Dole Questions Kerry's Vietnam Wounds

Yahoo News ^ | 8/22/04 | Pete Yost

[EGPWS]

Dole also called on Kerry to release all the records of his service in Vietnam.

Good for the Honorable Mr. Dole!

However, want in one hand and %$#$ in the other and see which one fills first!

Kerry's disclosure of such records would be like the Titanic hitting another ice berg before sinking!

[Binghamton_native]

Right! He was just a neutral observer as to what others told him. He had no anti-war opinions! (sarcasm off). Conservative talk show hosts should hammer away at this lame RAT talking point.

[what's up]

Good for Dole...this could be his best service yet in a list of good services to the US if he continues with this.

[BunnySlippers]

Dole also called on Kerry to release all the records of his service in Vietnam.

Oh, I love this!

[utahagen]

I never thought I'd say anything positive about Jane FOnda, but let's give the devil her due: at least Jane FInda repeatedly has repudiated the (indirect) aid she gave the enemy and has apologized for the harm she caused to Americans fighting in Vietnam. That's a heck of a lot more than Kerry has done.

[Southack]

"One day he's saying that we were shooting civilians, cutting off their ears, cutting off their heads, throwing away his medals or his ribbons," Dole said. "The next day he's standing there, `I want to be president because I'm a Vietnam veteran. "Maybe he should apologize to all the other 2.5 million veterans who served. He wasn't the only one in Vietnam," said Dole"

Ouch! That "left" a mark.

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[Jeff Head]

Dole knows what it means to be wounded in combat. He's incensed at Kerry's three superficial purple hearts where he didn' lose a day's time, didn't go to the hospital, and had no visible ill effect.

For a guy who was wounded like Dole was in fighting, it's clear Kerry was grandstanding.

[hgro]

Will some of you military and ex military folks explain something to me. Kerry pulls a man out of the water into his swift boat. How is this physically possible (and supposedly he did it with hand) if the man in the water is about 4 or 5 or more feet below Kerry?

And especially with those tooth pick arms he displayed in his "play like I'm fighting a war" film he had taken of himself "re-enacting" his so-called bravery in Nam.

[nuconvert]

Good for YOU, Sen. Dole !

[DaveMSmith]

Devastating news piece for Kerry. Hopefully, the MSM is understanding it now. Once they examine the bronze star citation and Kerry's bios with the accepted accounts today, they have him. I give it a week.

[Jim Robinson]

"Senator Kerry carries shrapnel in his thigh"

This is true. It's the reason Kerry can't fly commercial. Can't get by the metal detectors. Same reason he can't perform his duties in the Senate. The metal detectors keep him out.

[Aliska]

Dole on the right page?

Dole in Crawford, Texas today/lately? Pretty disingenuous if he is not. Does anybody know?

[mylife]

Go Bob Dole!

[rocklobster11]

Will some of you military and ex military folks explain something to me. Kerry pulls a man out of the water into his swift boat. How is this physically possible (and supposedly he did it with hand) if the man in the water is about 4 or 5 or more feet below Kerry

he didn't really pull him from the water. Rassman had already grabbed onto some netting and tried to pull himself up. He was too weak, so Kerry gave him a hand.

[denydenydeny]

The significant thing about this story is that IT IS APPEARING IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

The MSM, thanks to Dole's remarks, is being forced to take criticisms of Kerry's Vietnam legend seriously. And to not automatically take the Kerry Vietnam legend at face value.

[DoctorMichael]

Dole is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo right!

[ken5050]

"John Edwards"..that name sounds familar...wasn't he just nominated for something?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

For really real? This is a very serious question for me.

[airborne]

"-CRAWFORD, Texas - Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole suggested Sunday-"

Was Dole in Crawford, TX or is this just the lamestream media attempting to link Dole with the "wealthy Texas Republicans" plotting against "war hero Kerry"?

[Dolphy]

Dole added: "And here's, you know, a good guy, a good friend. I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds.

Now what, Kerry? What happens to a man who has inflated his record and used it as the single most important balloon to carry his campaign?