Poppy bailed out of his plane too early in WW2 - like a chicken.

[MikeG]

Causing two crew members to be killed.

Just saying..

[Fenris]

1. Quick! Where's "Navy Fighter Pilot Veterans for Truth"?

[trumad]

2. Well the same guy who was involved in that smear

is the same guy involved with the Kerry smear....

[PurityOfEssence]

3. Hey, Bob Dole avoided the draft over and over until he couldn't anymore

Sure, he got legitimately "blowed up real good" attacking with his unit in Italy at the end of the war, but he was a reluctant warrior at best.

Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.

Let's see how people like their actions questioned.

Maybe this race--relatively gentle until now--will be a funeral pyre of reputations yet.

Dole is despicable. He'd tempered his nastiness of late, and since he can be a funny and somewhat reasonable guy, I'd put it out of my mind what an unremittingly mean person he is. Here are some vintage quotes:

"I'm not saying Bob Dole's mean, but if he was a dog, you'd have to shoot him." "Bob Dole's that next-door neighbor who's just sure you're the one who keeps stealing his newspaper."

As for Poppy, he's a mean old sandbagger from way back. He liked to ridicule people who disagreed with him by asking them "who's president here?" Remember: the heart of conservatism is selfishness.

[salin]

4. My late WWII veteran father

first told me about this - long before george the elder was elected. He served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific arena - and was always insulted when george the elder was touted as a hero... when in fact he bailed out on his crew.

[Bluebear]

5. Stop! CNN will show "A Fly Boy's Story" again!