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12.2.03 @ 12:01AM

BAGHDAD LADY
Re: The Washington Prowler's Tokyo Hillary:

What you are saying is nothing new and yes, she like her husband does not get it. Because the military swears an oath and are apolitical (to the point of sending people to jail), she believes that they are stupid. As a result, whatever she says will be greedily slurped up by these people that have neither the brains or ambition to do anything worthwhile, like run Blockbuster.

In 1999 I was deployed to Germany in support of Allied Force in Kosovo. When the President blew through on his way to meeting the Euro Pols and wanted some photo ops with the troops. Our commander asked for volunteers, when none came we ordered two airmen and one Sgt. to go.

Though I could have retired in 2000 I waited until 2001 to put my papers in so that my certificate would not bear the signature of our President at the time.

No, Hillary does not get it, but the boys and girls do. And someone should/must explain to her that second guessing the leadership (when you are the leadership -- i.e. a Senator) is VERY bad for morale.
-- John Mahaffey

I was appalled when I read the reports of Hil's visit to our troops. She certainly didn't come off as a commander in chief. What a shame that just for once in her life she couldn't visit the troops on Thanksgiving and cheer them up. Her comments unfortunately spoiled the whole picture and she showed the visit to be just what it was -- another political slam against our President. She has accomplished the same thing right at home and didn't need to show her selfish agenda in front of our troops. Hillary Clinton has absolutely no class and would shame the White House -- again -- if she ever fools the public into voting for her for president. I'm sure she didn't fool the troops. What a disgraceful rhetoric she brings to our hope for peace.
-- Jane McNair
Connecticut

SPEED READ
Re: Jerry Carter's Clinton By the Book:

Clinton's list of books reads more like an uneducated guess at what would make one look educated.
-- Samuel Goodin

IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?
Re: Colby Cosh's Two Steps Forward:

Mr. Cosh misses the biggest error of Gregg Easterbrook's premise (even if the guy can turn a phrase).

Mr. Easterbrook is, indeed, correct when analyzing that we are doing extremely well by a broad series of objective and subjective measures.

He then presents a question "why are we so unhappy?"

Almost all the polling and research I have seen on Americans shows we are actually quite a happy people.

Usually, the stories are written by scribblers that let their astonishment of the poll and research results show through.

The cognitive morons, like Easterbrook, still don't get it.

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