I think it is easy to understand. Most demon rats are creepy, confused, wobble, and can't make good decisions, and have no clue how the rest of us live.
Because he is the only real Democrat who has even colorable claim to any military distinction. Weasely Clark thrilled them, except that he really wasn't one of them. A suspicious passel of quickie medals got him on the fast track, but he wouldn't have been a real Democratic leader if he had merely come home and kept his medals out of politics. His claim to Democratic pantheon status lies in the fact that he essentially cancelled the medals of all other veterans when he threw symbols of military valor over the WH fence. And IMHO it is that, more than any particiulars of the claiming/awarding of the medals themselves, which would naturally stick in the craw of a vet.To top it off he chose a piece of fluff who has made a fortune from ambulance chasing as the VP.To me it doesn't matter whether Kerry ever publicly burned a flag; the flag itself is partly a symbol of military virtue - a symbol of our unity and willingness to defend each other. To pitch a medal or ribbon, his own or another's, over the WH fence was to seperate himself from the principle of national unity just as surely as burning a flag would have. If not more so. John Kerry stands for hyperpartisan divisiveness, and that is all the Democratic Party now stands for so he is their perfect candidate.
That VP choice stands for what you can expect from John Kerry, which is the same as what we got from x42 - a Peter Principle administration. There hasn't been a decent Democratic SecDef since the Truman era, and IMHO no self-respecting Republican would even take the job working under Kerry.Kerry's own credentials are so thin that he can't afford to associate with people with solid credentials or they'll outshine him. By contrast Bush like Reagan won't hire anyone who needs the job.
I can't understand why the Democrats nominated a man who has confessed to committing war crimes and in addition is creepy, confused, wobbling, unable to make decisions, and has no concept on how most American's live.
What don't you understand? Except for the war crimes part, those are the basic qualifications that dimocratic politicians must possess to successfuly run for office.