The"Viet Nam vet" on C-Span who was never in Viet Nam?

[lottie244]

How can they allow such liars to go on the air? This woman was a shameless liar.

[displacedtexan]

1. I used to work with one of those guys!

He called himself a Vietnam Vet, but he had been a mail clerk on a base in New Jersey during the war.

My father-in-law, who was an Air Force Flag Officer, always said that those were the guys who bad mouthed the war protesters the most, not the guys who actually served in Vietnam.

[Spinzonner]

4. I've never called myself a Vietnam Vet

spent 4 years in Virginia. But then the Air Force wasnt sending many first termers to Vietnam in those days except pilots and certain support and military police types.

Its more accurate to call oneself a Vietnam ERA Vet since that is what characterizes eligibilty for certain Veterans benefits as the programs have changed over the years.

[FlaGranny]

6. Any Vietnam era vet

could have ended up in Vietnam. My husband served as a Vietnam era vet in an Army hospital in Germany, helping treat the wounded from Vietnam. He was needed there.

[Jack from Charlotte]

9. There are Viet Nam...... ERA.... vets and there are VN Vets...

and there should be another level to be most accurate.....Viet Nam COMBAT vets.

Even among those who list themselves as VN Vets..... That ex-Senator from New Hampshire, Smith referred to himself as a Viet Nam Vet. His duty was on a navy "oiler" ship way out in the gulf. The duty of that ship was to re fuel the combat ships like carriers etc... Smith never set foot in VN and his ship wasn't anywhere close to any combat. Now, that's not his fault. He's was no AWOL/George Bush type whose Daddy got him out of the draft 12 days before he was to report..... but Smith calling himself a VN Vet..... is really different from what most people think of when one says, "I'm a VN Vet."

Like I said...... lots of different levels..... the real combat guys like Kerry, McCain and Cleland, should call themselves VN Combat Vets.

[oneighty]

2. Yes indeed

and then she say; "I am a registered democrat but I will be voting for Bush*" (Something like so)

Phony.

180

[asjr]

3. When I first turned on C-Span this a.m. and saw

Mort Zuckerman, I realized it was Friday with Brian Lamb. That man should have the word Republican tattooed on his forehead. Since there was really no place else to go to avoid the rightwingers I turned it off.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Brian Lamb is disgusting!

I turned it off too! I always do if Bush's # 1 Lamb is on there!

[SoFlaJet]

8. man that guy was BOOR RING

talk about long-winded

[MUSTANG_2004]

10. You guys baffle me

As a long-time C-SPAN viewer, I have never seen any indication of where Brian Lamb stands politically and I certainly haven't seen any bias in the coverage.

I'm just thankful that he's spent the last 30 years bringing us a forum to have an unfiltered political debate.

[kskiska]

7. Lindsey Graham called himself a Desert Storm veteran

He was an Army lawyer, working stateside.

[GoldenOldie]

11. Medical Vietnam Vets

After having worked in a military hospital during and after the Vietnam war with the majority of the medical staff being military personnel who had treated the wounded and dying both within Vietnam and American Military Facilities. These folks have my deep affection and respect. They were the ones who held the dying wounded bodies close to their hearts and gave the care and treatment that their families were unable to do. They helped to mend broken bodies and minds and tried to do it with a cheerful and caring heart....day after day and it affected them deeply. I became very close to these nurses, docs, medics, evac pilots and crews, and one very special administrative Major who had lost both legs below the knee who was given special dispensation to remain in the Army. The little bit that they did talk about their service revealed that they themselves carried deep mental wounds but it only seemed that enhance their care of the sick and dying.
It is a part of my professional life that I will never forget and was blessed to have had the opportunity to have worked and played next to them.