Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "<Douglas, do you think this (bringing up the opponents works of fiction) is a viable campaign strategy?> I think that it would depend on the circumstances." Yes, but since the question to you came up in the context of this thread, what do you think of these particular circumstances?
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Yes, but since the question to you came up in the context of this thread, what do you think of these particular circumstances?> I haven't read the excerpts, and don't plan to. I've read a couple of comments by people that say they're pretty bad. I think pointing out what Webb has written is no worse than some of the other silly things that have happened in the Allen-Webb race, like the Washington Post putting several articles on the front page about Allen saying "macaca", or people asking Allen about being part jewish.
Originally Posted By alexbook From Bantam books' publicity for Webb's book "Fields of Fire": >>“In my opinion, the finest of the Vietnam novels.†— Tom Wolfe “Few writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth.†— The Houston Post “A novel of such fullness and impact, one is tempted to compare it to Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead.†— The Oregonian They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo — Death Before Dishonor — before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each reborn in fields of fire.... Fields of Fire is James Webb’s classic, searing novel of the Vietnam War, a novel of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and agonizing human truths seen through the prism of nonstop combat. Weaving together a cast of vivid characters, Fields of Fire captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hell — until each man finds his fate.<<
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <But is it any better?> I'm not qualified to answer that, since I haven't read the excerpts, or followed the campaigns that closely.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> First Lieutenant Webb upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service." George Allen did not serve his country, shockingly enough. << In the topsy-turvy GOP world, that means that webb is a traitor and allen is a war hero. We've seen this trick before, with bush and kerry.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well Douglas, if your answer was any more transparent it wouldn't appear here at all.
Originally Posted By DAR I thought what he wrote wasn't very good, however that shouldn't disqualify him as a candidate. Trust me there's been a lot worse on both sides.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <In the topsy-turvy GOP world, that means that webb is a traitor and allen is a war hero.> Nonsense.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Well Douglas, if your answer was any more transparent it wouldn't appear here at all.> I'm sorry if, unlike some people here, I don't make subjective judgements on things I haven't studied.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder You're avoiding saying anything bad about a Republican, plain and simple.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Nonsense? You mean the GOP didn't paint a twice decorated military war veteran as a traitor, and a draft dodging awol pres as a war hero?
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <You're avoiding saying anything bad about a Republican, plain and simple.> I've said bad things about Republicans before, and I'm sure I will again.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <You mean the GOP didn't paint a twice decorated military war veteran as a traitor, and a draft dodging awol pres as a war hero?> That's correct.
Originally Posted By jonvn I doubt that Ed remembers much of anything. But, that's fine. Don't worry about facts.
