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[tedtropy]

many ex-soldiers tat have run for president have used their record. eisenhower, grant, roosevelt, bob dole. it's there to tell the people that they can make the right decisions concerning the military. it's specially important during this time because in my eyes, bush hasnt used our troops well at all.

Yes, but none have pushed the issue or made it quite as controversial as Kerry. Maybe I'm just buying into said controversy. Trust is a difficult state to reach when it concerns politics.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

If Kerry touting his wartime experience makes you suspicious, how does Bush mock-landing a jet on a carrier make you feel?

not to mention posing in front of a huge "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner. How many solidiers have died since then?

 

[Minotauro]

not to mention posing in front of a huge "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner. How many solidiers have died since then?

The mission was to force Saddam out of power. They had plan zero for what to do afterwards.

 

[firex]

Until it can be proven that John Kerry refers to his war record to defend everything he says as often as Bush refers to 9/11 to defend every policy decision he makes, I'm going to have to say that Kerry hasn't made his war record a key issue as much as Bush has. I could be wrong. Maybe Kerry's just using his connection to the Vietnam war and his protests against it to try and get in a double-deal of support from current troops and from people against the Iraq war.

But for now, I don't believe that Kerry's running on his war record. I believe the Bush administration is trying to focus only on John Kerry's war record, saying that's all he has to go on, and the media plays along because it makes it easier to produce soundbites. The Bush campaign is trying to bamboozle everyone by making us focus on national security and the "war on terror" instead of on all of the domestic issues like the economy and social issues like gay marriage. This is because Bush has a lot lower approval rating on domestic issues, but a higher approval rating on security.

 

[Drensch]

This is quite the double standard. Lets suppose Kerry did go to Vietnam to help his career, and lets also suppose that he faked all of his injuries and what not-even though all of the evidence supports the opposite.


Even if all of that is true, which by all accounts it isn't, he still went to war. He didn't use his power and influence to send someone else. He didn't support a war and then have someone else fight in his stead.

This country is so fucked. Somehow John Kerry has to defend his war record, while Bush sends people to die in a bullshit war.