The atrocities
Posted: 26 August 2004 at 22:18:56
Wow. Is it time for another political entry already?
John Kerry’s numbers are slipping in key states, most likely as a result of the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth and the new book Unfit For Command.
It seems like much of the nation will be looking to Bush at the Republican convention coming up this next week to show them the direction he plans to take the country. It’s his election to lose, at this point anyway.
I was listening to Michael Savage on the radio a couple days ago. This is unusual because I don’t usually listen to him because I don’t like his style and because I’m mad our local station put him in at 5:00 p.m. and moved Michael Reagan to 8:00 p.m.
Anyway, I was listening to Michael Savage and he made a couple of comments that really hit me hard. First of all, he said he’d been doing some research and according to his research and his calculations, John Kerry won more medals in the shortest period of time than any other U.S. soldier in the history of the country. Savage points out that this means Kerry won more medals faster than George Washington or much decorated World War II soldier Audie Murphy.
Does this mean John Kerry is the best, most brave, most honorable soldier in the history of the country? Or does it mean, possibly, that Kerry could be a disgrace to the medals he was awarded?
I don’t have the answer. I would think the current controversy might prompt some officials to review the citations and records and determine whether Kerry’s three purple hearts, two bronze stars, and one silver star were awarded for behavior and injuries worthy of the medals.
It’s no wonder so many veterans are just plain pissed off at Kerry for pushing his service so hard to persuade voters. On CNN’s Larry King, 1996 republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said Kerry won “three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds.”
On a program on Fox News, a Kerry spokesman admitted it may be possible the injury for which Kerry was awarded his first Purple Heart may have been “unintentionally self-inflicted.”
I have tried hard to filter a lot of this stuff through the “right-wing conspiracy wacko” filters, but all I see when I look at John Kerry is a man who cares only about himself, his wealth, etc. He’s spent the last 30-40 years watching his own ass. He doesn’t seem to care about this country or its people. When he speaks of his desire to provide better health care, better national security, etc. I just get the feeling he’s saying scripted words. I really don’t get the impression he feels what he says.
Now, to suggest I’m not just a “Bush Koolaid drinker,” I;’ll say I do get much more of an impression of sincerity from Kerry’s running mate John Edwards. Heck, I think I’d get a higher reading on the sincerity meter from any of the other democrats that were vying for the candidacy.
Push on!