Why Kerry? Re: [lbo-talk] Anybody But Kerry the Dole of 2004?

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Fri May 7 09:32:26 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>

Nathan Newman wrote:
>-And was it medals or ribbons he threw away?
>
>Again the Rove talking point. Who gives a shit?

-I saw a clip - maybe it was on the Daily Show - of Kerry arguing that -distinction. It made no sense. Did he get that from Rove?

I saw the same clip where he said ribbons are considered "medals" under the military lexicon. Don't know if it's true and I really don't give a shit. He was protesting the Vietnam War after choosing to serve, instead of getting a deferment and letting some poor person serve in his place. What he threw is not important; why he threw it was.

Nathan



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