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were i a vietnam vet, i'd be disgusted that kerry uses his vietnam service in his campaign. however honorable his service might have been on active duty, his record afterwards certainly diminishes it.
and yes, it is possible to diminish what you've done before. lying to congress, lying about throwing medals away, associating with jane fonda and voting the way he has on defense policy since then has definitely made him less honorable than he was at the time he left the service. just because he has medals doesn't make him the person terry macauliffe wants you to think he is.
the part that would make me the most angry would be how all of the sudden a military service is a worthwhile thing to democrats. when bill clinton was running against two REAL lifelong heroes (George Bush Senior, Bob Dole), the fact that he dodged the draft was dismissed altogether.
When I see kerry boasting about his vietnam experience, it makes me sick to my stomach for bob dole who humbly dismissed any praise he got... and that man deserves as much admiration as any veteran alive today.
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