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  • For Kerry, war dwarfs politics

    05/01/2004 11:15:50 AM PDT · by Wally_Kalbacken · 31 replies · 648+ views
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 05/02/2004 | Cynthia Tucker
    How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? -- John Kerry, veteran, 1971 John Kerry's campaign has suffered from a curious redefinition of patriotism and heroism -- a revisionism that glorifies armchair warriors while denigrating combat veterans. His combat medals haven't quieted the Bush campaign machine, which sends its minions out to denounce Kerry as unpatriotic and anti-military. It is an odd thing, but it did not start here. Two years ago, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) defeated Max Cleland -- a Vietnam veteran whose service left him a triple amputee -- partly...