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Here's the thing, leadpenny: Kerry constantly harks to his Vietnam experience ("When I returned from Vietnam", or "When I was over in Vietnam"), and one is hardpressed to find an article about him that doesn't preface his name with "decorated war hero" and he goes about with his "Band of Brothers".

I'm willing to set it aside, but I wouldn't equate the two stories. President Bush does not bring up his service, it was being twisted and lied about.

All of it disgraceful. I would be content to talk about Kerry's voting record in the Senate and so forth, but if he's going to hark to his experience and denigrate Bush's service (which he did on Sunday, in a politically subtle and round about way of course) I'll not remain silent.

I see your point. I just think it's early.

We're on a hill looking down on a family squabble. Different factions of that family all are our enemy. We know we're going to fight the victorious faction. We should just wait until we know which faction that is. If it means going after Kerry's puffery, we'll have lots of ammo if we keep our powder dry.

I'm with you on this...

Kerry won the nomination on his Vietnam vet "war hero" biography point, and drills it home. It and the "AWOL" smear against Bush have a specific pupose for the Democrats, to denigrate Bush as a commander-in-chief and insinuate that Kerry served "better" in that era so he'd make a better President. The Democrats are the ones with the Vietnam fixation, and they need this as a Big Lie that will work to win votes from the uninformed.

I believe we need to bring up Kerry's anti-war pro-Hanoi activism to explain the TRUTH about where Kerry is really coming from. His 35 years in politics shows consistency with his smears against the military and his pro-Hanoi attitudes. He will sell American sovereignty down the river. The anti-war activism charge does a few things - exposes Kerry's hypocrisy, shows people how-left-wing he really is, and may actually finally get the Democrats to say "let's move on" when they realize they cant get any more traction out of the 'war hero' angle.

See also my article here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074196/posts