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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (58759)	8/8/2004 10:28:41 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793921

I don't think the issue of Vietnam would have been so great for Kerry if it were not that the Republican Party brought it up as an issue when the Democratic party started in on Bush and his service. Then it all mushroomed. Also when the Republican Party started on the issue of his opposition to the Vietnam War once he returned home. Issues are raised and then it seems the other side spends an inordinate amount of time defending if not exaggerating the importance. Personally I think it is all being overdone. What is in the past is over and done and though it has relevance as everything in each of our pasts does it should not be paramount to TODAY'S ISSUES... Where does each candidate stand today on what is happening and what does each candidate predict for the future of this country in terms of jobs, security,war ,economy etc. This is what we should be asking.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (58759)	8/8/2004 2:35:14 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793921

Someone finally put it into words....Consider the difference: So... we get it. John Kerry was in Vietnam. What no one can explain is how that alone qualifies him to be President of the United States. No one can explain how spending four months on a patrol boat thirty-five years ago is a better qualification than spending the last three years destroying terrorist training camps, breaking up terror cells in the US and abroad, uncovering a multinational nuclear proliferation ring, forcing belligerent North Korea to the bargaining table, cowing Libya into giving up its WMD programs and terrorist support, and winning two wars against terrorist-supporting Islamofascist dictatorships in the process.