I just double checked my comment on the leatherman being issued to the Army troops and saw I was wrong. It is a Gerber product that is being issued.
I apologize to the Leatherman fella I called a war profiteer and now am happy to say he isn't getting a dime from Iraq and just like France, Russia, and Germany won't be getting any of my tax dollars.
He is probably trying to be a profiteer by supporting Kerry. He may think that if Kerry is elected, Kerry might swing the pocket tool contract away from Gerber to him.
So maybe Mr. Leatherman's vote is a case of sour grapes.
A few weeks back, Moveon made a set of ads, one featuring a US serviceman, recently returned from duty in Iraq, who was voting for Kerry. I did some research into this fellow. He was a translator, and was held over in Iraq for, IIRC, about 6 months. He and 5 other translators who were traveling back stateside together. THis group was "at the airport" when orders came down to stay.
The father of one of the servicemen in the group (not the one featured in the Moveon ad) raised a ruckus with his congress-critter and the media over this. Anyway, long story short, there are some sour grapes involves with the serviceman featured in the Moveon ad; and I would not be surprized if sour grapes (i.e., bid but didn't get the DOD contract) with Mr. Leatherman.