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Posted: 8/31/2004 8:55:33 AM EDT
 Delegate Wears 'Purple Heart' Bandages Stupid stupid stupid.  Yeah, I know they're trying to mock Kerry - but that's really poor taste IMO. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 8:57:00 AM EDT
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yup, they need to trash the band-aids .... only important thing is to show respect for the soldiers that truely earned them, not mock Kerry.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 8:57:58 AM EDT
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I have to agree.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 8:58:23 AM EDT
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I watched a CNN reporter "grill" a REP on why she was wearing - came across DUMB!
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:00:35 AM EDT
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Agreed.
There's no reason to take the low road. Kerry does a good enough job of that on his own. Stick to principals and Bush should win a second term. Stoop to this level and it just plays right into the Democrats hands. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:04:50 AM EDT
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If Kerry didn't except purple hearts for scratchs this would not be an issue
he (Kerry) is the one who discraced the medal |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:05:40 AM EDT
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I know a guy that got peppered in the face by a grenade in Vietnam. They stiched him up and put band-aides on his face. So I do think the band-aide thing is stupid.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:07:14 AM EDT
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Looks like I'm n the minoruty, here.
I wish I had thought of them. Serves that scumbag Kerry right. I read Unfit to Command yesterday (yes, all in one day). I'll have a review later. Believe me, the band-aids are spot-on! Also, I don't think they besmirch REAL Purple Heart winners one iota. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:08:25 AM EDT
[#8]
In poor taste.
But considering the subject in the picture, unfortunately, It's not a crime to be tacky. 
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:09:49 AM EDT
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that is pretty funny
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:10:05 AM EDT
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while I agree that the bandaids are in questionable taste, it does speak volumes about how weak "Team Kerry" is if they have to latch on to things like that to garner points.
Seeing how Kerry and Edwards have NOTHING of substance to debate Bush & Cheney on, they will lunge desperately for every scrap they can find. It shows how blisteringly pathetic "Team Kerry" truly is. AND IT MUST BE DRIVING DU CRAZY!!!  
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Posted: 8/31/2004 9:35:26 AM EDT
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Hey sanctimonious ones, Get over the purple owies. They are great!
(link)
comment : not my word but I tend to agree |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 11:56:46 AM EDT
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Which mocks veterans more? Accepting three Purple Hearts for wounds that required not even a day's worth of hospital time? Accepting a Purple Heart for a self-inflicted minor wound that is less severe than you could get putting up some fence?
Or is the real insult a Purple Heart bandaid? By my view, the only thing that bandaid does is make it crystal clear who the real culprit in demeaning veterans is. I'd love to see John Kerry stand next to one of these guys who lost one or more of his limbs in Iraq and explain the nature of his Purple Heart and how they both rate the same medal. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:00:08 PM EDT
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It is giving purple hearts for scratches, and other wrong reasons (political, promotion) that demeans the purple heart.
NOT someone pointing out purple hearts were wrongly given. Don't shoot the messenger - fix the problem. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:00:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:15:42 PM EDT
[#15]
Kerry's wounds were so minor they didn't even require band-aids.
GunLvr |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:19:35 PM EDT
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...and TWO of them were self-inflicted due to ineptitude on his part. The third one was a complete joke.
Scumbag should be stripped of all of them! 
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:19:37 PM EDT
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There will be no more bandaids... Ed Gillespie had a little talk with the delegate handing them out. Its pretty clear that the Bush campaign took a dim view of this.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:20:18 PM EDT
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It is inappropriate to use the Purple Heart in this way.
Sure, John Kerry is a chickenshit to accept, let alone request a Purple Heart for a minor injury. I have never served in combat, by I have spent a lot of time speaking with WWII, Korean War, and Viet Nam war vets who have. Many of them had minor combat related injuries, but none of them were ever awarded Purple Hearts for them. They all said that it would be a slap in the face to those men who were truly seriously wounded. Technically he was entitled to the award, but it speaks volumes concerning his morals that he not only accepted them, but requested them, and BRAGS about receiving them. It is legitimate to debate John Kerry's service record, but it is wrong to engage in any course of action that could be construed (or twisted) as disrespecting the Purple Heart. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:22:58 PM EDT
[#19]
I agree with this, as modified...
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:32:09 PM EDT
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It was wrong for Kerry to accept or apply for Purple Hearts, it is just as wrong to trivialize the award, which is suppose to be given for being honorably wounded in combat.
Side note: You can apply for decorations? Seems to me that is something for your Commander to decide. I guess I should have applied for my Purple Heart during the first Gulf War for my Appendectomy. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:33:34 PM EDT
[#21]
Think about what you just poted - How is pointing our purple hearts were given out like candy demeaning to the award??? |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 12:38:33 PM EDT
[#22]
You gotta admit they're pretty darn funny!
ETA: She looks like she got hers from a shaving nick...
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:47:25 PM EDT
[#23]
They are an insult to all.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:49:38 PM EDT
[#24]
When you start a bad thing ---- you must accept and expect the ripple effect. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:53:20 PM EDT
[#25]
Fixed that for you. To those who MERITED them, pointing out the WRONGLY awarded medals enhances the value of the medals. People who did NOT merit them, but accepted them anyway, DESERVE to be insulted. I'll NEVER understand why someone pointing out the truth, like these bandaids do, is considered "wrong" by some people. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:53:22 PM EDT
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Should read as:
War is dangerous. Look at ANY picture from the initial invasion of Iraq. EVERY SINGLE Marine you see is bleeding. Try diving into piles of rubble 20 times a day for a couple of months. You'll bleed. But a Purple Heart? No. I have a LCpl who had a grenade go off near him, and cut his legs up a little. He had top go to the Bn Aid Station. Purple Heart? Nope. If you give it out for cuts and scrapes, you'll dilute it's true meaning, and it's honor. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:54:10 PM EDT
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No - receiving a Purple Heart for a crap reason is an insult to those who received the same thing for making the ultimate sacrifice. I fully endorse bashing the flipper for snagging that 3rd Heart. I'd wear a band aid heart in a second. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:55:56 PM EDT
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BINGO. And people pointing out that they were at times given away like candy IS NOT demeaning to the award. It actually enhances it. But by all means, folks, criticize the messenger. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 1:56:06 PM EDT
[#29]
Well said! I completely agree! |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:01:43 PM EDT
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I could fill volumes with what you do not understand ! |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:02:11 PM EDT
[#31]
Most of the time I think you're all wet cyanide (last week for sure
 ) but this time I think you're right. Disclosing the truth is fine and Kerry has brought enough ridicule upon the award. However, he needs no help on that score. The convention is certainly the wrong place for anything that could be mis-perceived or twisted like I think this band-aid stunt will be.<spelling> |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:02:38 PM EDT
[#32]
while i know they were poking fun at kerry i thought it was in poor taste as well.
The Purple Heart is one medal that should be veiwed with dignity and reverance. Kerry should be punished for faking his when so many other GOOD MEN suffered and many even refused them to stay in combat. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:05:55 PM EDT
[#33]
Ahh, a legend in your own mind.  |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:07:15 PM EDT
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This has Carl Rove written all over it.
Yet another Chicken Hawk. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:11:08 PM EDT
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The sad thing is sKerry isn't a minority when it comes to sham awardings of Purple Hearts. I personally have seen combat troops awarded the PH for extremely stupid crap.
I'd wear a bandaid to disgrace them as well. HOWEVER - I agree that the RNC was an improper platform in which to display them. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:16:18 PM EDT
[#36]
Good ... better to have some class. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:20:45 PM EDT
[#37]
 Well, I like it. Where can I get some. I would wear them. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:26:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:30:05 PM EDT
[#39]
Why should they change now ??? too little too late |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 2:35:50 PM EDT
[#40]
I think it's hilarious.
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Posted: 8/31/2004 4:45:29 PM EDT
[#41]
God I hate people!
AB |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 5:25:05 PM EDT
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It is a protest against the lying of Kerry..... it is too bad they cannot shame him into coming clean...but he has no soul or conscience
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:07:09 PM EDT
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Officers have always been a good example of what's wrong with the system. Kerry is a lawyer.. Geuess who knows how to bend the rules best. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:30:19 PM EDT
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Hrm - one asshole (Kerry) shoulnt tarnish the respect we have for any vetern wouned in service of our country and recieve the purple heart.
Be better than him. Nix the heart band aids. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:34:46 PM EDT
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During the Vietnam war, anti-war activists were calling the parents of US soldiers who were killed in action and telling them how happy they were that their son's had been killed in the war. THAT is "low-class and STUPID".
Those band-aids are a pin-prick compared to the pain and suffering Kerry and his ilk visited on the veterans of that conflict and their families. I hope it haunts him to his fucking grave. |
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Posted: 8/31/2004 7:54:54 PM EDT
[#46]
They should throw them (PH band-aids)in the trash, just like Kerry did.
They can always recalim them in the future, just like Kerry did.............dontchaknow! |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 4:16:22 AM EDT
[#47]
Yep |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 4:30:06 AM EDT
[#48]
Personally I liked the humor, but it probably won't play well to the masses.
GM |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 4:46:06 AM EDT
[#49]
+1 |
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Posted: 9/1/2004 9:19:27 AM EDT
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Gawd damn people, where's your sense of humor?!?!? I think it's funny as hell and makes an excellent point!
Denigrate/minimize the real PH? Bullshit. Some of you need to be kicked down to the DU. |
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