Dear Gov. Huckabee, Those desks were also earned by ...

[YvonneCa]

...my dad. And Senator John Kerry.

I respect John McCain for his service. But how does he earn desks for students, and Senator Kerry *earned* purple band-aids?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. My Dad Was Blinded In His Right Eye By Shrapnel In The Battle Of Tunisia

He must have bought a lot of desks...

[YvonneCa]

3. Please thank him for his service...

...from me.:patriot:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. He Died When I Was Fourteen

A lot of it could be attributed to WW ll...

But he's a hero to me ...

Thank you...

[YvonneCa]

11. Mine died a year...

...ago. I'm really sorry for your loss.

[Botany]

2. My Dad will turn 80 this Oct

He is a retired professor and has hearing aids thanx to shell fire in Korea ...

He might say those desks were paid for by the locals based on the idea
that a public education is right in this country. And education helps everybody.

[sailor65]

4. and my Dad

who can't hear in one ear, compressed half his spine and is still tormented by his dreams.

I'm pretty sure he bought mine.

Huckabee messed up trying to credit one Veteran over others.

[JVS]

6. What's this desk story? I don't have TV

[Jackeens]

7. Important Question

Do you get a free desk if you vote McPalin?

[YvonneCa]

16. Welcome to DU. n/t

[stray cat]

8. Tax payers and government provide public schools and the desks that go in them

[YvonneCa]

14. Many veterans would say that their service...

...to country preserves those rights (as spelled out by the Constitution). That includes a free, public education. I believe that.

But the credit goes to ALL who serve...not just one. John McCain's service deserves our respect. So does my dad's (and yours). So does John Kerry's.

The problem I am having is the 'dis ingenuousness' of the Republicans at their conventions. In 2004, they disrespected Kerry's service by handing out purple band-aids.

[Left Is Write]

9. Have you forgotten? Only conservative Republicans have served their country.

Liberals? Democrats? Nah. Their service doesn't count.

[Faygo Kid]

10. I thought freedom wasn't "earned." I thought we were endowed with it.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. . .

Freedom and liberty have been defended by veterans, but never "given" to us by them, as some sort of "gift." It's our birthright, as human beings, according to the Declaration. And not a "gift" anyone has the power to bestow.

Stupid story, Huckabee.

[bleever]

12. K&R.

Thank you.

[YvonneCa]

15. Thank YOU...

...bleever.:patriot:

[Raine]

13. My father too, a WWII vet whose vote was stolen in 2000

by the rePIGs after having "paid" for all those desks! :mad: