[goldstategop]

The Democrats want to play up the "hero" angle. They might have gotten away with it until the intern issue blew up in their face again, reminding every one the Democrats are horndogs when it comes to sex.

[Common Tator]

There is a lot of strategy going on on both sides

Here is my take on what is going on with nam.

Has anyone in the democcratic party considered

A couple of million of men served in Nam. Many came home to be spit on and trashed. There used to be alot of anger out there among those Viet Nam vets that served their country.

Some of them have been waiting a long time to pay the 1970-72 protesters back. They hate Jane Fonda and John Kerry.

John Kerry had best hope teh following does not catch on.

VietNam Vets... now it's our turn to PROTEST!

[VadeRetro]

Beautiful! Steyn always finds the words.

[driftless]

The obvious hypocrisy by the Dems in promoting Kerry as the war hero compared to the "deserter" Bush is too laughable to take seriously. Except that millions of Dem suckers will take it seriously disregarding their support of Bill (I hate the military) Clinton over war heroes George Bush Sr. and Bob Dole. In short mililtary duty counts when it's your candidate who was the war hero, but it doesn't count at all when your candidate avoided the military at all costs. Naturally libs will have no problem with this strategy. Have I mentioned yet that the Dems are the biggest stinking hypocrites in recorded history?

[fightu4it]

In an effort to give legs to Kerrys' claims about troops who served in Viet Nam, of which I am one, we will no doubt be inundated with that most facile piece of of crap ever dreamed up out of the drug crazed brain of a Hollywood producer, Apocolyps Now. To date, no one has made a movie that has captured the true picture of the soldier who served in Viet Nam. Brando's movie is a laughable fantasy of someone who most likely never set foot in wartime Viet Nam.

First of all, there is no 'one' story to be told. There are many stories to be told, as is the case in every war. Brando's movie didn't succeed at even the basic level because it departs from the realm of any real experience. It is a political statement crafted to support a certain position on the war. Just as John Kerry's remarks in the early 70s were political statements crafted to support the position he thought most likely to propel him into the position he was seeking at that time in his life.