[Cincinatus' Wife]

Stint in Vietnam may backfire - Kerry's military heroics, anti-war stance later may not play well

[gakrak]

Courage? I sure wouldn't want this guy watching my back!

[gg188]

Did you happen to see Mad TV last night? They did a skit in which the actor playing Kerry, every time he opened his mouth, said, "I am a veteran of the Vietnam War, and I am a war hero..."

[bimbo]

Kerry behaves so differently from the Vets at the VFW, that I think Kerry's service in Vietnam should come under very strict scrutiny before this campaign is finished. I hope those who know more about the details will come forward. These are things that are a little suspicious to me (and those at the VFW), so I'd like to raise a few questions:

1) A Bronze Star, Silver Star, and 3 Purple Hearts in a few months? This guy was collecting hardware and fruit salad at a rate greater than Alvin York and Audie Murphy?
2) 3 Purple Hearts with hardly a scratch?
3) Using the Purple Hearts to transfer to CONUS a few days after collecting his Silver Star?
4) As CO, did Kerry himself write the after-action report that resulted in the Silver Star?
5) Stateside, he resigns his commission to run for Congress, but seeing that "Military Hero" meant little to MA voters in 1970s, he switched over the the Jane Fonda Antiwar Camp, and "threw the medals away"?
6) Why did he petition Clayborne Pell several times to testify before Congress? ... only to lie and denigrate the service of those Fighting Forces still in Vietnam?

IMHO, this guy has been running for president for 34 years, and that makes me VERY suspicious.