his fuck ups on to the next president. I hate to be disrespectfull to the president, but he's done so much harm to this country, that I don't mind writing that Bush probably has three sixes on his head.

But Clinton balanced the budget (loboforestal - 4/24/2007 8:56:42 PM)

Nice try, though.

Notice that dip in the late 90s. Notice how it took off with Ronnie Reagan.

Way to go, Bill !!!