Dave LaCourse wrote:

One problem, Mr. Socialist. What I said is true. He then returns
the next day
with a camera and "records" his exploits. The man is a phony. And
YOU, of all
people, shouldn't even SPEAK of honor. You wouldn't know honor if it
bit you
in your red ass.

Dave:

Tim and Richie said it best. And they're on your side.

My retired CPO Father disagrees significantly with your viewpoint. And
he wasn't there either. So you being a retired CPO does not make you
all knowing of this issue nor does it my father. I would tend to put
more stock in what his immediate shipmates say than what others state
or postulate but I was not there and did not live the military life as
stated in many previous posts.

Whatever you believe about the man it does not matter, he didnt' win
the election. I personally think you're wrong and approaching libel
with your disdain for Kerry. You think otherwise. But if those wounds
were self inflicted, it would have come up long before this past
election.

While I have the same disdain for W that you have for Kerry,
unfortunately his campaign strategy was better and he won the election,
so we've got to live with it.

But I curious, if as you state, Kerry doesn't deserve a purple heart,
what about "friendly fire" deaths and wounds? Are those wounded and
dead military members any more or less deserving of medals and
acknowledgement because they were wounded as the result of an accident?
Do we tell the families that the boys and girls shouldn't have been
there because our side was shooting there? While I'm told there is
sometimes military discipline for repeated or negligent instances, we
don't hear too often of the folks making the mistaken shots getting
court martialed and sentenced for homicide?
Inquiring minds want to know.