can place Bush in Alabama for National Guard duty?  The son of a congressman, and Nobody remembers him in Alabama except for one person who felt that sometimes it was more harrowing flying over the Gulf of Mexico than what was happening in Vietnam.  I always thought that fighter pilots(or wannabe pilots) were a close clique, always looking out for each other and knowing who their fellow pilots were.  Again, will someone please remind me which medals Bush earned for his dangerous missions over the Gulf of Mexico!

anyone questioning the merit of Kerry deserving medels can find ANY record of even 1 minor scratch Bush received in Vietnam.  Since there are no records showing where Bush was for 8 months of national guard service, one can only assume that he secretively escaped national guard service and ran off to Vietnam to serve his country.  Because we all know Bush is the most honorable man to walk on this planet since Jesus himself.  And the second most honorable man after Jesus surely would not dodge service to his nation.  
   I promise free dinner at Mortens every single night for the rest of the year if ANYONE can find record of even one minor boo boo Bush received on the battlefield of Vietnam.  Just one minor scratch is all Im looking for and that dinner every night is yours.  Just 1 tiny little scratch.  

Get your numbers straight pal, it was 200 swift boat vets who signed the letter, a solid majority of swift boat veterans. If it wasn't limited to swift boat vets, there would be tens of thousands of vets expressing their disgust for that shameless fraud, Kerry.

The real question is which one you would like to have beside you in a fighting hole, one, a fraud and a known liar, or a man of firm spititual beliefs and quiet courage. For me, as a Marine Corps combat veteran of Vietnam, (full tour of duty... I didn't cut and run after 4 months like Kerry) the only possible answer is George W. Bush! If W had ever been called to serve in combat everything I know about the man tells me he would have served with honor and not sullied his father's reputation by looking for an easy way out. (Or soiled his pants, like Kerry did!) I have Vietnam Veteran Against John Kerry bumper stickers on my work truck and personal vehicle and vets stop and ask me all the time where they can get them. And... that's in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts, just think of what the response would be in normal parts of the country! Kerry is a swine and a lying opportunistic wh*re. He built his political career on defaming his fellow veterans and now he wants us to see him as a hero. Virtually every Vietnam vet I know feels the same way.

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The very definition of a non sequitur. Duh!

see link...

Kerry has made his service in Vietnam one of the central issues of his campaign. He's the one who has put his wartime service in the spotlight. The questions and doubts about him are coming from veterans who served with the man, not some secret Carl Rove organization.

If you wish to make comparisons, Bush has released all of his military records, none of his former ANG veterans are disputing his ANG service, only Democrats are. In contrast, Kerry has stonewalled even the partial release of his service records, while the Sailors that served with him have been the ones raising doubts.

RLTW

Only an idiot or someone totally unfamiliar with combat would buy his story of his "valorous" four months in Vietnam! If he had any courage, he wouldn't have cut and run when his bogus "wounds" gave him the chance to leave eight months early. He can get away with slinging this crap in the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts, but there are too many combat vets across this country who remember his treachery for him ever to get elected. We aren't buying it! I am reminded of Monty Python's skit about the Knights of The Round Table and the accompanying minstrels singing their praises. Of course, they didn't have 8mm movie cameras back then.

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Kerry had even a minor wound because he was ACTUALLY in Vietnam.  Bush can't even remember where he was for 8 months of national guard service.  That dinner can still be your at Mortens if you can produce any evidence of Bush being in Vietnam.  Atleast Kerry had the balls to volunteer.