Mark S: "The biggest hazard Gore faced during his 5 months in country was a dose of clap from a Tu Do Street Taxi Girl. A school crossing guard in an inner city area works under greater risk."

Oh. Nobody ever got bombed in a civilian building in war-torn Vietnam? No planes were ever shot down? (I assume he didn't swim there.) No reporters died AT ALL? No civilians were killed? No non-combatants were killed? Your hatred for Gore (or is it displaced hatred for Clinton?) has clouded your thinking.

Whether a school crossing guard has greater or lesser risk is irrelevant, because we weren't comparing Gore to a school crossing guard, but to Dubya. Fact is, Gore went to a country at war, which is always a dangerous thing to do, regardless of whether slanderous Republicans acknowledge it or not. Bush stayed home and played junior pilot, when he was sober enough to. Gore was at greater risk in his military service than Bush during his pseudo-military "service" (much of which he skipped out on anyway).

Sorry that this bothers you. But we can't change the past.

Alex
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