You're a bored, retired 50 or 60-something, with a stagnant life....

[SoCalDem]

You have a grouchy menopausal wife who tends to nag at you sometimes
You have a couple of surly teenagers and a 20-something or two who only call or visit when they need money or to borrow your car..
You get kind of tired of watching tv and maybe working that piddly part-time job..

THEN ONE DAY...

You get a call from someone connected to the Bush campaign..
You are "invited" to spend a few months on a "Magical Mystery Tour" with your old war buddies..
You will have an expense account..
You will get to go on TV
You will be part of a BOOK tour...a book about YOU and your buddies
You will be wined and dined and get to meet the president..
You will be "well compensated" for your "loss of wages" while you are on your reunion road trip with your buddies

So.... what do you have to do in order to participate in this adventure??

It's all so simple.. All you have to do is trash someone you don't even know..

Of course you know who he IS, but he's a "spoiled rich guy", who parlayed his wartime experience and recognition into a career as a senator and now as candidate for president.

You don't mind trashing a guy like him, because in the end, YOUR guy will end up winning, and who knows?..You might even get an invitation to the White House..

Jealousy....Envy....Greed....Boredom....

Those are the most likely "motives" for the "Not-So-Swiftboat-Vets".

[Wickerman]

1. well said

the motivations are simple. And when you get back from the tour, even the diehards at the VFW are avoiding you...