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

To: zonkie who wrote (28524)	6/4/2004 9:30:56 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

The answer to your question is quite simple. Military service has little to do with it; therefore neither looks more presidential based on that factor alone. In fact, John Kerry himself (or at least the John Kerry of 1992, supporting a President who did not serve at all) didn't think that military service or re-opening of the Vietnam wounds served any legitimate purpose: opinionjournal.com Do you disagree with Kerry's sentiments expressed in 1992? Or do you disagree with the approach taken by the DNC machine and Kerry himself re: Vietnam and military service in this political season? It sounds like you think that military service is the defining factor. I imagine that Dean and Edwards supporters didn't share your view, if that is your view. Do you think that John Kerry would look "more presidential" than a female opponent because he served for 4 months in Vietnam whereas she did not? Sounds like you do. If that's not your position, then I'm curious as to the point of your questions. If there is one.

To: zonkie who wrote (28524)	6/4/2004 9:41:58 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I thought I'd add a couple of other points to my last response. If Kerry's military service had consisted of a high level job, which required strategic planning, had he been career military with years of exposure to operations around the world, had his military training been relevant in some way to the demands on the Commander in Chief, then perhaps you'd have a point. However, without taking anything away from Kerry's service, the fact is that he was very low level and didn't serve long. Does his service, standing alone, qualify him to be President? Hardly.