[EllaMinnow]

Big BUMP

[akcoyote]

We should make sure that this picture is posted as many places as possible. This is Kerry's worst nightmare.

http://www.usvetdsp.com/newsol_cov.jpg

[dictatorMA]

Living in Massachusetts I have nothing but negative memories of how dirty a campaigner this guy can be. People should not under estimate how low this guy will go to win election. When he ran against Weld and Shamie years ago, he was very successful in destroying his opponents character through lies, innuendo and help from the loving boston media.
I have no doubt that this is how he will run against W if he gets to that point.
I am telling y'all this - Kerry is a total scumbag but a smart one at that, which makes him very dangerous. He is not too different from Clinton in that respect.
We need to stay on guard and all over this guy.. Don't let him define the issues!!!

[Casloy]

How come Bob Dole's military record against Clinton didn't count? How come George Bush Seniors' military record against Bill CLinton didn't count? It only counts when you are a Democrat. What's more, Kerry came back from Vietnam and formed Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In one of their more extreme rituals many of them tossed their medals over the White House fence in protest. Of course, Mr. Kerry who had a long term political agenda, didn't do it. I mean, do we really want that footage to come back and haunt us? Kinda like the way AL Qaida leadership never strap on bombs and martyr themselves (that's for the dumb riff raff, don't you know).

[Dan from Michigan]

There is a deserter running, but that deserter is John Kerry who may have caused US Soldiers to die in Nam when he came back and turned traitor while our guys were still over there.

[xzins]

A deserter is someone who goes AWOL and NEVER comes back unless caught. That's simply a fact. I used to visit such prisoners at Ft Knox, KY in my capacity as a chaplain. They'd spend a couple months in the jail and be discharged with a dishonorable.

It is a fact that George W. Bush has an honorable discharge.

If he had in fact gone AWOL (whatever that means with the Nat'l Guard), then it must be recognized that he had to at least have come back the last day to pick up his honorable discharge.

In other words, "desertion" is a stupid charge.

At least they would be a world more accurate if they'd say he had been awol for some specified period of time.

The truth is, though, that we're simply talking about a record-keeping gap in a military record that was kept by hand in those days.

Incidentally, there's even record of those drills being made up WHICH WAS AND IS legal.

[meandog]

Unfortunately, most Guard and Reserve component records were made and kept by administrative types servicing the Guard and Reserve...I ought to know, I'm a retired Naval Reservists.
These records are notoriously inaccurate due to sloppy record-keeping, and it is incumbent upon each member affected to ensure that his/her record of service is maintained and up to date.
I can clearly see how President Bush, trusting in the admin system, could not have proof of his service upon his unit moving to the Alabama ANG...but there, IMHO, IS a way to prove his service during the time. He could resurrect old tax returns from those years (if he has them) or demand them from the IRS. The returns should indicate the pay he recieved for the drills that are in dispute...

[sweetliberty]

Hypocrisy, thy name is democRAT!