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It was Ronald Reagan who repaired our self esteem.
If it were not for him, I would be dead of an OD or alcoholism. I would never have been able to raise a familily or be productive.
There are thousands just like me.
Some on this forum and most in todays society do not understand how personal this is with vets of my generation.
Republican, democrat or independent, we all share a loathing for John Kerry. We will continue to do so, even after he is long gone, and we will carry this to our graves.
The media wants to revert to its pro-communists stance? FINE. They should be made aware these guys have friends this time that are going to stand beside them in this fight.
We are not only fighting jihadists but on the Home Front our homegrown "Reds" in the Democratic Party, the Media, and Hollywood.
Bump - - just gave a donation to the SwiftVets - - everyone that can, please do so, too!
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"Republican, democrat or independent, we all share a loathing for John Kerry. We will continue to do so, even after he is long gone, and we will carry this to our graves."
Thank you for your story, and thank you for your service. You hit the nail right on the head. It is indeed personal. We MUST NOT LET the left CHEAPEN the very real case Viet Nam vets and their families have against John Kerry by trying to pretend it's an RNC political ploy. There are tens of thousands of us. It doesn't matter whether the sitting president is a Republican or a Democrat, we'd all be fighting Kerry anyway.
"most in todays society do not understand how personal this is with vets of my generation"
Amen, brother.
I can only understand through my imagination, not my experience. But I do know this from those in my family who are veterans...they would never vote to send men and women to battle without hard and careful thought and they would never vote no when it came to funding the mission they agreed to send them on. I find this one of the most despicable thing about Kerry.
You hit the nail on the head. I was at a FReep of John Edwards arrival in Jacksonville, Fl, this past Monday and I was holding my anti-Kerry Vietnam signs and wearing my "Stop Hanoi John Kerry 2004" . One of the Bush supporters (there were about 65 of us), a lady in her 30's, stated "I don't have a problem with what Kerry did to protest the war. This is America and it's free speech. I don't want him raising my insurance costs and making my business go bankrupt because of trial lawyers and regulation." I about lost it! I emotionally explained to her what Kerry's words and actions did to a whole generation of GI's. About how many lived in shame for many years and some are still living that way. I explained to her how Kerry's using Vietnam as his main qualification is like re-opening those wounds and pouring salt right in there. She could see the look in my eyes. Although she didn't say much after that, I am quite sure she got it.
There was also an young (late 20's) active duty sailor there at the FReep. He said he knows all about Kerry and his betrayal of Vietnam Veterans. He learned it from his dad, whom he said hates Kerry with a passion. I suspect his dad is a lot like me, and I am glad to know that he has taught his children about him. I think Kerry did us all a favor by portraying himself a war hero. It is motivating our whole generation to make our voices heard and tell everyone the TRUTH about Hanoi John!