Was Bush smart not to go to war? Kennedy did and it almost killed him. Reagan didn't. John Wayne didn't.

Question

You can't run for president if you are dead. Good career choice from our president. Carter enlisted. Clinton did not, but he did not pretend to be John Wayne. Is W. just another who can talk the talk but cannot walk the walk? For all his faults, Kerry did serve in Nam as did Al Gore. Why not the shrub?

Rick N. Thanks for the correction, however whenever I was stuck in The Nam, I didn't have a make up person available. No one did my nails. Reagan. Poor guy. I thought I had it rough with the Marines.

Young man. Thanks. But, how young can I be if I served in the Marine Corps from 68-71?

Answer 1

Dubya's resume:

Past work experience:

Ran for congress and lost.

Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.

Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox.

With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.

Accomplishments: Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.

Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my fathers appointments to the Supreme Court.

Accomplishments as president:

Attacked and took over two countries.

Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.

Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.

Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.

Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.

After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.

Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.

In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.

Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.

Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.

Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.

Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.

Signed more laws and executive orders circumventing the Constitution than any president in US history.

Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.

Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.

Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.

Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/)

Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.

My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.

Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleezza Rice has an Chevron oil tanker named after her).

Had more states to simultaneously go bankrupt than any president in the history of the United States.

Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.

Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.

Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.

First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.

First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.

Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.

Withdrew from the World Court of Law.

Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).

All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.

My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).

Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.

First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)

First US president to establish a secret shadow government.

Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).

With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.

Fist US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.

First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.

Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.

Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.

Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.

In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.

Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.

In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.

Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

Records and References:

At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war.

Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review.

For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.)

Answer 2

I consider the military service record of a president that says of himself "I am a War President ... that's what I am." Especially when he asks others to serve where he would not. He admitted however, that alcoholism was a big part of his life then and it affected his daily living. He also said that he had no real direction during that part of his life and no game plan for himself.

Conservatives, Liberals, Moderates and Independents have one thing in common. The decisions we made or didn't make and supported or didn't support, will be judged hindsight by future generations. I want to work to make a difference for the sake of my children and our country.

Sometimes it's hard to put aside our differences when we feel a lack of respect for someone. But thinking like a team means we can work towards solutions. Not everyone on the team is going to be the cream of the crop or at the top of the game ... Which means some have to try harder to make it work. That's what's so great about being in a Democracy. We all get to choose. We all get to participate. There will always be those who don't pay their dues. It doesn't mean we stop asking for accountability. We have to stay focused on the big picture and remember that we too one day will be judged.

Sometimes even valid points get lost in all the criticism.

Venting Aside, Thinking Allowed.

Answer 3

Correction: Ronald Reagan served before and during WWII. Just because the military decided to use him in another capacity doesn't negate his service.

On May 25, 1937, Reagan was appointed a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Cavalry. He served with Troop B, 322nd Cavalry.[2] After the attack on Pearl Harbor, on April 18, 1942, Lieutenant Reagan was ordered to active duty, but because of his astigmatism was prevented from serving overseas.[3] He was first assigned to the San Francisco Port of Embarkation at Fort Mason, California, as a liaison officer for the Port and Transportation Office.[3] At the request of the Army Air Force, he applied for a transfer from the Cavalry to the Army Air Force.[3] In June 1942, was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit, which made training and education films for the war effort.

EDIT: Did the Corps ask you in what capacity you should be used? Or did they send you where they needed you when they needed you? When a person enters the military, their superiors decide what to do with them. The future president could have just as easily found himself in a tank in Europe.

Thank you for your service.

Answer 4

Young man, you do not have all the facts straight.
And it is a shame that one does not do research b/4 accusing another......don't you think that now is the time for everyone to stop finding blame on the president of this country? Look how you come to Clintons defense for not going in the service....Why don't you find fault with that? Bush never clalimed to be John Wayne....Where do you find these non truths?
Shame.) Check all these on the internet. You will be surprised of what you learn on all these men. ..Kerrys comrades wrote a book about him when he ran for president titled "Unfit for command"....They should know. They were in his unit in Nam with him... ..Don't put down the president of your country. That makes you a traiter! He is just a man doing the best he can for his country and its people.( that means you and me too.) He was elected to this position for another term of 4 years. And he has done his best to keep us all safe.. Calling him a shrub is very disrespectful! Keep in mind that people may feel the same way about you and laugh behind your back...how would that make you feel? don't be that way.....

Answer 5

John Kennedy had a patriotic calling as did both Kerry's and several other noted politicains. I could never understand why John Wayne was always used in military advertisements, he did't serve because he couldn't pass the phy. Bush was absent for his own reasons but didn't mind sending our men into a war that has gone really wrong. Support the troops, let Bush live with what he has done. And everything the guy above me says is 100% true. Thanks.

Answer 6

OK Riddler, I had to give you a thumbs up, but "Dubya" must have at least 1 bad point.

Point of info for "MOM"- The Pres. Is ultimately the servant of the people. To ques. his actions is not being a "traitor". His considering the US Constitution an annoying piece of paper and tampering with it to suit his own ends could be considered "being a traitor". Loyalty to the Constitution ,flag & country are what matters. An elected person should receive the respect he deserves. The "Office of the President" should be respected but if the Person in that position brings dishonour to it, than he should be challanged.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

There were lots of folks who didn't go to WW2, Korea, Viet Nam, Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan who were in the military but STILL got killed.
I wonder what we'd find out about the RIDDLER if we investigated HIS life?