Comments on: Oh, the Places You’ll Hear DNC Talking Points http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/02/08/59 Politics and Culture Done Just Right Mon, 22 May 2006 21:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jeffraham Prestonian http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/02/08/59#comment-71 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:16:16 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/02/08/59#comment-71 "Only Barry had the stature and resolve to undertake the systemic reform of the military. And, as we observed in the splendid performance of our military in the Persian Gulf War, notably free of the chain-of-command and service rivalry problems of the past, and saw the extraordinary effectiveness of their weapons, from the Patriot Missile to the M1 tank, we witnessed the great contribution to Barry Goldwater made to our defense. It is no exaggeration to say that today's American Armed Forces, which have no equal in the world, are the armed forces Barry Goldwater created. " From McCain's Goldwater Eulogy. . “Only Barry had the stature and resolve to undertake the systemic reform of the military. And, as we observed in the splendid performance of our military in the Persian Gulf War, notably free of the chain-of-command and service rivalry problems of the past, and saw the extraordinary effectiveness of their weapons, from the Patriot Missile to the M1 tank, we witnessed the great contribution to Barry Goldwater made to our defense. It is no exaggeration to say that today’s American Armed Forces, which have no equal in the world, are the armed forces Barry Goldwater created. ”

From McCain’s Goldwater Eulogy.
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]]> by: Jeffraham Prestonian http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/02/08/59#comment-70 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:04:07 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/02/08/59#comment-70 Oh, where were all the stalwart, white Republicans back in 1968, that they could have issued decorum points on <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week920/tribute.html" rel="nofollow">these comments</a>: "It is now for us, all the millions of the living who care, to take up his torch of love. It is for us to finish his work, to end the awful destruction in Vietnam, to root out every trace of race prejudice from our lives, to bring the massive powers of this nation to aid the oppressed and to heal the hate-scarred world." I miss the days when every cabloid for <i>a week</i> re-wrote the history of the last Republic Party president to pass. Good times. . Oh, where were all the stalwart, white Republicans back in 1968, that they could have issued decorum points on these comments:

“It is now for us, all the millions of the living who care, to take up his torch of love. It is for us to finish his work, to end the awful destruction in Vietnam, to root out every trace of race prejudice from our lives, to bring the massive powers of this nation to aid the oppressed and to heal the hate-scarred world.”

I miss the days when every cabloid for a week re-wrote the history of the last Republic Party president to pass. Good times.
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