Boortz today also addresses well an issue I’ve discussed here previously… about Kerry’s ‘service’. Says Boortz
“Every time somebody brings this up, they get accused of attacking The Poodle’s patriotism, but somebody’s gotta do it, so here we go. While John Kerry has released some of his military records, he has yet to account for exactly how he received his injuries that led to his three Purple Hearts. This is important, of course, because 1.) Kerry has made his military service in Vietnam a campaign issue and 2.) the rule at the time was three Purple Hearts got you sent home from Vietnam. So was The Poodle working the system? It sure looks like it with every passing day.
The latest comes to us from the doctor that treated one of Kerry’s ‘Purple Heart’ injuries. Louis Letson, now a retired doctor in Alabama says he has a very clear memory of an incident that occurred while he was a Medical Officer in Vietnam. Letson says he remembered Kerry because ‘some of his crewmen related that Lt. Kerry had told them that he would be the next JFK from Massachusetts.’ Sure sounds like The Poodle was plotting and scheming for his political career from the start. Anyway, about the injury.
The good doctor tells us that some of Kerry’s crew confided that they had not received any fire on their boat, but rather Kerry’s injury may have been self-inflicted and come from The Poodle firing a military round at some rocks on shore, at close range. The injury was a small piece of shrapnel stuck in Kerry’s arm. Did it require stitches? Nope. So just what was the treatment for this battlefield injury for which The Poodle was awarded one of his Purple Hearts? A band-aid. The wound was covered with a band-aid.
What was the experience of some other commanders in Vietnam? You’re unlikely to hear this from the Bush-bashers in the media, and the Kerry campaign cries foul when anyone brings it up. But it’s a legitimate questiom and one that The Poodle has yet to answer.”
He and I have our disagrements, but this isn’t one of them… and this kind of writing is why his site is on my daily read list.
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