Reply #28: I would say it was part of the process yes

[LittleClarkie]

And I felt protective of Kerry and his medals, asking people I knew if I shoud throw away my dad's medals too, since apparently the Navy doesn't know how to give them out properly. Must mean their worthless, eh?

Meeting Jim Wasser, defending Max Cleland, meeting fellow VVAW and Marine vet John Linquist (hair past his shoulders and ended every phone conversation with "Semper Fi, man") also contributed to my feelings about the Smear vets.

But I don't quite get your reference to releasing his records. What records did he not release that he needed to? Most of them were on his website. He also released them to the press. But the wingnuts I was watching loved to comb through even what they had for any real or imagined discrepancy. I think giving them any more than was already out there was just adding fuel.

I can understand how dealing with your husband didn't help. This was a very, VERY emotional election for all of us.