[Diva Betsy Ross]

I,too, am one of those people who is hesitant to drag any Veteran through the mud. Even when I disagree with them.

What bothers me about John Kerry is that he represents himself as a hero, while dehumanizing other Veterans. I figure he can take some criticism for that, and of course I do not want to see him President, based upon his voting record and his ideas for America.

That being said, I can understand why some people would rather stay out of the mud slinging, when it is directed toward a Veteran.

There are so many problems with Kerry as President...Some people may wish to concentrate on his other anti-American stances, while keeping their own ideas of respect for service to our country in tact.

[#3Fan]

Yeah, I'd wouldn't want to disrespect any veteran's service that had to go into the war zone even if I new he did the things like Kerry did while serving (the littler things like faking injuries, writing himself medals, etc). But when a person runs for president and bashes other veterans using his service, then I think it becomes fair game to see if his service was all it was cracked up to be.

(The only reason I hit Gianni with this was that he was getting on my case for looking at Kerry's service on another thread...If anyone else wants to respect Kerry's service, that's fine with me, it's a judgment call)