***Ketchup Boy Only Served For FOUR MONTHS***

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[The Wizard]

We know the media shills for the democrats, but it's about time some one of the VERY FEW honest media get on this point and two others:

We want to know about those famous wounds that he takes credit for......(I'm not saying I would want them, but he is making big claims about his service) but we have a right to see the records.

All my friends had to spend 12 months in Nam....why did ketchup boy only serve 4 months and then come home and fight the war and call those poor guys without deferments baby killers and war criminals

I am telling you my friends, more is coming about what really happened in kerry's war experience, and it won't be a pretty thing to see.

[kaboom]

The Swift Boat mission had changed just after Kerry volunteered. They were originally patrolling the coast and were later ordered to move forward into the rivers where they came under increased fire.

[antiRepublicrat]

He has shameless about leveraging this into his political career for decades.

So, what? I'm talking about respecting the service, not the man now.

[cynicom]

Did Kerry take advantage of any deferments to stay in college????

[CaliforniaOkie]

Can his military records be released under the Freedom of Information Act?.....

No. Those kind of records are not available to the public.

[kcvl]

After months of "sour grapes" from the party of a draft dodging SOB's leading cheerleader, Terry McAuliffe, who has never been within spitting distance of a military uniform, I don't think I will keep my mouth shut about a phony, hypocrite named John F'n Kerry, no matter what anyone else does or thinks about it.

[PISANO]

The GOP will NOT go after Kerry's Vietnam (in country) War record. They would never diminish his war record out of respect. Even if he "ONLY" saw combat for 2 of the four months he was on the river boats in the Mekong Delta.

You must realize that if it were the situation was reversed the Democrats would have NO PROBLEM minimizing his contribution to the Vietnam War effort nor would they let go his post-war traitorous antics.

[dennisw]

Bingo!!

That's what I've been hearing about the swift boats. Very new boats ands were not going to be handed over to lower class commanders. May God bless Kerry for his combat service but he's been exploiting it (bonding with the proles) for years this way. This worked easy in Massachusetts and he thinks this will work nation wide.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Hi Wizard - I seem to remember reading somewhere (don't ask me for a source) that if a person was wounded 3 times or more, he could apply for discharge. The article indicated that's what Kerry did, but I recall some aspersions on the "wounds" themselves. There was the thought they they didn't rise to the level of a Purple Heart.

[templar]

All my friends had to spend 12 months in Nam....

I see your friends spent 12 months, how many did youspend?

[dennisw]

So how long was Kerry commanding a swift boat? 7 weeks? Many endured a lot more.

[jackbill]

Check out:

http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/

I believe that you will find most of the chronology in Part 2, some may be at the end of Part 1.

[kcvl]

John Kerry didn't "respect" the service then or now. He is a lying POS. Let him release his military records! I demand to see them NOW. I am sick and tired of playing nice with these people.

[antiRepublicrat]

I can say whatever I damn well please about John F. Kerry. My family served this country a hell of a lot better and longer than John F'n Kerry

If you place great importance on how much action was seen or how long and intense the service was, then you must despise Bush.

President Bush is fighting a CURRENT and PRESENT war that Kerry has no clue how to fight

And now you come to Kerry's long post-war period where he seems to forgotten all about patriotism and supporting the troops. I was only referring to respect of his service in Veitnam, nothing more. I would not defend the record of post-Vietnam Kerry, because that's impossible.

[Salvation]

My question is this:

What did he do for the rest of his enlistment?

Full disclosure of your military records, Mr. Kerry Ketchup.

[Mo1]

I really think this line of doubt/questioning is a dead end for the RNC & W.

Maybe so .. but the last I recall .. it was We The People who voted for President and WE have the right to know all the facts

[COBOL2Java]

No. Those kind of records are not available to the public.

Makes me wonder how much info Bill & Hillary have at hand. Could Ketchup Boy's data been in those raw FBI files?

[Salvation]

**grant him an early discharge from service so he could run for Congress.**

And he is griping about Bush helping someone run for office???

Enquiring minds want to know more.

[dennisw]

I read the same about Kerry's purple hearts. He served honorably as did a million other Vietnam vets. But he went on to exaggerate heroism for political office. Kerry served but is not a hero.

It's a Boston Brahman kinda thing where a purple heat for a scratch enthralls our liberals.

[Salvation]

What You Don't Know about John Kerry