Posted by
Aubrey Immelman on Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:04:26 AM
Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, eager for a few minutes in the media limelight but evincing little appreciation of Sacrifice in Service to Country, participated in a drive-by dissing of decorated war hero Bob Dole, essentially characterizing him as a loser.
Sen. Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole
Appearing as a guest on Laura Ingraham's radio program to discuss the ideological direction of the Republican Party and recent statements by retired GOP Senate Majority Leaders Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Bob Dole (R-Kan.) in support of health care reform, Bachmann mocked Dole -- who has said "we've got to do something" to reform health care -- as being complicit in a "non-pro-freedom agenda."
In my book, Bob Dole is a genuine American hero. Gravely wounded on the battlefield in World War II while attempting to drag a comrade to safety under heavy enemy fire, 2 Lt. Dole was decorated for valor, earning the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and two Purple Hearts.
Bob Dole, off to war in 1945.
(The Russell Daily News)
My suggestion to Bachmann: Read Dole's autobiography,
One Soldier's Story: A Memoir (HarperCollins, 2005), in which he recounts his service as a 21-year-old second lieutenant and platoon leader in the Army's 10th Mountain Division.