"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 1/30/04 2:52 PM Pacific Standard Time

And Lt. Kerry's three Purple Hearts, it has been
reported in a number of sources recently resulted in no missed duty
days--it's a puzzlement.

I don't believe a word of it.

Little surprise there.

Do you?

He wrote it, didn't he?

And are you saying that every silver star ever awarded is now null and
void?

No, he is merely pointing out the obvious fact that not *every* Silver Star
was evidence of heroism, and his example of LBJ is an appropriate one in
this case. The curious nature of those Purple Hearts received with
reportedly no absence from duty does make his awards situation questionable.

Or only those awarded to members of opposite political parties?

I suspect Ed would be equally disgusted if a Republican had behaved in the
manner in which Kerry has in regards to his self-serving maneuvers (i.e.,
tossing what he now claims were someone else's medals over the fence in a
well publisized protest event, then displaying his medals and braying about
his military expertise).

Before you accuse Ed of subverting his notions of integrity based upon his
alleged political affiliation, you might care to glance in a mirror and ask
yourself that same question. And BTW, what happened to your recent one-man
campaign against off-topic/political posting? Rather short "battle" you
fought there, eh?

Brooks



Arthur Kramer