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Originally posted by octothorp@Aug 5 2004, 04:21 PM
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out--it seems to me that it would further align many soldiers and soldiers' families with Kerry--the guy made a split second decision in the heat of battle, and carries with him the question for the rest of his life as to whether he made the right decision. I think a lot of pro-military people will understand that, even symathize with it. If the Kerry team wanted to, I think they could spin this into a very positive thing--Kerry taking decisive action to save lives--his war record is very different from the 'indecisive' persona that his detractors portray. Probably the Kerry team will leave it alone, but it's a big risk for his opponents, bringing up his war record.
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Attempting to bash his military record is a non-starter and could easily backfire in the political ring.
I just don't see the upside in this and I can certainly see voters looking at this smear attempt in a negative way. They might have a point if John Kerry had been out lobbying hard to get himself awarded a medal but that doesn't appear to even be remotely the case. The guy wouldn't even talk to his daughters about what happened in Vietnam let alone the rest of the world. And killing chickens!!??
In fairness, both sides are coming up some really diabolical things to discredit each other.
This is one of the dirties elections I've ever seen and both sides are active participants.
Cowperson