Damn it, they're wearing those band-aids again tonight!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Oregon delegate Marilyn Shannon Brooks wears a purple heart bandage at the Republican National Convention in Madison Square Garden Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 in New York. The bandage was worn in a swipe at Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites)'s war record. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

[ibegurpard]

1. Marilyn Shannon is a right-wing fundie nutcase.

She was a state senator for a while and she's nuts.

[stevedeshazer]

26. Yup, and for all who think Oregon is some liberal paradise,

...this woman is a big time Republican in this state.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. there you go veterans

this is the thanks you get. Some old hag freeper bitch making a mockery of sacrifice.

[Hobarticus]

3. It's crass and tacky and insulting....

Just the face we want on the RNC.

Jesus, what an ogre. Fee, fi, fo fum...

[wicket]

4. WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

They really do hate veterans!!!!

[kixot]

5. If I was a veteran who earned a purple heart in war...

I would slap the teeth out of that woman's mouth for making a mockery of my suffering.

[mzmolly]

6. U know what? I'm f-ing glad these ding bats are showing their true colors

They're disgusting and are sure to turn off swing voters who want NOT to be associated.

:bounce:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. There's a sight.... GAAAHHH!

That's what festering malice looks like, folks. But let those morans keep wearing the bandaids. They are embarrassing themselves.

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Let the bitches and asswipes wear them.

If they want to look like fools, more power to them!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. of all the protestors in NY

you will not find one mocking the sacrifice of our armed forces. No, you'll find those people in the convention.

[Randypiper]

10. GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie put a stop to it

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/cvn_purple_heart_bandages

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

15. No, Blackwell agreed "not to distribute them tonight"...

...after making sure that everyone who wanted them grabbed a frigging fistful last night.

I'm really glad that DU declared a moratorium on the word "bitch."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. Could You Imagine Her Husband... I'll Bet He Only Does It Doggy Style....

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. It sure makes me feel like giving these folks a chance to "earn" those

"decorations."

[spanone]

12. Good. It shows the nation how little they think of our men dying in Iraq.

Fuckers.

[Kira]

13. I'm so angry about this

I think my head is going to explode. This is too much for me. Jesus, take that picture down, I am going to have nightmares all night. And go brush your teeth lady.

[feistydem]

14. I wonder what all those old vets in the RNC audience think of this?

They sure support their moral coward chickenhawk president. I'm betting a few skeletons in their closets are keeping them quiet or some backdoor dealing with the Bushies.

On another thought... maybe she's covering up a crack in her phoney facade!

[MrScorpio]

16. I'd like to drop her ass out the back of a C-141

Without a parachute.

Just let her show up on my base for an incentive ride

[Cha]

19. And see if a bandaid would fix it!

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[Cha]

17. They are just hurting themselves with this childish and

deadly behavior towards the military..it going the Backfire. How could it not? They are questioning like spoiled brats the veracity of our military!

[Endangered Specie]

18. Put that bandaind over her mouth...and shove the box...

up where the SUN dont FUCKING shine.

[marlakay]

20. I saw a swift boat ad to on msnbc

It was the one where they twist kerry's words and pull them out of text about what happened in nam.

Did we do heavy ads on bush during ours??

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

21. I don't recall them being heavy...

...and certainly nothing that stooped to this level.

[Postman]

22. I wonder how wounded soldiers from Iraq feel about this condescending shit

Do you think that any of them with minor flesh wounds observing this behavior will think its a respectable thing to be doing?

I guess these assholes think that Kerry had control over where the shrapnel flew and penetrated his body.

Real patriotic these fuckers are, aren't they?

Message to returning vets from Iraq with flesh wounds who plan on running for public office:

The above photo is indicative of how much the republican party gives a shit about your service.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

23. According to Pappy Bush, it's the protesters who are the problem

Read this thread I posted earlier today on the subject. Prepare to get really pissed off:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=704385&mesg_id=704385

[stopbush]

24. How about this line:

"The bandage was worn in a swipe at Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's war record."

Oh, really? I don't see it as a swipe limited to Kerry, do you?

[JLuckey]

25. Hi , wounded American Vets...........

We Republicans would like to piss on your Purple Hearts TWO nights in a row. One night of insulting your service just wasn't enough. We need to let you no that our chicken-hawks are the true heroes.

[npincus]

27. Contact the jerk-off who started this- here's his email

The contact info for the jerk, Morton Blackwell, who started this band-aid fashion was posted on Democrats.com- I've already e-mailed the asshole.

Let's inundate him. Here's the link:

http://www.buildingequality.us/ifas/cnp/bios/blamo.html

[jefferson_dem]

32. Beware this URL

I linked up to it and got a nasty intruder (lsass.exe) alert from my firewall. Not sure if this was intentional but link at your own risk!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. that face is so hideous... it's not even worthy of a bukakke (nt)

[liberalmuse]

29. We're gonna need a bigger band-aid.

Now that's a sucking head wound if I ever saw one. I really wish all the veterans who've earned Purple Heart 's would wear them tomorrow around NYC. Hell, around the entire country. This is a disgrace. These chickenshit cowards should not be allowed to belittle and mock something they'll never be worthy of.

[Mr_Spock]

30. This is great - we should all get some of these band-aids and wear them!!

It would drive them CRAZY if we did that - and it would point out how crass and despicable these morons are. Purple heart band-aids for all!!