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Article: Kerry: Bush Campaign Laughs Off Vietnam War Service
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 23, 2004
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WASHINGTON, March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- George W. Bush's campaign
spokesman today put his tongue in his cheek and thumbed his nose at
the 2.6 million American soldiers who served honorably in Vietnam.
Bush spokesman Terry Holt made the remarks in a Washington Post
story about John Kerry's positive new television ads which emphasize
Kerry's 35-year record of fighting for his country, including service
in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam during which he earned a silver star,
a bronze star and three purple hearts.
"John Kerry's campaign seems to be summed up this way: I went to
Vietnam, yadda, yadda, yadda, I want to be president," Holt said.
In response, Kerry spokesperson Stephanie Cutter made ...