Kerry is a war hero with 3 purple hearts and a silver star, he killed a VC with his bare hands, spent Christmas in Cambodia, rescued an SF trooper from certain drowning, commanded his riverine boat with brave and tireless aplomb, didn't pitch his own medals over the White House fence, worked tirelessly to bring "peace" to Vietnam, testified bravely before a Senate Committee (with his medals on), heroically resisted undue pressure to release his military records, ran for President on the Democrat Line, calls for "peace" in Iraq and redeployment of our forces to somewhere else far away, is a terrific joke-teller,...
... oh, wait a minute. I do get it. Never mind!
--rescued an SF trooper from certain drowning--
Trooper? I thought it was a hamster.