Funny how the press and Kerry Campaign is quick to announce his 3 purple hearts but very lax in explaining just what those wounds were or how they impact Kerry's life today. Bob Dole had an injured hand from his military service and ran against the obvious "loathes the military" draft dodger Bill Clinton. The "military service" of Kerry does not make him "the better man" for the office of the president and his post-service Vietnam activities fall under treason meaning he is unable to serve as President.
Loading the stage with veterans means that the Swiftboat Veterans Against Kerry are due a voice in the press to answer the DNC talking points.
We're finding out more and more about Kerry and his increasinly bogus-seeming Tour of Duty (Four months) which resulted in 3 Purple Hearts, and other medals. Steven Gardner, who was a teenager at the time, served in the same boat, and paints a picture of Kerry as a "chickenshit", never willing to engage the enemy when fired upon, quick to turn tail and get away as fast as possible. He claims Kerry inflicted a few minor wounds on himself, to boot. Fact is, 3 wounds of a certain type and you're eligible to be sent home. Kerry filled out the necessary forms for this, and got out, also claiming he wanted to run for Congress. My own guess is that my abraded ring finger, a little chewed up but requiring nothing more than hydrogen peroxide and a bandage and 10 days to heal when I fell off my Yamaha RD350 in 1976 , was more than any "wound" Kerry suffered.