Kerry's War Medals Become An Issue -- Political Wire

Kerry's War Medals Become An Issue

With Sen. John Kerry facing questions about an act of protest he made 33 years ago, a 1971 television interview shows Kerry "fed the confusion from early on," the New York Times reports.

Kerry's "ceremonial discarding of the combat medals came at the end of nearly a weeklong demonstration that Mr. Kerry had helped organize as a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War."

"Republicans, nervous about questions regarding President Bush's Air National Guard service, have raised the issue to revive accusations by some veterans that the discarding of medals dishonored those who served and died in the war."

Dan Conley makes a point for the Kerry campaign to consider: "If the Bush White House is intent on making an issue out of John Kerry's antiwar demonstrating in the early 70s, it seems pretty obvious to me that the President must surrender his claim of youthful foolishness for his activities in the early 70s."

Update: It seems Kerry is listening. On Good Morning America he said, "This comes from a president and a Republican Party that can't even answer whether he showed up for duty in the National Guard."

April 26, 2004

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