The War on Heroism

Purple Heart band-aids?

The physical manifestation of your party meets once every two years, this is its face. These delegates are the Republican Party.

If you do nothing to harm the intended target you still have harmed our soldiers. Our grandfathers, our brothers, our sisters - you make everyone who has received a medal in doubt of its worth to them and in doubt of the very people of such a country that would trivialize an honor of war.


Shame.

indeed.

i hope no republicans try to defend this cause they sure would be up in arms if the democrats tried something like this.

This infuriated me when I read it this morning. Trash

fucking typical...

I thought it was disrespectful to the people that actually earned those medals. I also think Kerry's been just as disrespectful to those same people.

I love it when the republicans show their true colors, but that is inexcusable.

Worse yet is the glee with which they were proudly accepted by the delegates.

Childish taunting, hatred, intolerance, war and fear seem to be the big themes coming out of their convention.

This is always how it happens with the Republican party -- someone does something fucking stupid, and they're always saying "Well, we can't control individuals in the party." But any dumb ass thing any Democrat says is proof positive of the "anger" and "hatred' of the party as a whole.

I agree, it really is a slap in the face to everyone that
earned a Purple Heart, i have real doubts that Kerry earned all of his, it really makes you wonder why he doesn't release his Military Records, if they are legit then just release the records. But back to the topic the bandaid do send a message that hey if you got a purple heart then all you got was a scratch and that is just the wrong message to send.

Next time you get fired on in Vietnam I'll be sure you get honored as well

John Kerry's Official Naval Records (in PDF form)

What else would you like? Besides of course his own private personal logs I don't know of anything else that is wanted. (I'm not being combative, I am actually asking what is not included that his detractors would like to be included)

Edited to add:
John Kerry's After-Action Combat Reports

[Edited on Aug 31, 2004 by SirPsychoSexy]

I was watching CNN when I saw a bunch of chickenhawks running around with the stupid Purple Heart band aids.

I was watching with my father who got 2 Purple Hearts in Vietnam and he was furious too.

That is about the most fucked up and cowardly thing I have seen so far. I was begining to think the Swift Boat Vets were as low as the Republicans could go. I guess I was wrong.

A woman from Louisiana whose husband was injured in Iraq called in to Franken's show today and was sobbing on the air.

What a fucking asshole.

Honesly, I'm getting sick of everyone. If either party could come up with a someone who could actually do the job well.. Neither one is worthy of running this country, but ya, the Republicans hit a low with those band-aid's... I can't even watch the news anymore.

Yeah thats is where I first heard of it.

Dude - she started full on crying at the end of the call

a soldier can not put himself up for a medal, it's not a matter of you filling out the right paperwork to get yourself a medal of any kind......and they just don't hand out those Silver Stars, a heroic (bordering on stupid) action needs to have been performed

I'm not a big fan of Kerry's but saying his medals are not earned is bullshit

One guy hands out a few purple bandaids and provokes the fury of the Lib-bots.

Meanwhile, on the streets of NY, thousands of Lib-bots scream abuse, portray the president as the anti-Christ and protest against the right of a political party to hold its convention.

What is more obscene?

No don't answer that - I may

what hasn't he released?

I thought it was kind of funny. Disrespectful in the end, but that hasen't stopped people before.

BTW, as far as Fuck Bush shirts go, this one deserves an award:

The people who are questioning his service did even worse to John McCain. Ted Sampley and his people called him a "Brainwashed Manchurian Candidate." He said McCain is a KGB spy, went to jail for fighting a McCain staff worker, and told voters he had an affair with and fathered a mix-race baby because that would really piss off the real Republican base...

John McCain on these pricks:

Sampley's people also made a fake picture of Kerry "shooting" a POW in 1992. So if that's the side you want to be on Vote Bush.

The difference is, one is a sanctioned political event and the other is pissed off unaffiliated citizens being extreme. You're right, those signs are distasteful and so is this little stunt...to say that the RNC should have the same ethical constraints as protesters is pushing it.

[Edited on Sep 01, 2004 by Raoul_Duke]

turns out the guy who "masterminded" this (can you mastermind something if you're crude and stupid? i forget) was karl rove's instructor in republicanism when rove was in high school.

they're an incestuous, dirty little bunch, eh?

Uh, is someone (other than you, that is) claiming that Kerry hasn't released his military records? That's news to me. You must be thinking of George W. Bush.

[Edited on Sep 01, 2004 by saucy_son]

er....the real difference is one was a lame stunt by a pissed off republican acting alone, the other is a huge organised campaign orchestrated by a whole bunch of well funded groups involving many thousands people.