[Sailor Steve]

I have no respect for Kerry at all, but not for that reason. He served on the boats and was wounded. Some people belittle the Purple Hearts, but though at least one of them may have been minor the simple fact is that anyone who served in the freshwater navy risked his life every day.

That he threw his medals over the wall was neither here nor there. I came back disillusioned myself and took part in the Veterans Against The War movement. What bugs me about Kerry is that after being strongly anti-war he turned around and tried to run on his war record, and tried to sweep his anti-war record under the rug. I consider him to be two-faced to say the least.

I'm the same way about Clinton. I was indifferent to him until someone brought up his protest record and he tried to deny it. If he had just said "You're damned right I protested against that war! It was a bad deal and we never should have been there in the first place!", he would have gotten my vote. It's not the being for or against something for me, it's the waffling and the trying to deny it when it might hurt him politically.

I guess I just don't like politicians. Or lawyers.