John McCain and Gen Tommy Franks are not in favor of this non stop attack on Kerry’s Vietnam service record. I being a rational person would rather believe these two leaders and military veterans than the self appointed didactic no nothing blowhards who will accept any lie about Kerry as fact and any truth as fiction. These same blowhards have the moral standards of maggots crawling over decaying meat in the garbage can sometimes known a politics. These same no nothings will swallow every word of the Chicken Hawks such as S. Hanity or that drug addict Rush Limberger who never served, don’t serve, and never will serve our country. You Kerry haters hang on every word of a sick chick such as Ann Coulter who attacked the triple amputee Vietnam veteran Max Cleland by claiming that his injuries were the result of an “accident”. Cleleand shielded others from the blast of a live grenade and he lost three limbs.

After reading that statement I have more respect for a cockroach than for Ann Coulter.

Kerry haters will believe any lie, fabricate any falsification, and ignore any truth in their rabid dog attack against Kerry. No one forced his crew who served directly with him to stand up behind him. If you attack Kerry with such inane attacks on Kerry such as deriding the fact that he “only served four months” you insult every person who was injured or killed in a short time in action. A friend of mine got killed on his 7th day in Nam, would you maggots deny that he deserved the posthumous Purple Heart ?

Remember that Bob Dole was wounded within two or three weeks after he got to the front. Only a maggot would attack Bob Dole for only serving three weeks in a war zone.

I was undecided about voting but you Kerry haters have helped me make up my mind; it’s Kerry!!!!!!

Isn't a cockroach and Ann Coulter the same thing? Oh, wait...that is just the nickname that the football team gave to her during high school. LOL

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

I just don't think the Vietnam War should even be part of this election. It's obvious to anybody that Kerry went to Vietname with one goal: to collect his three Purple Hearts and GET OUT. Fine. And Bush skipped out completely. Fine.

This has nothing to do with America, circa 2004.

The problem with that reasoning is that Kerry's family was afluent and, like Bush, he could have avoided Viet Nam all together. So, why not just cut the middle part out and avoid it altogether as you say Bush did?

I think Kerry joined for honorable reasons and when he say what was happening there, he decided that he wanted to find a way to get out. He did. And, then he used the first amendment freedoms he fought for to oppose the war in a peaceful way.

I may not regard him as a great candidate, but if I am right, he is nothing short of a patriot (and possibly a hero depending on whose story you believe).

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

Regardless, it has nothing to do with America in 2004.

P.S. I love liberals who chastize Bush for joining the National Guard when their hero, Billy Clinton, was a draft dodger.

In his defense, at least Clinton admits it. Of course, he didn't when he was running for President.

I wonder if, like Clinton, Bush comes clean at some point in the future.

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

Honestly, Bush could come out and say that he doesn't remember the time between 68 and 73, and therefore can't comment on his service and I would believe him.

-Demosthenes

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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
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Explain to me please..

How does one sign up for a war with the intention of getting medals and getting out? Can you do that? What if that plan BACKFIRES and you get killed?

Did John McCain go to Vietnam with the intention of becoming a POW for 5 years?

Did Max Cleland sign up so he could lose 3 Limbs and be awarded medals?

Did Bob Dole sign up do he could serve 3 weeks and lose the use of him arm?

Are some of the soldiers in IRAQ planning on doing any of these things?

What if they get killed?

This same reasoning was raised on another post and its so dumb its unbelievable. Kerry went to PAD his resume. I guess BUSH also defended the SKIES OF TEXAS from the Vietcong to "pad his resume".

DEMO, you have served. Did you serve with any of the intentions above? I just do not get this logic..

They served because they both had political aspirations, and if you have any kind of military service, it looks great on your record. They grew up with Eisenhower and Kennedy as presidents, and both served, and they saw that effect they had on the voters.

If Kerry was just serving for the love of his country, and not trying to pad his resume, he would have stayed after his third purple heart. But he got his 3rd and got out of harm's way. Bush had plenty of money but his dad forced him in because he knew that having a military record is important to most voters.

If what someone did or did not do 30 years ago is more important to you then how they will vote on a certain subject, then by all means, vote however you wish.