For the Vietnam Vets...what is your opinion of John Kerry?
922760
Kerry is a phony, a traitor and unamerican. He doesn't rate that silver star. He is no hero, just an opportunist, was then, is now. He should be tried for treason. Every combat marine in Vietnam was more of a hero than that jerk. They didn't get silver stars though. His wounds were petty and unworthy of three purple hearts. Who gets to go were they want to, and leave when they want to in a  combat tour. Only Kerry and Gore could do that.  I'm a former FMF Navy corpsman and proudly served with 3d Marine Division in Vietnam.
693635
Thank you so much; you seem wise beyond your years! I am a Vietnam Veteran and appreciate your words more than you will ever know. I hope you have a good life and support your local troops wherever they are. You are wished well. God bless you!
823721
He has been saying this sort of thing since 1973, his contempt for the military is nothing new.\n\nGo to the Drudge Report, there is a great picture of the soldiers response to Kerry's comment.
826215
Got to hand it to those guys and gals from Minnesota!\n\n*edit to the guy a couple down from me*\n\n1) The guys and gals in that picture have probably spent more time in Iraq than John Kerry spent in Vietnam. Which was only three months.\n\n2) I'm a two time Army Infantry Combat veteran. Just Cause and Desert Shield/Storm. I have all the right in the WORLD to say that John Kerry is a tool.
528015
Other than his age and his citizenship, Kerry had no other qualifications for the office. He has accomplished exactly nothing in his long government career. Even worse, in Congressional testimony on the war, he self-confessed that he was a war criminal (or else he was lying). He was a traitor - while still in the Naval Reserves, he traveled to Paris to meet secretly with the Viet Cong to support them, while the US was meeting with N. Vietnam to negotiate. While they were still killing our boys. He is even honored for the help he gave in the war museum in Vietnam. He played up his 'hero' status, yet there were dozens of people who served with him that contradicted his alleged 'heroism'. When 9/11 occurred, he admitted to being too stunned to do anything for over an hour.\n\nI still can't figure out why such a stiff, empty suit with nothing but empty rhetoric came so close to being president.\n\nBush was never an ideal candidate, but compared to his competition he was clearly and undeniably head and shoulders above them.\n\nKerry, I wouldn't trust to run a lemonade stand.
974588
Kerry has a long standing record of disrespecting the armed forces.  Yes, he served in Vietnam.  He also couldn't wait to testify before congressional fact finding commissions about the "atrocities" committed by our servicemen.  For Kerry the whole exercise was a resume piece and a chance to walk on a high profile stage before congress.  The men he served with didn't like him and he returned the favor.\n\nSince ascending to the senate he hasn't used his position to help the military in any fashion.  Whenever faced with a choice between funding a social program or the armed services he has no qualms with shorting the troops and he is the first to entertain accusations of wrongdoing by our servicemen.\n\nKerry is a picture of elitism.  He went to an Ivy league college, obtained a law degree but never practiced (actually working for a paycheck is well beneath his station), speaks 2 languages and marries well whenever the upgrade provides opportunity.\n\nSo yes, I believe he committed a freudian slip and delivered a heart felt truth instead of the punch line to his joke.
1121862
Went before a congressional hearing and said that he and every other American in Vietnam committed war crimes. So, is he a war criminal or a liar?\n\nHas recorded in Congression Record that it is "seared, seared" into his memory that President Nixon sent him on secret ops into Cambodia on Christmas 1968. Nixon wasn't president until January 1969, and his crew and commander somehow don't remember this. Oops, another lie from the 'hero'.\n\nDozens upon dozens of men who served with him and alongside him debunk his hero status, with signed affadavits. Kerry has failed to provide his full records (Bush release all of his) so that the people could verify Kerry's accounts. Is he hiding something? Must be.\n\nWhile still in the Naval Reserves, and while the Vietnam war was still going, he travelled to Paris to confer with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese during their negotiations with US reps. This is probably why he was dishonorably discharged - for supporting the enemy while we were still at war.\n\nHe's a snob, a boob, an arrogant socialist socialite.\n\nA pathetic excuse for a nominee.\n\nWhat's scary is this jackass was nearly elected.
379513
He's not as bad as he's hyped up to be, although he has made numerous mistakes. HE ISN'T AS BAD AS JOHN KERRY WOULD HAVE BEEN. (WARNING: you will be bombarded by bad answers from Democrats, the majority of the population, and even some rebublicians on this question)
751060
I have listened to Mr Kerry speak many times. I find him very eloquent and his vernacular is excellent. His humor so far has been top notch. But he blew this one. I'm in the military and I took offense to his statement. He has been accused of speaking out of both sides of his mouth before and I feel this is one of them. He has very rarely show support for the military, by his voting, except to glorify his own political standing. His butchered attempt at humor either aimed at the military or President lost him a lot of credibility.
466759
Yes and yes.  I support him because he is one of the only pres. that has balls.  Look, we complain about this war and we would complain if we hadn't stepped in.\nHe's not perfect and it's important to remember that few of us could do his job, much less do it any better.\n\nRoumour52--women are not chosing to kill themselves, they are chosing to kill their children.  God decides when we die, so we shouldn't mess with that.  Besides, Kerry doesn't know his A** from his elbow...
731983
that he is showing the true colors of the democrats.  they  hate the military and john ketchup kerry is nothing more than a communist pig and should be made to resign.  him and ted, the swimmer, kennedy.
1149483
I'm sure somebody used em to describe Vietnam.   I think, though, that the issue they're talking about is our responsibility to provide stability in government. The removal of Saddam created a very real power vaccume in Iraq. (question of right/wrong in doing so aside) Simply leaving after getting Saddam, would have drawn even more condemnation from the world. The world would  be screamin at us for NOT doing something to help them. As it is, they're screaming at us FOR doing somehthing. Whether or not what we're doing is effective, is another story.
740114
Kerry blames Bush for his own failures.  What a coward.  Every war, he insults our military, then insults American public again by spinning, churning out his lies, not taking responsibility for his remarks.\n\nWhy do liberals accept his insults to their intelligence?  Who does he think he's smoking?  Kerry really thinks he speaks to dunces.  That includes his own party who absorb and reiterate his idiocy.  \n\nLiberals, how much more pathetic can you be?  Have some self respect.\n\nRepublicans think for themselves.  We would never follow stupidity like that.  That's why Foley and Trent Lot quit.  We withdrew support of them, even though Dems have done far worse.  Why aren't you thinking, Liberals?  He smoked you, and you love it.\n\nHow?\n\nWhy do you cling?
150250
I am thinking the C I A took him out as  payback for the Bay of Pigs.  I have acutally walked the parade route and worked the tactical sniping exercise in my head.\nLets see, a cheap bolt-action rifle, equipped with a scope with poor eye relief against a target initially 30 yards away\ndriving on a curving road and accellerating beyond 35 mph.\n\nI knew a Marine Vietnam sniper with 45 confirmed kills that said HE could not have done it.  The Zapruder film seems to indicate he was killed by a round that struck the FRONT of his head.  The autopsy photos are on line. \n\nI am guessing this was a rouge project by people close to Allen and John Foster Dulles.  Had a grandfather that said in Nov 1960, If I was Jack Kennedy, I would never get another night's sleep knowing I stood between LBJ and the White House...but I don't think Johnson was involved. \n\nRightwing Cubans miffed after the failure of the Bay of Pigs may have helped.  Organized crime bosses did not like the Kefauver hearings either.
932776
By the way, Kerry is one of us troops so he could never insult us.\n\nBush hid from the VietCong in a cushy stateside champagne drinking unit reserved for NFL players and Politicians sons.\n\nHe gets appointed in 2000, and NOW he claims to support us.\nNot buyin it.
949392
If you look at statements sKerry has made over the years since he returned from Vietnam, his disdain for our troops is quite evident. \n\nI've known about how he's felt for some time. Good thing others are finally waking up to it. And remember, he's who the left nominated for president... he speaks for them. So think about that if you do really support the troops when you vote on Tuesday.
960468
How many combat tours did you and bush do combined?\n\nBy the way, Kerry IS one of US troops so he could never insult us.\n\nBush hid from the VietCong in a cushy stateside champagne drinking unit reserved for NFL players and Politicians sons.\n\nHe gets appointed in 2000, and NOW he claims to support us.\nNot buyin it.