Posted on 08/03/2004 11:13:08 PM PDT by goldstategop
well, Yes -of course it the centerpiece of his career...
..he's done nothing since! 18 years in the senate and 5, count them, 5, inconsequential pieces of legislation.
(one of them was to rename a federal building)
The tsunami is offshore slowly building up its overwhelming force. When it crashes onto the shore, it will be big and a candidate will be washed away.
Even if it wasn't - he's corrupt to the core on other issues as well. Even if you ignore the worst things he did, and focus on his most positive traits, you'll still see nothing but corruption.
Here's something to consider about Kerry, the war hero. He gave himself a silver star by beaching his boat (against orders) so he could chase down a VC soldier who had already been wounded with a .50 cal bullet from one of the boat's gunners. To prove what a brave, heroic man he was, Kerry fired the coup de grace that killed the soldier.
That's not the act of a hero. An American hero would have taken the wounded enemy combatant into custody, tended to his wounds until he got him to a medical facility where he could get complete medical care before being transferred to a POW camp.
That's the tradition of the American military that goes back more than two centuries. That's the compassion of the battlefield that Kerry apparently slept through.
I know heroes. Kerry is no hero.
Unfortunately, the Rats and their liberal/left media cronies have told so many falsehoods, lies, and outright distortions about President Bush, that when the Pubbies and others get around to telling the truth about Kerry, the public will ignore the message and just assume its politics as usual.
However, Kerry has so much documented baggage without the VietNam war story, its like icing on the cake. But third party groups had better fire their salvos quickly; free speech ends for them on September 1 (thanks to McCain-Feingold and a gutless Supreme Court).
The demrats seem to know it's coming; already screaming about how negative and scurrilous Repubs are becomming in their 'attacks'; and yes, this will 'confirm' their warnings to many sheeple.
Think Repubs were afraid to go after 'war record' despite the obvious; or maybe thouoght it was safer to be just 'surprised' when the info finally did come out, more mainstream.
In any event; I am amazed just asking people if they know 'how long johnkerry spent in VietNam; that the question almost always gets a 'no, I don't know'. . .response.
Not much time left to educate; and yes, I wonder if McCain knows now; how wrong he was.
I hate to burst your bubble but there's no such thing as Klingons. They're make-believe.
The essential component of eligibility for a purple heart is a wound recieved as a result of enemy fire. The severity is irrelevant. Max Cleland is an example; he recieved a serious injury from the accidental detonation of a hand grenade, (resulting in the loss of three limbs), yet he recieved no purple heart as it was not the result of enemy action.
I know a number of people with the purple heart with minor wounds, but three purple hearts, all of which were self inflicted? I don't know. I know Kerry is a weasel but this whole story is difficult for me to believe. How does a guy lie his way to three purple hearts, and a bronze and silver star? I could see getting away with it once, but five times?
It seems impossible.
Self-inflicted, yeah. The bar for "heroism" in our military's awfully low. The Purple Heart's not such a great advertisement of manly powress if all you need to do to get one is to get yourself (and it doesn't even to have to be enemy fire, go figure) injured by fire to qualify.
Joseph Farah NAILS it!
Well, yeh, not yet. We won't meet them till the 22nd or 23rd century. But they'll be there. I saw it on TV.
If anyone has givven blood, the needle for giving blood caused more "injury" than J f'n Kerry recieved in vietnam one of his purple hearts. (based on a doctor's report)
IT'S THE PRESIDENCY, STUPID!!!
I think it's a pretty good slogan for this race.
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