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2004-03-10 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by AF Lady 2004-03-10 9:02:26 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sad - these stories always leave so much wiggle room that it's hard to know whom to believe. Honestly.

Sigh - I hope others will come forward, now, and something of a consistent nature can be established so we know if there's fire where there's smoke - or not. I recognize that anyone who was in combat may not be totally forthcoming - it's very appealing to characterize your service in positive terms, so Kerry's recollection must be the more attractive choice, by a wide margin... especially if you've been less than honest with the home folks, perhaps even embroidering your stories, and now have a Prez Candidate to vindicate the fiction.

The real problem may be that, since Kerry was only in-country 4 months, there may not be many more people to hear from.

Thx, AF Lady!

Posted by .com 2004-3-10 10:08:02 PM|| 2004-3-10 10:08:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This *could* be simply sour grapes. Perhaps some of his crewmates should be interviewed about what really happened.

Would any of this information be in Kerry's (or others) service record? If so can it be checked out?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-3-10 10:10:17 PM|| 2004-3-10 10:10:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 he explains in bizarrely conspiratorial fashion with no evidence to back him up.

Reporter lost all credibility as an objective reporter with that unbiased comment and other unnecessary little slams to discredit this man.

So who cares what Lt. Kerry did or didn't do in the war. Bottom line is he really wasn't there very long - and he managed to get three purple hearts but refuses to release his medical records. I'm not saying that he didn't serve honorably or that he wasn't a good CO - but they were a bunch of kids and he was their leader in combat - so all's this tells us is that he was popular with his crew. Fine - but so what? Does that mean he can lead a country? Hardly.

What really matters is Kerry's record since then...and it's pretty "chickenshit" as far as I can tell.

Posted by B 2004-3-10 10:28:44 PM|| 2004-3-10 10:28:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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