Reply #9: They can do it because either a) they're not thinking or b)

[Plaid Adder]

they don't care who they hurt. Or c), both.

If it's any consolation to you, I do think that this particular piece of lowness is going to cost them big time, because I just have to believe that most Americans will be as appalled by this as I was. I wrote about it at some length here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/plaidder/04/28.html

Like I said: I hate war, I don't hate soldiers. I have been lucky enough never to have to be in combat and I would never belittle the experiences of someone who has been through it. Apparently, in the Republican party, they want you to love war and hate soldiers--especially if the soldiers don't love the war in which they were wounded quite as much as the Republicans do.

To most of the country, a Purple Heart is still a Purple Heart. The number of people engaged in this unbelievable display of cruelty, callousness, and bad taste is a small minority that unfortunately has access to a big, big megaphone.

Some people in this country are just as dumb and mean as Rove thinks they are; but most of us aren't. And those of us who aren't still recognize the sacrifices you made and understand why they matter.

HOpe you have a better day tomorrow,

The Plaid Adder