John Kerry

Dear Editor: Thanks to Randy Scholtz for the letter, "...Voting for Bush. " I totally agree and hope others will forget political parties to vote for the best man, George W. Bush. I am the spouse of a retired serviceman. Those of us who lost family, friends, and acquaintances during the Vietnam War remember Kerry well. We definitely do not need such a person in charge of our military as well as this great United States of America. Many people have lost their lives during the present war, but I feel the war was necessary for the future safety of our country and the future of foreign countries.

Dear Editor: Today, in Vietnam, hanging among the pictures of the North Vietnamese heroes who helped win the war with the United States, hangs a picture of John Kerry. In this picture, he is shaking hands with the enemy leaders of that communist nation. This meeting with the nation's enemies took place, secretly, in Paris, France, while brave Americans were dying at the hands of that very enemy. Along with Hanoi Jane Fonda, he is considered a hero to the communist Vietnamese. While John Kerry went before Congress in 1971, spewing forth accusations of war crimes against his fellow soldiers still fighting in Vietnam and was secretly meeting with the enemy in a foreign nation, the enemy was using his accusations, torturing American prisoners, trying to force them to admit to the war crimes Kerry was accusing them of. This is to me blatantly and "purposely aiding the nation's enemies.

Dear Editor: This is my first-ever letter and it likely will be my last. On Nov. 2, I will vote in my first-ever presidential election. I don't claim to know a lot about politics, I don't claim to know a lot about John Kerry. But I have had nearly four years now to know about George Bush. I know that under his "rule," I am living worse than I did under Bill Clinton. I'm making less money while the cost of living has gone way up. I know that Bush has us in a nasty war in Iraq that should never have been.

Dear Editor: For months, the Bush campaign has been spending millions to paint John Kerry as a flip-flopper. But anyone who saw Kerry's speech at the Democratic convention should be able to see right through those attacks. Throughout his life, John Kerry has always stood up for what was right, whether it was popular or not. He is a strong man, a man of integrity, and a man of character. Negative character attacks can only work if we can't see the truth for ourselves. But anyone who saw Kerry's speech knows that he speaks the truth loud and clear.

Dear Editor: I am a registered Democrat but have voted for some Republicans in the past. However, I have never voted for a Republican for president. I had begrudgingly accepted John Kerry as my Democratic nominee. I was more impressed with Wesley Clark and Dennis Kucinich, but by the time Kentucky's primary rolled around, John Kerry had sown up the nomination. However, after the debate on Thursday, I was finally completely won over by Kerry. At first I was only voting for him because I was angry and only wanted George W. out of the White House.

Dear Editor: George W. Bush has been a fine president in the past four years. But the question is: Will John Kerry? The answer is no. For one, John Kerry cannot make up his mind. If he is elected president, will he follow through with all of his promises made? Two, a former president (Bill Clinton) is campaigning for Kerry. During Clinton's presidency, this happened: On Feb. 26, 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed. Six people died and more than a 1,000 were injured.

Dear Editor: Right on cue, the smear campaign against John Kerry has moved into overdrive. Presumably because their own candidate offers so few reasons to re-elect him to a second term of office, Bush strategists have pulled out all the stops in an attempt to confuse voters about John Kerry's qualifications and positions. Questions about Kerry's service in Vietnam and his eligibility for the medals he won are the most unsavory of the lot. A few of the facts: John Kerry volunteered for two tours of duty during the Vietnam War, spending three and a half years in active duty, far longer than the four months cited in a recent letter to the Advocate.

Dear Editor: One of the bigger lies that we have been subjected to in this presidential campaign is that John Kerry has changed his position on Iraq many times, while George Bush has been a rock of constancy. Actually the reverse is true. President Bush first told us we had to invade Iraq because of the threat of looming "mushroom clouds. " When weapons of mass destruction could not be found, his story switched to a supposed link between Iraq and al-Qaida. When the 9/11 Commission Report shot that down (no "credible evidence")

Dear Editor: Anyone who votes for a candidate that already shows poor judgment by seeking the endorsement of a formerly impeached president, who admittedly used the White House to cheat on his wife, should go to the doctor's office to have their head examined. It wouldn't take long. They should also log onto the Web site www.cpusa.org and figure out whom the Communist Party USA must be for, since they obviously do not endorse the incumbent. George Bush isn't perfect (no one is)

Dear Editor: I had hoped that John Kerry would have left his military record low-key and presented only his record of accomplishments during the last 30-plus years. But no, he chooses to present himself as a war hero in about 90 percent of his acceptance speech. Our Vietnam experience is a special memory etched in our minds and not to be tarnished ever again. So with Kerry trying to paint a patriotic picture of himself, I must speak the truth. John Kerry's limited four months and 12 days tour of duty in Vietnam was far overshadowed by his turncoat 18-month performance in the United States in 1971-72.

Editor's mistaken about Kerry, war To the editor: Having lived in Clark County for five and a half years, I have become increasingly disappointed in the local paper, The Winchester Sun. The past two years have been noticeably lacking, especially on the editorial page. While reading "What's on Your Bookshelf?" I made it down to the last book, and there it was, "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War," by Douglas Brinkley. How can you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake?

"The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States . . . " That is not some reactionary piece of propaganda denying your right to choose the next president. It is one of the more memorable sentences from the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, the hard-to-forget 2000 case that put the current occupant in the White House. And strictly speaking, the court was right. As the majority opinion went on to note, we have the right to use our ballots to pick members of the electoral college - which in turn chooses the president - because every state legislature has decided on "statewide election" as the way to get the job done.

The nation is on the verge of an honest debate on Iraq. On one side are those who believe that the Iraq War is unwinnable and we should begin pulling out our troops soon; on the other are those who believe it is still winnable and we should send more troops in a last-ditch push to secure Baghdad.The only obstacle to the full flowering of this debate is the reluctance of the Democrats to say out loud what many of them obviously believe: "The war is lost. " If the war is lost, it makes sense - indeed is imperative - to begin pulling out American troops now. That is the policy the Democratic leadership supports, but without stating its predicate, which is their belief that America has been defeated.

Some of you have long Christmas shopping lists, ones that might include children, nieces, nephews, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. My list is not that long, but it does include some notable people. Does your list include the president of the United States? Well, mine does, plus other headline-makers. Here are the names on my Christmas shopping list and what I'm getting them: President George W. Bush: a real "course. " This course would include withdrawal of troops from Iraq, starting with National Guard and Reserve units, ASAP.

Dear Editor: John Kerry will do or say anything to get elected. His position on the missing explosives proves my point. For him to represent to the American voters that the commander in chief failed to do a specific task on the field of battle is shameful in two ways; namely, 1) the task in question is a field officer's decision, and 2) he implies that our troops on the ground did not do their job. How can the American voters support a man who obviously will respond to the headlines of the day, even if they are false, to make decisions?

Dear Editor: It appears the election for president will be close if you can believe the polls. And it is your duty, more than your right to vote your conscience. You remember when Kerry said the leaders of the world preferred him over Bush for president? I was just reading who the enemies of the United Stated would prefer for president. Though not endorsed by North Korea, The Financial Times noted North Korean radio has aired several of Kerry's anti-Bush speeches. From Iran, the Teheran Times stated, "Kerry is exactly what the U.S. needs right now. Maybe they need him more than we do!

Dear Editor: George W. Bush has been a fine president in the past four years. But the question is: Will John Kerry? The answer is no. For one, John Kerry cannot make up his mind. If he is elected president, will he follow through with all of his promises made? Two, a former president (Bill Clinton) is campaigning for Kerry. During Clinton's presidency, this happened: On Feb. 26, 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed. Six people died and more than a 1,000 were injured.

Dear Editor: I was intrigued to read Mr. Paul Overstreet's letter in the Oct. 26 paper telling of a photo of John Kerry that he says hangs in a hall of heroes in Vietnam. If I may, I'd like to ask Mr. Overstreet if he can tell me the exact location of that photograph - the city, the street, the building. I ask because I've been to Vietnam five times and am about to take my sixth trip. I've never seen this photo and would love to do so. So please, Mr. Overstreet, if you would, let me know exactly where this photo is. Clarence R. Wyatt Danville

Dear Editor: Anyone who votes for a candidate that already shows poor judgment by seeking the endorsement of a formerly impeached president, who admittedly used the White House to cheat on his wife, should go to the doctor's office to have their head examined. It wouldn't take long. They should also log onto the Web site www.cpusa.org and figure out whom the Communist Party USA must be for, since they obviously do not endorse the incumbent. George Bush isn't perfect (no one is)

Dear Editor: The sheer incompetence of the Bush administration apparently knows no bounds. This week we learn that the number of our troops on the ground in Iraq was insufficient to secure 380 tons of unusually powerful conventional explosives when we invaded that country in 2003. Less than one pound of this material was sufficient to bring down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie Scotland in 1988. The bad guys in Iraq now have enough of this explosive to blow 760,000 civilian airliners out of the skies.