I was raised by Democrats, grew up as a Democrat, voted Democrat, and thought Democrat. Then, between the years 1990 and 2000 the Democrat Party slowly drifted away from me. I had never really believed in all of their principles, and was genuinely split on the issues. During that decade, I was truly disgusted with the actions of some during Gulf War I, and of a select group of others who supported the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. During the 1998 impeachment of President Clinton, I pretty much hated all politics. The last straw was when Clinton admitted that he had duped all his supporters into defending his sexual promiscuity.

Today, I cannot believe what a wretched, morally bankrupt group of people the Democrats have become (on average). While my list of grievances is growing ever so longer, what has really flamed my shorts lately is the argument over President Bush's military service. I'm no big fan of President Bush, but I grew up in a military family. I've got several friends with military and national guard service, and cannot help but retch whenever I hear the Democrats denigrating the military. Lately there has been a lot of talk that the National Guard is not the real military. John 'F the South' Kerry himself claimed that the National Guard was akin to draft dodging.

"I've said since the day I came back from Vietnam that it was not an issue to me if somebody chose to go to Canada or to go to jail or to be a conscientious objector or to serve in the National Guard or elsewhere."

Kerry continues to dwell on his own service in Vietnam, while pointing out that Bush only served in the National Guard. This is a far different tune than what he was singing in 1992, when he defended Bill Clinton's European Vacation, and complete lack of military service during Vietnam. Back in 1992, Kerry claimed that military service wasn't important.

"We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways."

Kerry's attempt to portray himself as a great patriot is laughable. I have no doubt that his military service was admirable, but his behavior after leaving the Army was indeed deplorable. Kerry protested with the likes of Hanoi Jane, and helped found a group called Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The group was lauded by the Communist Vietnamese as being crucial to their will to fight. While our boys were fighting and dying, Kerry testified before Congress that U.S. soldiers in Vietnam were committing war crimes. His testimony gave comfort to our enemies abroad.

They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam...

Kerry went on to conclude that "we cannot fight communism all over the world, and I think we should have learned that lesson by now". If you wonder what kind of President Kerry would be like, read that again and substitute the word communism with terrorism.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no Bush lover. I feel he is doing a good job on the war and tax cuts, but other than that, he's no different than any other big government democrat. But when some Democrats would try to convince you that Bush dodged the draft (by signing up for military service) and that he was AWOL from the National Guard, I cannot support them. Even after Bush released his military records, Democrats like Terry McAuliffe balked. While McAuliffe cannot prove his guilt, all we hear in the liberal media is that Bush cannot "prove" his innocence.

Meanwhile, I think we are all still waiting for Bill Clinton's military records.

UPDATE: Apparently I'm not the only one upset with Kerry's anti-Guard slander.