However, no one I know is a one dimensional character, and unfortunately I think kerry's one part hero and one part snake. He practically called his brothers in arms baby killers and slayers of women in his post war rantings and ravings, and the worst part is that he probably did it for political opportunity, and not because he really believed it. That's very hard on the senses as well. He owes his brothers in arms an apology 'ad alta voce'!
But your absolutely right about both Kerry's and McCain's honorable military service. I admire both men in that regard, and I'm sure President Bush himself feels the same way. Say what you will about President Bush, but he's not a small-minded man nor one with a confined spirit. I venture the same opinion about McCain, but kerry to me seems very small, very confined at this point in his life. Maybe it's a campaign style. I don't know and only time will tell.
If he's elected, I'm certainly going to view him as my President, and not declare an immediate state of war against him the way so many democrats did against President Bush. And I will pray to God that he lead and protect the Country to the best of his ability.
I don't see how John Kerry will win a single state. The man is like a sail in the wind of popular opinion, he stands for absolutely nothing and vacillates when ever it's politically expedient. In short, his record will show that he is no leader, in fact, his record will show that all he has ever been, is a junior Senator who has never taken a stand for anything.
I also saw heavy action and witnessed unrecognized heroism that makes Kerry's deed look elementary. And those heroes didn't ask for any more recognition other than to know that they had protected and saved their own. They certainly, like the true heroes they are, do not boast about themselves or their service. We as a group were spit on as we walked off the plane when we returned, by the very group that Kerry was partly responsible for supporting.
There is also a movement starting from veterans like myself who stand against Kerry and his hypocrisy, we deeply resent his opportunistic grandstanding at our expense and we will tell the world about it before it is all said and done.