In 1992, President George H.W. Bush, a true hero from World War II, was running for re-election against Bill Clinton, an evader of the Vietnam War. At the time, even members of the Democratic Party (like Sen. Bob Kerrey (Neb.)) were criticizing Clinton's actions in avoiding military service.
        On February 27, 1992, Sen. John Kerry spoke in front of the Senate and emotionally addressed the issue of military service in political campaigns.

"I am saddened by the fact that Vietnam has yet again been inserted into the campaign ... We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways ... But while those who served are owed special recognition, that recognition should not come at the expense of others; nor does it require that others be victimized or criticized or said to have settled for a lesser standard. To divide our party or our country over this issue today, in 1992, simply does not do justice to what all of us went through during that tragic and turbulent time ... We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric ... I hope and pray we will put it behind us ..." (emphasis added) (Full text at http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004646 )

        Kerry's service to his country should certainly be applauded. Yet has anyone ever glorified and paraded their four months of active duty more than John Kerry? Ugh.
        Where is the mainstream media on this issue? Nowhere.

 

TheMediaReport.com says ... The "Kerry for President" campaign continues ... in the mainstream media.