[johnb838]

Vietnam where Kerry commanded a Navy Swift boat and was decorated for heroism.

Bet he got out of there as fast as he could!

[Wombat101]

What a silly place we live in, this United States. Only in America can:

-A Republican president spend more welfare money than LBJ and still be considered "conservative".
-A democratic (small d intentional)Presidential-wanna can be in favor of states rights (so long as it's about something important. You know, like gay marriage).
- Only in America can you NOT question the patriotism of a former Commander-in-Crotch...errrr...Chief, who dodged the draft and attended anti-war rallies in London and Moscow, but conversely, it appears to be alright to do so to someone who wore the uniform, regardless of service and regardless of circumstance.
-Only in America do we make things like the proper spelling of "potato" a political issue.
- Only in America do people trust a politician (typically a trained lawyer, many of whom have never practiced law all that much) to write the damn things for us.

and finally...

- Only in America could someone give a rat's behind(and consider it news, no less!)if a soon-to-be-relegated-to-the-trash-heap politico gives us his impression of Roger Ebert.

And we wonder why our society is going to heck in a handbasket?