"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I find it amazing that 10 guys who served on Kerry's boat speak the truth
but every one of the 250 who served along side his boat are liars and are
politically motivated.

Most of the charges this group brings against Kerry involve his actions on
just
a few missions. There are 6 guys on a boat.
Do the math, Jim. Do you believe they sent 40 boats at a time to maneuever
at
high speeds in very restricted waters?

No, nor do I think others do. I do believe that at some point in time they
served along side Kerry. Do you believe that is possible?

BTW. How many weeks did these 9 or 10 guys serve with Kerry on his boat?
5? And some 30 years ago at that. And they now believe they can offer an
opinion about the mans ability to serve as POTUS based on those 4 or 5 weeks
with him?

Amazing.


Even *if* they did, why would anybody be inclined to pay particular
attention
to the
actions of one particular skipper who, at that time, was not a public
figure?

I'm astonished at the one doctor who said he treated Kerry for one of his
wounds, but now believes that the wound was (depending on the day he tells
the
story, it seems to change depending on the audience) either self inflicted
or
not serious enough to warrant a purple heart.


Why doesn't Kerry debate the issue then and open up the records? It seems
it could be resolved fairly easily.

Do they just hand out a purple heart to everybody who says, "I'd like one
of
those, I think it will look good on my uniform and get me laid back home,"
or
does somebody check the medical records to evaluate whether a serviceman
was
wounded?

If anybody checks the records at all, was the doctor who treated Kerry
lying
then, or is he lying now?

If nobody checks the records and they do hand out purple hearts like so
many
Cracker Jacks prizes to anybody who cares to ask for one......then what is
the
basis for the angst and outrage that Kerry "wasn't wounded badly enough"
to
qualify?

Oh, hang on......here's something factual about Purple Heart awards. It
looks
like
there is no requirement that the injury be of
any certain severity. Only that it required medical treatment and that it
was
caused by the enemy.



Face it, Kerry wouldn't have been wounded "badly enough" to satisfy the
modern
Republican tribe unless he came home in a box.


Face it, Kerry loves the fact that the attention has been shifted to his 4
months in Vietnam some 30 years ago rather than on his record as Senator.

Afterall, he thinks so much of his 20 years in Congress that he offered a
whole 73 words to it in his 10,000 word acceptance speach at the convention.

I hope the Vietnam thing goes away so important things can be focused on.