"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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The log book of the USS Gridely has been checked and it was in SEA for
five
weeks during Kerry's 12 month tour on the ship. So, Kerry did not serve 16
monts in country.

Just goes to prove that if enough people repeat the same lies over and
over,
pretty soon a great number of folks begin to believethem.

It appears that you are falling into the repeating of lies.

Excuse me!

The ship was at sea for five weeks out of a 52-week year. So he was five
weeks
short of 16 months.

So, let's test truth here. Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and the rest of
your
cheerleaders all keep repeating "four months in Viet Nam!"

I said 16 months, as he was on duty on a ship that was patrolling the
coast of
Viet Nam for (most of) 12-months.

Right Wing Hate Radio Version: "Four months in Viet Nam"

Gould's Version: Sixteen months.

If we pick nits and subtract the five weeks the ship was at sea, we are
still
left with
14 months, 3 weeks.

Who is making a better effort to be accurate?



4 months, 14 months 24 months....who cares. What does it have to do with
Kerry being fit to be POTUS?

How about his 240 months in the senate? Why is this not more important?

4 months, 14 months 24 months....who cares. What does it have to do with
Kerry being fit to be POTUS?

How about his 240 months in the senate? Why is this not more important?

Ask your strategists. They chose, at the highest levels, (I did hear that
Bush's attorney had to step down due to conflict of interest when he was
serving as legal advisor to the Swift Boat crew), to attack Kerry' record in
Viet Nam moreso than his record in the Senate.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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4 months, 14 months 24 months....who cares. What does it have to do with
Kerry being fit to be POTUS?

How about his 240 months in the senate? Why is this not more important?

Ask your strategists.

*My* strategists?

They chose, at the highest levels, (I did hear that
Bush's attorney had to step down due to conflict of interest when he was
serving as legal advisor to the Swift Boat crew), to attack Kerry' record
in
Viet Nam moreso than his record in the Senate.

Kerry's strategists chose to make it the center of his campaign. The
opposition therefore has a right to question him on his claims.

You did not answer the question Gould. Why did Kerry choose not to focus on
his 240 months in the Senate? Certainly more relevant....wouldn't you
agree?

Gould,

You are missing the point, if Kerry endorses making his war hero record a
center point of his campaign he has to expect the opposition to take pot
shots at his record.

Kerry has not made his congressional record a center piece of his campaign,
because he does not believe the majority of American's would endorse his
voting record.

I have no problem with anything Kerry did in VN, but I do not believe he is
a war hero, he was a kid who took advantage of a loop hole (3 purple hearts)
to get out of VN. No big deal.




"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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4 months, 14 months 24 months....who cares. What does it have to do with
Kerry being fit to be POTUS?

How about his 240 months in the senate? Why is this not more important?

Ask your strategists. They chose, at the highest levels, (I did hear that
Bush's attorney had to step down due to conflict of interest when he was
serving as legal advisor to the Swift Boat crew), to attack Kerry' record
in
Viet Nam moreso than his record in the Senate.