Interesting Quote (Politics)

[patgund]

"No good deed goes unpunished, and these days that certainly includes John Kerry's service in Vietnam.

I'm sure this young Yale man could have found a way to avoid going over there, but Kerry signed up.

He volunteered to serve as skipper on a swift boat flushing out the enemy along rivers and canals. He rescued a soldier and earned medals for valor and for combat wounds.

Now this band of bothers turns up in books and television ads saying they served somewhere near Kerry in 'Nam and they think he's a no-good liar and an unworthy soldier. And, oh yeah, vote George W. Bush for president.

"I just think it's wrong."

- Republican State Rep. Terry Musser, chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, and the co-chairman of Wisconsin Veterans for Bush.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug04/253040.asp

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[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

Sigh. It gets worse. According to AP: Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole suggested Sunday that John Kerry (news - web sites) apologize for past testimony before Congress about alleged atrocities during the Vietnam War and joined critics of the Democratic presidential candidate who say he received an early exit from combat for "superficial wounds."

From later in the article:

"One day he's saying that we were shooting civilians, cutting off their ears, cutting off their heads, throwing away his medals or his ribbons," Dole said. "The next day he's standing there, `I want to be president because I'm a Vietnam veteran. "Maybe he should apologize to all the other 2.5 million veterans who served. He wasn't the only one in Vietnam," said Dole, whose World War II wounds left him without the use of his right arm.

Dole added: "And here's, you know, a good guy, a good friend. I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds. Three Purple Hearts and you're out."

'nuff said. See the entry in my blog.