convention reaction to Eastwood is the sequel to convention delegates wearing purple heart bandaids

[karynnj]

5. Same here

The fact that they were not "punished" by the voters or the media made it sadder. I really hoped that John McCain would have asked that they all be removed at the beginning of his speech out of deference to all the soldiers who were given them.

That it was a medal due to wounds - not bravery or gallantry (as Kerry's two other medals were) made it worse. The fact that they argued that he was not insured enough was beyond sick. The fact that a healthy, athletic 25v year old was wounded three times was something very real and a sacrifice that Cheney, Bush and Romney who all supported OTHERS dying for the war did not give. As it was, we knew from 2002 that they even attacked Cleland who lost three limbs.

I remember one time where some media person had the lack of sense to mention those bandaids to Dr Vanessa Kerry. Tour of Duty has some passages written by Kerry in his journal where he worried about dying for a war he already thought useless - and once noting that a small change in the trajectory of a piece of shrapnel could have led to him dying or being seriously maimed for life.

Almost everything else would have been fair game - including his protesting, his Senate career and yes, even his windsurfing, which would have been endlessly praised as showing his fitness and his skill if he were Republican.