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: Johnson got a direct commission while a congressman. He was riding in
a plane
: that was attacked. His "mission" was bogus, the decorations for it
were bogus,
: but the bullets were apparently real.

I wouldn't call the missio "bogus." The aerial missions were very
real, it's just that LBJ volunteered to go along. His being a
congresscritter
probably assisted in the process, and he may have done it specifically
in
order to fight charges of being 'yellow'. His previous military duties
had
been in war production and inspection tours. However, the bullets were
ver
real. On the other hand, most agree that Mac was kissing arse when he
handed out that star....
Personally, I think that keeping serving congressfolks out of
uniform is a splendid idea. ISTR that FDR got some flak for making that
decision, but I think it was the right one.

BTW, does anyone know specifically if Nixon was present during a
bombing? Would that get counted as "shot at"? Nixon served on
Guadalcanal.
It was right after the pullout of Japanese ground troops, but didn't
Henderson field still get bombed once in a while? He was a supply
officer
with the Pacific air forces, but bombs (like rain) fall on all alike....



No mention of good Quaker Nixon getting bombed, I'm sure after he made
Congressman if there was a half-truth that could be inflated to hero
status he would gotten it. He is a home-town boy and I didn't hear any
thing that could pass as secert dope that Dickie had been brave.

You go on to list an article that indicates he served his years, did his
duty, actually sought to get into the combat theater...and yet all you can
do is poke fun at him. He never claimed to be a combat hero, and he never
was awarded a bogus Silver Star like LBJ. He did not come back home and
start labeling his compatriots as war criminals without a sound basis in
fact, as your buddy Kerry did. So just what is your beef with Nixon's
service? Would you like him better if he had made up stuff, like you have
done with your laughable "trained on demo at Camp Perry" crap, Jack?


"I know this is hard for you but the comments are supposed to have
some relevance to the thread. I didn't knock Nixon, I didn't mention
any thing about medals or war criminals or even your favorite fantasy
that I was never at Camp Peary (correct spelling, Camp Perry is in
Ohio where they hold the gun contests). I will introduce to my plumber
sometime, he joined the Navy at 17 went to Seal school, got sucked
into the CIA's favorite game of using others and now has regular
sessions with his psychiatrist. We share Camp Peary as an alma-mater.

You see Nixon came back from what war he had seen and needed to defeat
a very popular Democratic politician, Jerry Voorhees. He decided that
Voorhees was a New Dealer and therefore too Liberal. This at a time
when liberal was good and conservative bad in Southern California.
Nixon won, almost to his amazement. So when he went for the Senate
against Helen Gahagen Douglas the campaign was destined to be one of
the nation's most famous--and infamous. Nixon, waging an inspiring
red-baiting campaign, was unrelenting in his charges. If he never
actually called her a communist, saying she was "pink right down to
her underwear" was not a fashion critique. His legions were yet less
restrained. Murray Chotiner, Nixon's campaign manager, printed an
infamous flyer that was handed out at rallies. Printed on pink paper
(and, thus, forever known as the "pink sheet"), it more than implied a
connection between Douglas and communism.

Other Nixon campaign workers called Douglas a communist when they
approached strangers on the street. They called her a communist when
they telephoned thousands of homes the night before the election. In
an era when the nation's fear was palpable, the strategy was a great
success. On election day Nixon won handily. Douglas never again ran
for public office. She did not, however, leave the spotlight. A
tireless public speaker and activist, Douglas lobbied for liberal
causes until her death on June 28, 1980, in New York. "

Now where did I say anything about Nixon that would imply that he was
disloyal and made stuff up? You are advised to 1) Learn to answer the
questions and not make up your own and 2) Try to keep your responses
(I can't call them answers as they are not) within the topic under
discussion.