>> > Believe it or not, he's a democrat
>> >
>> > WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID
>> > Things that make you think a little:
>> >
>> > There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January.
>> > In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the
>> > Month of January. That's just one American city,
>> > About as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq
>> >
>> > When some claim that President Bush shouldn't
>> > Have started this war, state the following:
>> >
>> > A. FDR led
>> > us into World War II.
>> >
>> > B. Germany never attacked us; Japan did.
>> > >From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ..
>> > An average of 112,500 per year.
>> >
>> >
>> > C. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea
>> > North Korea never attacked us.
>> > >From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ...
>> > An average of 18,334 per year.
>> >
>> > D. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
>> > Vietnam never attackd us.
>> >
>> > E. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
>> > >From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ..
>> > An average of 5,800 per year.
>> >
>> > F. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French
>>consent.
>> > Bosnia never attacked us.
>> > He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three
>> > Times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on
>> > Multiple occasions.
>> >
>> > G. In the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush
>> > Has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled
>> > Al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran, and North
>>Korea
>> > without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who
>> > Slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
>> >
>> >
>> > The Democrats are complaining
>> > About how long the war is taking
>> >
>> > But It took less time to take Iraq
>> > than it took Janet Reno
>> > To take the Branch Davidian compound.
>> > That was a 51-day operation.
>> >
>> > We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons
>> > In Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find
>> > The Rose Law Firm billing records.
>> >
>> > It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the
>> > Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard
>> > Than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his
>> > Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick
>> > It took less time to take Iraq than it took
>> > To count the votes in Florida !!!!
>> >
>> > Our Commander-In- Chief is doing a HARD JOB!
>> > The Military morale is high!
>> >
>> > The biased
>> > media hopes we are too ignorant
>> > To realize the facts
>> >
>> > But Wait there's more!
>> >
>> > JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
>> > Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13
>> >
>> > Some people still don't understand why military personnel
>> > Do what they do for a living. This exchange between
>> > Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum
>> > Is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
>> > Impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one
>> > man's explanation of why men and women in the armed
>> > Services do what they do for a living
>> > This IS a typical, though sad, example of what
>> > Some who have never served think of the military.
>> >
>> > Senator Metzenbaum (seaking to Senator Glenn):
>> > "How can you run for Senate
>> > When you've never held a real
>> > job?"
>> >
>> > Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
>> > "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.
>> > I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
>> > My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different
>> > Occasions. I was in the space program . It wasn't my
>> > Checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was
>> > Not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the
>> > Daily cash receipts to the bank."
>> >
>> > "I ask you to go with me ... As I went the other day...
>> > To a veteran's hospital and look those men ..
>> > With their mangled bodies in the eye, and tell THEM
>> > they didn't hold a job!
>> >
>> > You go with me to the Space Program at NASA
>> > And go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans
>> > Of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee...
>> > And you look those kids in the eye and tell them
>> > That their DADS didn't hold a job.
>> >
>> >
>> > You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in
>> > Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends
>> > Buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch
>> > Those waving flags
>> >
>> > You stand there, and you think about this
>> > nation,
>> > And you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
>> >
>> > What about you?"
>> >
>> > For those who don't remember
>> > During WW.II, Howard Metzenbaum
>> > was an attorney Representing the Communist Party in the USA .
>> >
>> > Now he's a Senator!
>> >
>> > If you can read this, thank a teacher.
>> > If you are reading it in English
>> > thank a Veteran.