Monday, April 26, 2004

Kerry Under Attack - Mr. Kerry is having a tough time of late. Now that the primaries are over and there are no other liberals to make Mr. Kerry look good, he is in trouble. Discrepancies in his service records raise doubts about his combat service. Questions are being raised about the true story of relinquishing his Vietnam medals. Complaining about the flag draped coffins of those fallen in the war on terror kept from the media and the people of the U.S. The more Mr. Kerry talks, the more he gets himself in trouble. And this thing he has about trying to be on both sides of an issue at once started long ago. An excerpt from a FoxNews.com article:

This whole medal ribbon story and its various versions over the years are really symptomatic of a larger problem Kerry has, which is trying to be on both sides of every issue," Republican consultant Barbara Comstock told Fox News on Monday.

Fred Malek, a Republican consultant and Vietnam veteran conceded that Kerry "served his country honorably," but added that discarding medals "shows a choice of personal vanity over loyalty to the people you fought alongside."


Kerry did a TV interview in 1971 and could not remember what he supposedly “threw away” in the ceremony where other anti-war veterans threw their medals over a fence of the capitol. Did he really discard them with the other veterans, give them back to the government, or are they in a chest somewhere, hidden from the world? Read more here.

Mr. Kerry is running into more believability issues with his war record. While Kerry documents have him commanding Navy boat No. 94, the actions described took place before Kerry became the skipper. And to top it off, another man by the name of Edward Peck claims to be the skipper of the craft while these actions took place. Kerry replaced him when he became wounded in battle, after the time period in question. More credibility issues surfacing…

And then John starts in about the Pentagon policy that keeps photos and images of the war dead returning home from the media and public. Mr. Kerry claims:

"We shouldn't hide that from America," Kerry said to loud applause from his supporters. "If they are good enough to go and fight and die, they're good enough to be received home with full honors in America." .

The problem with this is that America knows full well that its sons and daughter, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers are dying in the war on terror. They are received home with full honors. There is no “hiding”. But out of respect for those that have given the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in the war on terror and respect for the grieving loved ones of those fallen, the images need to remain sacred and hidden from public view. Mr. Kerry just wants to exploit them for his own gain.

Mr. Kerry is alienating many voters every time he opens his mouth. Americans are not going to elect a man that has no regard for his comrades, credibility issues, and no regard for the dead. Veterans that earned medals and ribbons in various wars aren’t going to vote for him. Veterans that should have gotten the same accolades as Kerry and didn't aren’t going to support him, because he gave his medals back. He is an angry whiner, and that does not fly with the American people either. He cannot keep his story straight, and his duplicity started way back in ’71. These are horrible qualities to be exhibited by anyone, especially someone running for president.

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