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04/26/2004 Archived Entry: "Kerry blasts 'phony controversy' over medals"

Posted by steve @ 02:21 PM EST [Link]

IS THE KITCHEN TOO HOT?: John Kerry today is outraged -- outraged! -- that there is a controversy over his famous medal throwing protest in 1971.

"I'm not going to stand for it," Kerry told ABC's "Good Morning America," "I'm not going to stand for it."

The presumptive Democratic nominee, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, said Republicans were behind the latest questions and pointed out that they coincide with new GOP television ads that attack Kerry on national defense.

At issue is Kerry's participation in a 1971 protest at which several veterans discarded their medals in protest of the Vietnam War.

Kerry threw away the ribbons from his medals, along with the actual medals of two veterans who were not able to attend the ceremony, according to the candidate's Web site.

Except, of course, that Kerry has only recently admitted that he only threw his ribbons and the medals of other veterans. For decades he never corrected the impression that he had thrown his own medals despite having, oh, several thousand opportunities to do so. That, my boy, is lying by omission. Don't get me wrong, I don't judge Kerry for what he did while serving in Vietnam. I'm only judging Botox Boy for his disgraceful behavior after he returned.

Read on. Read a portion of his GMA remarks here.

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The more Kerry opens his mouth, the less I like him (not that I liked him much to start with!).
Granted, I spent 27 years in teh Navy, but I learned in boot camp the difference between "medals" and "ribbons". They were not interchangeable. No real sailor would go to a function or inspection that called for medals wearing his ribbons.
Kerry's service in Viet Nam does not give him a free pass for life. God save us if he gets elected.

Posted by cb @ 04/27/2004 10:54 AM EST