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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:39 PM
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Cleland to Cheney:
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Max to the max!
Telling it like it is!

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Cleland to Cheney: “Where the hell were you in the Vietnam War?”
By: SilentPatriot on Monday, March 12th, 2007 at 3:26 PM - PDT



Speaking before the 2007 AIPAC Policy Conference earlier today, Vice President Cheney trotted out the same old talking point about how any sort of timetable will just cause the "enemy" to "wait us out." When asked for his response to this, former Senator (and war hero) Max Cleland had some tough words for the draft-dodging and warmongering Veep.


"Where the hell were you in the Vietnam War? If you had gone to Vietnam like the rest of us, maybe you would have learned something about war. You can't keep troops on the ground forever. You gotta have a mission. You gotta have a purpose."

You can't keep sending 'em back and back and back with no mission and no purpose. As a matter of fact, the real enemy is Al Qaeda, it's Al Qaeda stupid, it's not in Iraq.


Watch it here:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/12/cleland-to-cheney-where-the-hell-were-you-in-the-vietnam-war/


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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:41 PM
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1. Happy to give the first rec!
I love Max Cleland!!!!
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:45 PM
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2. And proud to be Rec #2 ...
... I just LOVE that MAX!
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momophile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:57 PM
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3. that was awesome
thanks, Max.
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coznfx Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 12:01 AM
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4. It's about time
someone framed it like that. Who else but Max Cleland?? Love it!

I believe my K&R puts it on the Greatest Page! First time ever for the 5th rec.! Love that too!
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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 12:03 AM
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5. Welcome to DU, coznfx!
Edited on Tue Mar-13-07 12:03 AM by whereismyparty
:hi:

(coznfx...cool handle)
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 12:46 AM
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6. Thanks be to Max Cleland for putting old Lizard Brain in his place.
Cheney, a war profiteer, has no call to speak on this subject ever again, if he ever did in the first place.

And hurray for Max Cleland, one of the true voices out there.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:12 AM
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7. Max Cleland is my hero.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:15 AM
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8. God bless Max Cleland
He's a true patriot, unlike Mr. 5 Deferments Cheney.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:23 AM
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9. Cleland is a true American hero
Too bad he can't get more time on the networks.
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 02:45 PM
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10. ROCK ON MAX!!!!
:loveya::hug: Senator Cleland!!! :loveya::hug:

Way to kick :dem:
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Lena inRI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 05:17 PM
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11.  BIG THANKFUL HUG TO YA, SENATOR-SHOULD-BE CLELAND
Edited on Tue Mar-13-07 05:24 PM by Lena inRI
:kick: :hug: :kick: :hug: :kick:




The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to up to four Stetson University alumni who, through outstanding achievement in their lives and professions, have brought distinction and special recognition to Stetson University. Joseph Maxwell Cleland, BA '64, Hon '77
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:49 PM
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12. Very good smack down of Cheney. Only way it
could have been any better would have been for Cleland to admit that his question was rhetorical because he already knew the answer. Cheney was too busy applying for his 5 deferments - and, as Darth famously stated, he had "other priorities."
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:51 PM
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13. Thank you Max. You left more on the battle field than cheney ever had.
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_dynamicdems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 08:19 PM
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14. WTG Max!
Nothing like calling a chickenhawk a chickenhawk.

You've got to love Max Cleland.
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vssmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 09:06 PM
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15. Yes he is a chickenhawk also a...
Adam J. Susan wannabe
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Zambero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 11:08 PM
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16. The Mighty Max!!!
Max Cleland speaks the truth and he speaks it well!

Cheney is pathetic and is a bona-fide liar, but a very bad one. He needs to read his tired and discredited distortions from prepared notes, delivered without an ounce of conviction. Meaning he obviously doesn't buy his own lies.

Thanks Max, for setting the record straight on the onslaught of Chickenhawk shit coming out of this administration!

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