Let me ask this as a lifelong civilian with a great respect for, but no real connection to, the military: Do y'all really think that this has legs? I understand what's going on thanks to the explanations of our military FReepers, but you have to admit, this is a fairly "dense" topic; it requires an understanding of 10 USC 1162/1163, of why discharges occur and what Jimmuh did in 1977-78 with his amnesty. We know that the MSM is going to ignore this and do their best to discredit or just bury it. So do you think that this can get to the sheeple in a way that they can understand it, and will they care?
We care. We know what this means--heck, we've suspected it all along. But we weren't voting for JF'nK anyhow. Will it make a difference since the MSM will just treat it as a crackpot VRWC "desperate move"?
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Amazingly enough, over a third of vets apparently support sKerry. That sKerry gamed the system after getting a less than honorable discharge, which was an absolutely EXPECTED RESULT in that era, will matter to many of them. It was quite difficult to achieve an other than honorable discharge, even if you had a tendency to really be a jerk-off while in the service.
What a cynic - you don't think Dan Rather and Mary Mapes will grab this and run with it?