West Virginia Democrat Senator Jay Rockefeller was being interviewed the editorial board of the Chareston Gazette. During that interview he uttered this gem:

"McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they (the missiles) get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."

First of all ... I rather seriously doubt that our military was using laser-guided bombs during the Vietnam War. Also, the aircraft that McCain was flying in Vietnam was not to drop bombs from 35,000 feet. It would seem that Senator Rockefeller has a rather limited understanding of our military's mission, tactics or capabilities ... but that's beside the point.

The real point here is what we witnessed is just another in a long string of statements and actions that vividly illustrate the disdain (if not outright hatred) that so many Democrats feel toward our military. There's Hillary using the Marine Corps to serve canapés at White House functions – then scrambling to get on the Senate Armed Forces Committee as soon as she's sworn in. Why? To mend fences – to show how much she loves our men and women in uniform.

Then there's that sap John Kerry and his false stories about our men in Vietnam. Do you remember the words? He said that U.S. forces in Vietnam were guilty of systematic war crimes, including rape, murder, mutilation and pillage with the full knowledge and complicity of their entire chain of command. Some Naval aviators felt that Kerry's actions in leading protests on his return the U.S. resulted in extended stays in North Vietnamese prisons.

Then there's Jack Murtha talking about U.S. Marines killing innocent civilians in Iraq "in cold blood." Those marines were later exonerated.

There's a reason why the vast majority of people serving in our military vote Republican. These people understand who is on their side and who is not. They understand that Democrats hold them in near-contempt. They understand that Democrats would much rather spend money on vote-buying programs than on beefing up our military.

Do you folks remember the aftermath of the 2000 election in Florida? Do you remember that the Democrat Party sent hoards of Democrats to Florida during the recount imbroglio with orders to do whatever they could do to make sure that military absentee ballots were not counted? How's that for respect for our military ... engaging in an overt effort to disqualify military votes in an election? Remember ... if the networks hadn't called the election for Bush in 2000 one hour before the polls closed in the military-rich Florida panhandle there would never have been a recount fight. The estimates are that Bush lost 13,000 votes there when military voters went home thinking that the contest was in the bag.

So ... Jay Rockefeller later apologizes. BS. He's only apologizing because the story became radioactive. He's doing what he has to do to calm the storm. We heard what Rockefeller really thought when he was talking to that editorial board

GOD u.d. ,your working over time my friend,o.k. let's get started dr. theodore maiman built the first Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation i.e. LASER in 1960,the first time it was used was in air raids in vietnam ,BUT!,lasers were not deployed until after JOHN McAIN was captured McAIN engaged in low level attacks NOT!in a holding pattern of 35,000 ft. McAIN put his life at risk over HANOI to hit value targets without use of missiles,so rockefeller can guide that s.o.b'n missile theory up his ***![with all due respect of course .] ,now onward to absentee ballots in 2000 election ,house republicans pressed pentagon for e-mail addresses of sailors during florida re-count ,but more importantly! PRESIDENT BUSHES law suit ,the charge:the counties unfairly rejected many ballots predominantly from military personnel that arrived after election day. jack murtha ,well this ol' **** is best known for his involvement in the 1980's ABSCAM ,you know the 1980's F.B.I. investigation of saudi nationals trying to bribe their way through immigration [it was mentioned in the movie ''DONNIE BRASCO'' with johnny depp] F.B.I. proved he showed intent to obtain investment in his district .Hillarys objective is always ambiguos,and john kerry should tell his lil' tale to some hells angels who served in country over in vietnam,i know they love a good debate!