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Purple Heart Bandages....
You can't make this up.... I dont think this was intended to mock Kerry's service -- just his insistance on reciving a purple heart for a minor superficial wound.
A GOP delegate handed out bandages with purple hearts on them Monday night at the Republican National Convention in a swipe at Democratic nominee John Kerry's war record, but national GOP officials have asked him to stop. The bandages were handed out by Morton Blackwell, a longtime GOP activist from Virginia, with the message: "It was just a self-inflicted scratch, but you see I got a Purple Heart for it."

"It is inexcusable for a delegate to mock anyone who has ever put on a soldier's uniform," whined said Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe on his way to another bush-mocking party. "It is inexcusable to mock service and sacrifice." Blackwell, who gave out almost 250 of the bandages, said Vietnam veterans have every right to be angry about anti-war comments Kerry made after returning to this country. GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie spoke to Blackwell and they agreed that he would not distribute the bandages Tuesday night," said Republican spokesman Jim Dyke. "This was not a party activity, but he was acting as an individual."
Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-31
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