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March 11 - 17, 2005

Shoot a Republican: The Sequel

Weekly extends offer to pump partisan lead

by STEVE LOWERY

Six months ago, we offered our Republican friends a unique opportunity to show up then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry while making a clear demarcation on what constitutes heroism, commitment and truth.

We offered to shoot them with a gun.

Or a really big slingshot.

Or a really small tank.

Mostly, we wanted to deliver into their bodies a similar amount of the metal received by Kerry while he was fighting in Vietnam. Republicans, who have always been suspicious of those who “serve” in the military — Kerry, John McCain, George Marshall — disputed how hurt Kerry actually was and, during the GOP National Convention, mocked him and his two Purple Hearts by wearing Band-Aids festooned with purple hearts. This they did while worshipfully listening to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert, who, between them, served exactly — let’s see, carry the two, bring down the nine — ZERO days in Vietnam.

Now, to some, this seemed, well, unseemly, insulting even to those who had served, died or been wounded fighting for their country. It’s akin to having a Secretary of Defense who refused to sign by hand letters of condolence to families of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and instead used a machine.

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So, to date, our offer has been taken up by exactly — let’s see, carry the two, bring down the nine, allow for the wind — ZERO Republicans.

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