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>>Was that when he wasn't going to Vietnam. Just lucky he wasn't poor and black I guess.
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>Nick, I understand where you're coming from, but I'd like to ask you something.
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>GWB had the controversy over his service in the National Guard. The intelligence was substantially wrong on WMDs in Iraq and serious mistakes were made in Iraq.
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>How do you then explain why GWB has still been quite popular with our military, certain far more popular than Barack Obama?

If thats true I would say probably because he gave them a simple message. Even though it was wrong.