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Do we have a double standard or what, its not alright to say any thing that anyone might say that would be at all negative regarding George W but we have an open season on John Kerry . I think that is just as distasteful. Now if John Kerry had done or said something relating to stem cell research or other issues of relevance to PWP At 03:59 AM 3/7/2004, you wrote: >Kerry is not gettng my vote, this is just one of the reasons. Thanks >for speaking up, Tomberline. >I am a vet too, and not many vets like the guy. >Jeff > > > > > >tomberdine wrote: > >>Sen. Kerry, the "noble statesman" and "highly decorated Vietnam vet" of >>today, is a far cry from Kerry, the radical, hippie-like leader of Vietnam >>Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in the early 1970s. >> >>Soon after Kerry, as a Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) commanding a Swift >>boat in Vietnam, was awarded the Silver Star, he used an obscure Navy >>regulation to leave Vietnam and his crew before completing his tour of duty. >> >>After returning home, he quit the Navy early and changed the color of his >>politics to become a leader of VVAW. Kerry wasted no time organizing >>opposition in the United States against the efforts of his former buddies >>still ducking communist bullets back in Vietnam. >> >>Kerry participated in the so-called Winter Soldier Investigation where his >>fellow protesters accused his fellow GIs of war crimes. >> >>Kerry's betrayal of American prisoners of war, his blatant disrespect for >>the families of our missing in action, Vietnam veterans, the military, his >>support for communist Vietnam and his waffling over the issue of use of >>force in Iraq proves he is a self promoting Chameleon Senator who cannot be >>relied on to protect the best interests of the United States. >> >>Although Kerry voted to support military intervention in Iraq he is now >>claiming that he only approved the threat of force by the United States. >> >>The Constitution for the United States of America declares: "The President >>shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and >>of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of >>the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal >>officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to >>the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant >>reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in >>cases of impeachment." >> >>Read the following and decide for yourself if you trust this man to be our >>Commander-in-Chief. >> >>Young John Forbes Kerry grew up well connected in the upper-class due to his >>Forbes and Winthrop roots. >> >>After training, Kerry volunteered for Vietnam. He served a relatively >>uneventful six months, far removed from combat, from December 1967 to June >>1968, in the electrical department aboard the USS Gridley, a guided-missile >>frigate that supported aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin. >> >>His ship returned to its Long Beach, Calif., port on June 6, 1968. Five >>months later, Kerry went back to Vietnam, securing an assignment as "swift >>boat" skipper. >> >>Kerry commanded his first swift boat, No. 44, from December 1968 through >>January 1969. He received no medals while serving on this craft. >> >>While in command of Swift Boat 44, Kerry and crew operated without prudence >>in a Free Fire Zone, carelessly firing at targets of opportunity racking up >>a number of enemy kills and some civilians. His body count included-- a >>woman, her baby, a 12 year-old boy, an elderly man and several South >>Vietnamese soldiers. >> >>"It is one of those terrible things, and I'll never forget, ever, the sight >>of that child," Kerry later said about the dead baby. "But there was nothing >>that anybody could have done about it. It was the only instance of that >>happening." >> >>Kerry said he was appalled that the Navy's ''free fire zone'' policy in >>Vietnam put civilians at such high risk. >> >>Kerry experienced his first intense combat action on Dec. 2, 1968. He was >>slightly wounded on his arm, earning his first Purple Heart. >>In late January 1969, Kerry joined a five-man crew on swift boat No. 94 >>completing 18 missions over 48 days, almost all of them in the Mekong Delta. >> >>Kerry earned his second Purple Heart after sustaining a minor shrapnel wound >>in his left thigh on Feb. 20, 1969. >> >>--- >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 2/26/2004 >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn