No Fear of Freedom

February 20, 2004

Gotta Admit, She's Plucky - For A Vicious Little Coward

Since Annie the Coultergeist is continuing her nasty lie about Max Cleland, I plucked this from Jack Reed's website:

Let me read from the citation he received for the Silver Star, obtained from Senator Miller's Web site.

Captain Cleland distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous action on 4 April, 1968 ..... during enemy attack near Khe Sanh.

When the battalion command post came under a heavy enemy rocket and mortar attack, Captain Cleland, disregarding his own safety, exposed himself to the rocket barrage as he left his covered position to administer first aid to his wounded comrades. He then assisted in moving the injured personnel to covered positions.

Continuing to expose himself, Captain Cleland organized his men into a work party to repair the battalion communications equipment, which had been damaged by enemy fire.

His gallant action is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

Yet Coulter wrote last week:

"Moreover, if we're going to start delving into exactly who did what back then, maybe Max Cleland should stop allowing Democrats to portray him as a war hero who lost his limbs taking enemy fire on the battlefields of Vietnam."

This week she says,

Liberals are not angry because I "lied"; they're angry because I told the truth.

Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket.

"Eric Boehlert wrote in Salon: '(D)uring the siege of Khe Sanh, Cleland lost both his legs and his right hand to a Viet Cong grenade.'

All right, some people have gotten the story a little wrong, but Max Cleland was a hero, he did take fire, and he did lose his limbs. Last week she wrote:

Cleland wore the uniform, he was in Vietnam, and he has shown courage by going on to lead a productive life. But he didn't 'give his limbs for his country,' or leave them 'on the battlefield.' There was no bravery involved in dropping a grenade on himself with no enemy troops in sight. That could have happened in the Texas National Guard----

He didn't give his limbs for his country? How the fuck does she figger that? If he'd stayed in college or found some other way to avoid the war, the way so many Repuke chickenhawks did, he would have lost them anyway?

She's implying that Bush's service was equivalent to Cleland's. Do I have to mention again that in the Guard, in those days, the chances of being around a live grenade often enough to have any serious chance of being blown up by it were skinnier than Annie after a crash diet? And the chances of coming under fire were, roughly, zilch.

The awesome sleaziness of this bitch continually amazes me. But keep shovelin', Annie. You'll bury the GOPukes yet.

Tip O'The Tam to Sadly, No.

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