Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole suggested Sunday that John Kerry (news - web sites) apologize for past testimony before Congress about alleged atrocities during the Vietnam War and joined critics of the Democratic presidential candidate who say he received an early exit from combat for "superficial wounds."
Dole also called on Kerry to release all the records of his service in Vietnam.
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Dole added: "And here's, you know, a good guy, a good friend. I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds. Three Purple Hearts and you're out."
If Dole is questioning Kerry's war record, he'd better start with his own and get off his own high horse. As Josh Marshall reminds us:
In a 1988 campaign-trail autobiography, here's how Dole described the incident that earned him his first Purple Heart: "As we approached the enemy, there was a brief exchange of gunfire. I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse. It wasn't a very good pitch (remember, I was used to catching passes, not throwing them). In the darkness, the grenade must have struck a tree and bounced off. It exploded nearby, sending a sliver of metal into my leg--the sort of injury the Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple Heart."
Meanwhile, the mainstream network news shows were all still treating the Swift Boat Scumbags this evening as if this story were simply "he said/he said", instead of the steaming heap o'horseshit it is, as documented in the New York Times earlier this week.
On the one hand, if the system is this rigged, how can anyone beat these guys? On the other hand, how many times does the right have to do this before the Democrats wake up and realize who they're dealing with? Unless, of course, they really ARE on the same team, the Democratic party really only does exist to make us THINK we have an alternative. I'm starting to think more and more that the latter is the case.
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