It did. But that’s neither here nor there.
Again, please to quote the specific language where I say what sort of candidate I “could never support.”
I think what he meant was that once Kerry tossed the decorations away, they should have stayed tossed away, rather than used later on to establish his credentials.
ALthough I supported Kerry’s candidacy, I confess that this behavior wrt the decorations left me feeling uneasy. I’d be real glad to have someone explan why it was okay for the decorations to not remain thrown away.
As far as I know, they did remain thrown away. I don’t recall Kerry trying to cite them as a qualification during the campaign. The ones who brought them up were the Swiftboaters.
It’s just pathetic that you can read the quote in context and find any fault.
At least vent your spleen on outrages that actually happened.
Shayna, even the Queen of the Jungle must sometimes be humbled. Friend Shodan has offered you a cite from the Washington Times, who’s commitment to truth is the stuff of legend, almost as revered and honored as the Unification Church which brought it forth, sprung from the widom of Sun Myung Moon as Athena from the brow of Zeus. He’s got you there.
Why, even I was astonished at some of the revelations contained therein! For instance and to witless:
Gasp!
Oh, my!
Sorry, Shayna, but when he’s got the *Moonie News * behind him, you’re pretty much sunk.
Is this the part where Shodan runs away because he’s embarrassed at what a stupid argument he made? 
You’re not from around here, are you, stranger?
The term, Dio, is Zero-Zero. Zero altitude, zero speed.
The Ejection Site- Project 90, A study in 0-0 Ejection By '67, were they on the A-4? The '65 A-4Gs had them.
The A-4F had them. According to the best information, John McCain was in a A-4E. It probably did not have a Zero-Zero ejection seat.
Call me an optimist.
Geez, RT, if you don’t know what you are talking about, I think it is a bit much to ask me to explain it to you.
Oddly enough, you knew perfectly well back in 2004 that Kerry still had his medals. Funny how you seem to have forgotten.
Regards,
Shodan
I recall hearing that you had to have an open chute at least one hundred feet in the air to have any effect. IIRC, in Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff, anything less than that was referred to as “commiting suicide to avoid getting killed.”
My experience is that people who make a claim and then say, “Period”, they mean “I sure hope you stop arguing because I got nothing”. As here.
Anyway, as long as we finally got to the “running away” part.
Regards,
Shodan
Max Cleland introduced Kerry before his acceptance speech at the convention. This is from his remarks:
There were the medals, front and center. And this wasn’t the only time they were mentioned during the campaign - not by a long shot.
I notice that you didn’t address the actual content of the post. Interesting.
Not by Kerry, though, but if it still bothers you so much, you don’t have to vote for John Kerry in November.
You appear to be saying that it is literally true that he dumped her for a woman he never even got introduced to until two years after his divorce was final (and who wasn’t even widowed until a year later).
See, if you’re going to phrase it as “he dumped her for [another woman],” you are necessarily implying that Kerry ended his marriage because he wanted to marry the wife of the Republican senator from Pennsylvania.
This bespeaks an extraordinary level of careful planning and flawless execution on the part of Senator; perhaps you’re saying he should have been elected on the basis of such ability.
Do you want to go a little further and accuse Senator Kerry of causing the plane crash that killed Senator Heinz?
Well damn, friend 'Luci, I was hoping you’d overlook all the Jew stuff. I mean, anyone who’s a quarter secret Jew must have dumped his gravely ill wife who asked him to leave first, for an heiress he didn’t even meet until 8 years later. What was I thinking??!!??: :eek:
And now that you’ve put two and two together, I must, indeed, hang my head in abject shame. 
However can I make it up to you, dear friend?
P.S.
Love,
Shayna Hussein Norman, Queen of the Jungle, Full Jew
Which brings up an interesting side light about character. Back when I admired John McCain, it was a least partly based on his ability to honor his opposition with respect. It was widely known in anti-war DFH circles that McCain, while steadfastly defending America’s Viet Nam involvement, developed a number of friendships in anti-war circles, marked by respectful disagreement.
His work with Kerry in advancing the cause of reconciliation with Viet Nam will stand to his credit regardless of what ensues. Honor where honor is due.
I wish he were the same man he was before the Presidential Virus took hold. He is not. More’s the pity, ambition has accomplished a degradation that abuse and torment could not.
You don’t think every single line of every speech at that convention wasn’t vetted by the campaign? And if he had an issue with the mention of the medals, he couldn’t have had that struck from the speech?
You suspend disbelief at the most curious times.
I don’t know. Dio doesn’t know. And you do? Please submit your Certificate of Telepathy for examination.