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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
To see a man of Dole's stature and dignity being attacked for questioning a veteran (Kerry) who testified before congress that his fellow veterans where raping and murdering as modus operandi sickens me.
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I think this is what smooth is talking about.
The whole point of the article is that Dole has undermined that statue and dignity you talk about by making the rounds of talk shows to make untrue and dishonest attacks on John Kerry. Two purple hearts on the same day? Not true. 100% made up. Bob Dole is noted for being a reliable GOP hatchetman, and he's lived up to that reputation today.
But the article puts it so much better:
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Time in-country, how often a man was wounded, how much blood he shed when he was wounded -- it is hurtful that those who served in Vietnam are being split in so vile a fashion, and that the wounds of that war are reopened at the instigation of people who avoided serving at all. It is hurtful that a man of Bob Dole's stature should lend himself to the effort to dishonor a fellow American veteran in the service of politics at its cheapest.
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And you're right. I see this not as words coming from a man of honor, but as merely words, to be judged on their own merits. Myself and others have found them lacking in both truth and character, and were surprised to see who uttered them.