[Destro]

I think it was good stategery by the Kerry camp (to have his service record questioned)...They clearly made an issue of the Military record(s)...but, when voters scrutinize Kerry - and discover that he did serve in Viet Nam...It's hard to see that service as "disappointing" or a weakness...so it's a win/win for Kerry...

Bush took the bait and spent a week babbling about pay stubs...

Those who want to dwell on Kerry's post-Nam activities will sound like they are beating a dead horse...

Most folks today think "Hanoi Jane" was someone who played guitar for Hole (Courtney Love)...

[arasina]

Bush took the bait and spent a week babbling about pay stubs...

President Bush did not spend a week nor did he babble. The media were the ones spending a week on his ANG records and insisting they weren't enough. One soundbite had Kerry saying he told "his surrogates" to leave it alone but then he continues to bring it up. This week he gave it more attention by whining that he is a victim of a Republican smear job. He even denies his own words before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.

If anyone has been babbling, it has been Kerry...and you.