The original post asks this specific question:
Where is his service record and how can he bash our Armed forces,
So the first part of the question is "where is his service record?". The answer is in the possession of the U.S. Navy, and in vast quantities of documented media and eyewitness reports of his service as being real. So KERRY's record is highly relevant to *one* of the questions brought up by the O.P.
The next part is "how can he bash our Armed forces?" Assuming he is "bashing", which is highly arguable - he's really merely stating a fact. But assuming that this IS a "bash" or an insult, the question is, "how can
HE bash ...." Implicit in THAT question, to ME, and I believe the intent of the O.P. as well, is that the emphasis is on the word "HE" which brings up the relative positions of Kerry and his former potus opponent (Bush) to be in a position to fairly comment. So their RELATIVE service records are HIGHLY relevant to what I believe the O.P. is really implying, if not clearly stating. Thus, BOTH Kerry's and his opponents records are relevant, since we are talking about a race that is over and done with, 2 years ago - see my point #1 in this regard. But glad you brought that up, to allow me to clarify.
Bush didn't have an "obligation" to go into the National Guard, so there was nothing to fulfill. He was never drafted. He joined the Nat. Guard. because his daddy had pull there to get him a cushy assignment to make sure he never saw combat. He effectively "dodged" the draft in so doing this, by my definition (and most people's, I think) of the word "dodge" in this context. Kerry did not dodge the draft; he signed up to go to a shootin war and get in the $**t. So considering their RELATIVE qualifications to comment on the military in general, Kerry is somewhere on an order of magnitude from 2 to 100 times as qualified as flyboy who was guarding the mean skies over the CONUS very well, I'm sure. Maybe Dennis the Menace was shooting his wristrocket at Bush's plane, but that'd be about the only flak he faced. I don't think TFL members' daddies, as a general rule, have enough pull to keep them from doing tours of duty out of the N.G. when the going gets tough, so that's apples & oranges anyway.
And to think that what a guy has to say who was the potus candidate 2 years ago will have any real significant impact on who America votes for in Congress and their state houses, is far overstating the effect of John Kerry's mouth. People are sick of the scoundrels, and of Bush, and a sea change will occur a week from today. This is bad for gun rights, but good for other civil rights, and good for our tax bills. You will see TRUE conservatives (fiscal cons.) and moderate Dems win all over the country, for good reason. "Neocons" SUCK!
