Veterans Campaign For Kerry
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A group of veterans -- including two men who
served directly under John Kerry in Vietnam -- is touring Arkansas
on his behalf today.
They billed their tour as a way to discuss national security,
but spoke almost as much about the economy and veterans` benefits.
They also said the election should NOT be about Kerry or Bush`s
Vietnam-era military records, but were sure to recount Kerry`s
heroism in combat.
Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel Gober, a native
Arkansan, says Democrats complain that Republicans try to
monopolize patriotism.
As a part of a national campaign effort to move away from
economic issues to the war in Iraq, Kerry`s Arkansas organization
brought out the big guns: Fred Short, a gunner on the second swift
boat Kerry commanded; Drew Whitlow of Huntsville, who served on
Kerry`s first boat; US Representative Vic Snyder, himself a
veteran; and Gober.
