Here's more evidence for you Jake. Evidence that you like to ask questions but hate to answer them.
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To:American Spirit who wrote (15199)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 8:06 AM
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Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry insisted on being awarded his first Purple Heart in Vietnam even though his injury amounted to no more than a "fingernail scrape," his commanding officer at the time now says.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard tells the Boston Globe that he can still recall Kerry's wound, and that "it resembled a scrape from a fingernail," the paper said.
"I've had thorns from a rose that were worse," Hibbard insists.
Still, the former Navy man remembered that Kerry insisted on receiving a Purple Heart for the wound he said was incurred during a Dec. 3, 1968 skirmish with Viet Cong near Cam Ranh Bay.
"He had a little scratch on his forearm, and he was holding a piece of shrapnel," Hibbard told the Globe. "People in the office were saying, 'I don't think we got any fire,' and there is a guy holding a little piece of shrapnel in his palm."
Much to Hibbard's chagrin, Kerry persisted in his quest for a war decoration for the scratch.
"I finally said, 'OK, if that's what happened ... do whatever you want,'" Hibbard said. "After that, I don't know what happened. Obviously, he got it, I don't know how."
Kerry's campaign refused to say whether he remains certain that his skimmer boat had come under fire or whether he recalls his superior officer raising doubts about whether he was entitled to the Purple Heart.
While a Kerry aide provided a copy of a medical report showing treatment for the wound in question, The Naval Historical Center "could not locate a copy of the original card for the incident," the Globe said.
Kerry was awarded two additional Purple Hearts for subsequent wounds that have also been described as minor. He then invoked a little-used regulation that entitled a triple Purple Heart winner to return to the United States.
Former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, was never awarded a Purple Heart.
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15214)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 10:51 AM
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<'Fingernail Scrape'>
Are you jealous that Kerry got a purple heart while all junior got was a yellow streak?
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To:zonkie who wrote (15248)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 10:52 AM
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Why should I be jealous?! LOL! I just want the truth about Kerry to be known. Don't you?
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15249)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 10:54 AM
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I just want the truth about Kerry to be known. Don't you?
Yep, but when you try to make a yellow streak look better than a purple heart the purple heart wins every time.
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To:zonkie who wrote (15251)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 10:58 AM
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zonkie, What does a medal have to do with being a qualified President?
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15253)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:02 AM
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<zonkie, What does a medal have to do with being a qualified President?>
The thing is one one hand we have a decorated war hero and on the other we have a senator's son who is said to have refused to take a physical when a new rule made a drug test part of the physical. Junior was grounded over it. Which person looks more presidential?
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To:zonkie who wrote (15257)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:08 AM
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zonkie, Which person is President? You have still not shown why Kerry would make a better President...
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15258)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:12 AM
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Jake you asked me a question and i answered it. Then I asked you which person looks more presidential. Which is it jake, the guy who refused to take a physical with a drug test or the guy who was a decorated war hero?
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To:zonkie who wrote (15263)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:20 AM
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John Kerry Not Presidential Material -
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15269)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:30 AM
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You're the one who brought up the military records jake. I answered your question now are you going to continue to avoid mine as usual? All I want to know is, based on their military records which of the two of them look more presidential.
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To:zonkie who wrote (15274)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:33 AM
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I just posted an article I happened to see and YOU got all defensive about it for some reason. What, is it that other people aren't entitled to their opinion?
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15276)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:36 AM
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Are you going to answer the question or are you going to be a wimp?
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To:zonkie who wrote (15278)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:37 AM
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LOL! Wow calling people names... LOL! How immature of you junior. Does your Mommy know you do that on the 'net all day? LOL!
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15279)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:40 AM
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You're the one who started this. You made multiple posts about Kerry's military record. You ask me a question and I answered you. I asked you one and you've waffled like a bush since.
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To:zonkie who wrote (15281)
From: JakeStraw Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:42 AM
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LOL! Bye little boy, You've proven to be a waste of my time.
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To:JakeStraw who wrote (15283)
From: zonkie Friday, Apr 16, 2004 11:43 AM
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See ya jake. I'll try not to ask you such a tough question next time.
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