There is no question that John Kerry earned his decorations and that he put his life at risk in the service of his country. There is no doubt in my mind, moreover, that he has the intelligence to serve as president. But there is also no doubt in my mind that his anti-war activities while our troops were still fighting, dying and being tortured in filthy Vietnam prisons were despicable.
For that reason, even aside from his anti-defense voting record in the Senate, he is one ex-shipmate that I could never support as commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Spoken like any brother in arms, who considers anybody putting on the uniform and serving in Viet Nam as having "put his life at risk for his country", and, having been decorated and awarded the purple heart, he MUST HAVE "earned his decorations". Unfortunately he is responding to the facts as they were presented to him. The rest of his comments to Kerry's character, which he actually witnessed, are much more telling.