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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (28313)	6/3/2004 9:51:53 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Kerry never "gamed the system" in combat. That is a bald-faced lie. He was in hot and heavy combat way up the Mekong river with very little support for 120 days straight. He was in so many fire fights that he personally is credited with 20+ kills. That's a lot of killing in 120 days. That also means he wounded a lot more. He took three wounds himself, all fairly minor. Don't let the minor wounds take away from his sterling performance in combat. John Kerry is the real thing. Many have vouched for him including McCain, Hagel, etc. Also 15 out of 16 men who actually fought with him support him 100% and several tell tales of Kerry saving their lives. The 16th is a head case who killed some non-combatants. Kerry reprimanded him for firing prematurely.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (28313)	6/3/2004 10:03:58 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Junior was skipped over on the large waiting list and was allowed to join the guard to avoid regular service. His grade on the entrance test was 1 point above the minimum required to be a pilot. He served as he should for about 3 years. After that everything went to hell. He missed month after month of training. It only takes being absent 1 day to be charged with being AWOL. It takes 30 days before this charge can be raised to being a deserter. He was absent without official leave one time for a period of 5 months. He was absent without permission at other times. When the guard started requiring a drug test he either refused to take the exam or he failed it and somehow got the papers which would attest to this expunged from his record. He finally was allowed to quit. I don't see any way any rationally person can compare junior's record to that of a 3 time purple hear recipient who went back under fire and pulled a wounded man from the water and at another time charged a gook onshore who was wielding an RPG (I think it was an RPG, not sure about that.) So what it boils down to is on one hand we have a decorated war veteran as compared to a person who went AWOL (even though he was never charged with his crime.) Now junior supporters are so in denial that they refuse to admit which of the two candidates look the most presidential based on their service. I am not surprised.