"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

The allegations about GWB are old -
people (snip)


I doubt we would even be talking about Bush's military service today if
there had not been almost fanatical attempts to discredit Kerry's military
service prior to that. But, once those attempts were made to discredit
Kerry's service, there were obviously going to be attempts to look more
closely at Bush's military service during that same time period. And I think
even you would agree that Bush's military service was rather lackluster.


Likewise, Sen. Kerry's performance in
the Senate is a better indicator of what
kind of leader he would be as President
than what he did over 30 years ago.
Unfortunately, Sen. Kerry keeps bringing
up Vietnam.


I must have missed where Kerry claimed Vietnam was an "indicator of what
kind of leader he would be as President." At the very most, his prior
military service might illustrate some limited knowledge of military
procedures and technology, but that is only one, relatively small, aspect of
the presidency (the president doesn't fight wars, he simply orders others to
do so).


(snip) Experts they checked with
warned them they looked like obvious
forgeries. (snip)


I saw no mention of the "experts" saying that ("they looked like obvious
forgeries"). Instead, as I understand it, they said it would be difficult to
fully verify the authenticity of photocopies.

Stewart