By Matt Hurley for the TIB Network:
Remeber when Al Gore was at that MoveOn.org rally and told the story about a family having a bake sale to raise funds for bullet proof vests? Remember John Kerry echoing that same line?It didn't happen.
From the National Review:
It doesn't appear that any family-organized bake sales for body armor took place. Some New Hampshire families held a bake sale in early May to raise money for more "care package items" and to fund a coming-home party next year. The mother of one soldier was grateful to those who donated calling cards because calling cards, she explained, "are the most important thing." In Tennessee, a chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held a dance and a bake sale to support a Marine who had returned to their community from Afghanistan missing a leg. And police officers around the country have collected discarded bulletproof vests and shipped them to Iraq for the troops to use on the doors and floors of their Humvees, making them lightly armored vehicles. "It doesn't matter whether or not you're in favor of the war — the people over there still need our help and support," the Michigan leader of one such effort said. Many Americans are inspired by similar sentiments.What complete political hacks.
A few, though, play on those sentiments for political gain — as Gore and Kerry have done. The Kevlar they refer to is the material used to line vests and Humvees, helping to protect soldiers from enemy fire. The material is heavy and deflects only shrapnel, not bullets. In 1999, the vests were modernized: The new armor, known as "Interceptor" body armor, is about ten pounds lighter and offers protection against machine guns fired at point-blank range. The new technology is also used to make removable ceramic plates that line both vests and Humvees, and was first used in combat operations in Afghanistan.
Just remember folks, as Hugh Hewitt is fond of saying "If it isn't close, they can't cheat." And he is right. This is just another in a long line of lies, distortions, and fabrications by prominent Democrats that must be challenged.
