Why is it ok to question Kerry's service but not McCain's? ?

Question

Kerry was slandered in the 04 election regarding his service in Vietnam but if anyone questions what happened during McCain's POW stint they are immediately lambasted. Why is that?

Answer 1

actually, questioning either is ok....

.....why can't anyone find any "service" in Obama's record to discuss....THAT's the real question...

Answer 2

Well when you read the many answers you see posted already the answer is easily that certain Republican groups go to any means to slander the name of a man who served his nation honorably. You have cowards who did not even serve with Kerry come forward and trivialize what Kerry went through. But because it is a democrat vs republican thing certain Republicans will eat that sort of misinformation up.

Even when men who were Kerry's comrade-in-arms came forward and praised the mans service and verified his stories the Republican partisan hacks continued to repeat the message. Kerry fought, and he fought well and he earned his medals. It's sad that the half of the nation that acts as if they are pro-military only support Republican veterans. They are cowards, plain and simple. All of politics is dirty, but Republicans have shown that there is no limit to how far they will dive in to the filth.

Answer 3

Republicans have TWO sets of rules

One for democrats

and

another for fellow Republicans

remember---McCain left his loyal wife for his mistress and they STILL don't care  !!!

Answer 4

He might be a crazy old white guy in a suit NOW, but back in the day he was a total freakin' badass.

He was imprisoned and tortured by the Viet Cong for several years, and then actually chose to stay with his fellow American soldiers for years more when offered the chance for freedom.

Then, when he was forced to be filmed saying negative things about the US, he actually blinked their location in morse code, because he knew intelligence personnel would see it.

McCain may not be intelligent, qualified, or even a particularly good person, but there is no questioning his patriotism, in my opinion.

Answer 5

John McCain's service should be questioned.  His record is far less meritorious than Kerry's.  People feel sorry for him because he was a pow.  Even that was reportedly some because of his own reckless choices.  He lived.  Many did not.  He made propaganda tapes for the VC.  Many did not.  He survived and I'm glad for that but he is a lucky man whose comrades helped him survive after he broke.

You people who think McCain had a choice are out of your minds.  The VC used that to try to embarrass his father and to alienate him from his fellow prisoners.  Do you really think they would release him?  He could not accept.  He knew his survival depended on his fellow prisoners.  Talk to some other pows and find out how it really was.  The VC used all kinds of tactics to turn prisoners against each other and to socially isolate them.

Answer 6

Simple!

McCain stood brave in his service to his country as you can read elsewhere in this post.

Kerry, came home and proceeded to stab his brothers-in-arms in the back by throwing (supposedly) his medals over the fence at the White House and his famous "Jingis Kahn" quote.

Answer 7

I was not for Kerry, but its wrong to question a man who was in war. It wasn't like Clinton avoiding the war. Kerry was there. The difference between Kerry and McCain is the fact that McCain was offered a release because of who his father was and refused it. He asked to be released in proper order which ended up being 5 1/2 years. McCain gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country, a fate that at times he felt was worse than death. He was the son and grandson of admirals and he didn't have to be over there. He chose to go!

Answer 8

"Then, when he was forced to be filmed saying negative things about the US, he actually blinked their location in morse code, because he knew intelligence personnel would see it."

Wrong. That was not McCain. That was Jeremiah Denton. And he didnt blink their location. He blinked, in morse code, the word "Torture".

Answer 9

McCain opted to stay in the prison camp when he had a free ticket out, because he had enough respect for his fellow soldiers to know it wasn't really his turn.  Opposed to Kerry, McCain acted heroically in war.

Answer 10

Well lets see.  Kerry came back to the states and started calling the soldiers baby killers and threw his medals away.  Kerry is a traitorous b*****d that will burn in h**l.  

Answer 11

LOL, Kerry was certainly not slandered.

Or do you really think he was sent on a secret mission to Cambodia at Christmastime?

Answer 12

He made up lies about the troops.  And he's still doing it.

Answer 13

Kerry was not slandered in fact he should have been arrested for lying to congress about miltary atrocities. Also he never was in Cambodia Kerry was just a complete liar

Answer 14

better than that, why did a republican slander a democratic, decorated war hero while a democrat defended a former POW & republican when he heard an attack against him? In a word, character, one has it, the other has none.

Answer 15

It was very questionable how he earned his 3 purple hearts, there is no doubt about McCain's war experience. One is honorable and the other is not.

Answer 16

"kerry lied while good men died"

Answer 17

difference is that while kerry was running around with jane fonda and talking about our service men being baby killers, mccain was being tortured. kerry's service was not a real question for me.

Answer 18

Lets see, Kerry "recovering" from a dubious war wound safely protesting the war, throwing away someone else's medals, calling our soldiers baby killers versus John McCain in a POW camp.  Nope, I don't see any difference (please note sarcasm).