Washington Times Op-Ed

[globalvillage]

Wade Sanders has a great op-ed in the Washington Times this morning. I agree with his conclusion:

"The Senate must reject Mr. Fox."

Kerry and the swift-boating victims

As the skipper of a Swift Boat during the Vietnam War, I recently watched with interest as Sam Fox, a Missouri multimillionaire, small-talked his way through a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the United States ambassador to Belgium.

I have no personal interest in Belgium, but one feature on Mr. Fox's long list of support for all things Republican caught my attention: "Foxy," as President Bush affectionately calls him, had donated $50,000 to the distasteful smear machine known as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 election.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but one of the lessons drilled into me by the military and preserved through the memory of friends who were lucky enough to come home from Vietnam alive, is that truth matters above all else. And as a military man, it doesn't matter much who is being attacked -- John McCain, Max Cleland, John Kerry, or Jack Murtha -- I just don't believe that assaults on the military records of veterans belong in our politics. Nor do I believe that those who finance smears of decorated Vietnam veterans deserve to represent America on the world stage.

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http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070308-101558-3290r.htm

[karynnj]

1. Thanks for posting this GV - it says it all

Sam Fox should not represent the United States. That he did not even have a "comfirmation conversion" shows he does not have the character to represent the US anywhere.

[globalvillage]

2. I put it in GD

It's a good op-ed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=375239&mesg_id=375239

[karynnj]

4. Recommended and commented

More Seantors need to speak out against this - for decency's sake, more than for Kerry even.

[wisteria]

3. Good piece. Thanks for posting. n/t

[whometense]

5. Thanks.

Very good piece, and from an unexpected source (the Washington Times, not Wade Sanders.)