otforme (Charlie Self) wrote in message ...
WD babbles:

One simple question. 1. How does one obtain 3 purple hearts in 4 months
of combat service, yet not lose a single duty day nor spend any time in the
hospital?

http://chuck.mahost.org/weblog/index.php

....or on Friday night night Michelle Malkin claimed that Kerry shoot himself
during the Vietnam war.....

Kerry's first PH was for a shrapnel wound to his arm which he received
from a grenade he had fired himself. So What? PH's are awarded for
friendly-fire wounds, so long as the fire in question was intended
to be directed toward the enemy, even if the enemy was not, in fact,
present.

and William Rood, a Tribune editor who served in
Vietnam alongside John Kerry (left), stepped forward today to dispute attacks
challenging Kerry's war record.

Kerry must be a damn liar?


Someone is not exactly truthful, that's for certain. Given the lack of solid
proof possible in either direction, I'd point the finger at the people who
instigated this morass.

Loved the cartoon in the Roanoke Times yesterday: showed a swift boat at speed,
towing 2 water skiers. The header noted that the swift boat was one man's
contribution to 'Nam, while the water skiers, Bush & Cheney, did nothing.

Think about it. Cheney had either five or seven exemptions from the draft yet
has temerity to sneer at Kerry's contribution.


I'm not aware of any specific statements Cheney has made in that
regard. Bush at least has had the good sense to leave the accusations
to persons not under his nominal control.

AFAIK, only one person in Bush's cabinet has had combat experience,
Powell, and he is pretty much ignored, except when the White House
sees fit to contradict him.

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FF