How can so many people call John Kerry a coward/unpatriotic?

I actually don't like John Kerry, but how can so many call him a coward/unpatriotic? He fought in Vietnam and then protested the war. That's his right and a lot of terrible things did happen in Vietnam. People criticized his purple hearts and how he got them. Well at least he served. Bill Clinton (I like him, but he was a draft dodger) and Bush (Let's face it, he used daddies influence to get out of his obligations) never served in a war time capacity. Also, I doubt most of you giving him a hard time, ever served yourselves.

How can so many people call John Kerry a coward/unpatriotic?
it seems those who actually think so are mostly the republicans who are on a different page politically...they're attempts to pounce on kerry's badly worded barb agains bush didnt do anything to stem the democratic victory wave....kerry's misfortune is in his timing since most americans were still strongly supporting bush's effort in iraq in 2004 as opposed to the current situation.....
Reply:You are right he is a vet, and so am I. What he said is very disturbing because it shows a cycle of hate Kerry shows for our troops. Back in the 70's Kerry turned his back on the same people that fought along beside him, with lies and slander. His awarding of the purple hearts are flawed. They were given to him and not earned. And lastly Kerry calling our troops uneducated is very disgraceful!!!! This pattern of slurring our troops and then saying "that is not what I meant" is getting old!!!!





Former Marine


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Reply:It's easy to call John kerry a coward and unpatriotic because he has publicly given us all the evidence showing us just that. kerry did 4 months in Vietnam and used the system to not only get out but give him medals. He is what we real veterans call a skate. I have no respect for that cowardly traitor and he should have been brought up on charges and prosecuted as a traitor and shot.


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Reply:Its simple if you don't agree with the right in America...


Your a liberal pink-o commie rat!!!
Reply:They don't understand him. He is an extremely intelligent man and has many wonderful ideas for this country. If you ever listen to a full speech by him or watch him being questioned you will see this. He over speaks the American people I think. They just seem to like Bush down home good old boy speak better for some reason. It was frightening how Rove could turn John Kerry into a traitor, when he served in Vietnam and they could actually get away with mocking it. Bush never saw combat, had his dad pull strings to get him out of it, and Cheney got deferment after deferment.
Reply:well he wouldnt open his milatary records to the public like bush did . and lots of vet came forward and said his purple heart was for a very small injury to his butt . while guys without both legs where accepting purple hearts he was writeing himself up for one for such a small injury . he was setting himself up for a life of politics from the beginning and had to give up his commisson in the navy . he was stoping his swift boat for photo ops for him putting his whole boat in danger
Reply:Most of the neocons that call him a coward, and unpatriotic, NEVER served in the military themselves.





It is ironic to call a Vietnam vet a coward, and a total shame.
Reply:John Kerry, Bill Clinton, George Bush..... it doesn't matter, they are all members of secret societies and are in power to serve their masters, not the people, they're all members of skull and bones and other organisations intent on creating a one world government.
Reply:Ask these guys that question....





http://www.newsmax.com/images/stories/ca...





The dude has been bashing our troops for 30 years, but seeing your name period represents a coward, I can see why you would defend him..
Reply:You say that it was his right to protest the war in Vietnam, and you are correct.





What does it mean, precisely, to say that it was his right to protest the war? It means that under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the government:





1. could not lawfully prevent him from protesting before he did so;





2. could not lawfully stop him from protesting after he had begun and before he had finished doing so; and





3. could not lawfully punish him for protesting after he had finished.





What it does not mean is that his fellow-citizens are prohibited from criticizing him for protesting; for that is their right, which has equal standing with his right to protest.





He of course is then free, as are you and anyone else on his behalf, to criticize those who have criticized him. And so on; and so on; and so on. This is how freedom of speech works.