Reply #39: Better do a bit more research [View All]

[Snow]

1. Kerrey's memory of what happened in that village does not jibe with his accuser -
2. There is only one accuser out of that unit; none of the other participants remember it that way.
3. Kerrey said at the time the whole story was coming out something along the line of he didn't remember it that way, but supposes some of it could've happened, and the general consensus was, kid in a war, scared, maybe it happened, maybe it didn't, but "we are better than the worst thing we've done."
4. Kerrey was against the vietnam & later wars, and when asked while campaigning about that stance, replied by singing (very well) Eric Vogel's terrific anti-war song, "The band played waltzing matilda".

I knew Bob Kerrey although not closely while living in Omaha, and he struck me as a man of integrity, a decent person, albeit too conservative for me (and too liberal for most Nebraskans).

Don't fling epithets around so carelessly, please, without knowing more about your flingee....