The Massachusetts Democrat had considered using the USS Constitution in Charlestown, the Navy’s oldest commissioned warship, as a backdrop for the announcement. But campaign aides said Kerry decided to change the location to the Yorktown, which is docked off Charleston, S.C., both to gain publicity in the politically important state as well as to counter the trip President Bush took to an aircraft carrier May 1 to declare an end to major combat operations in Iraq.
In recent speeches, Kerry has challenged Bush’s supposed strength on national security matters by highlighting his stature as the only current presidential candidate to have fought in a war.
“I have worked with aircraft carriers for real,” Kerry has said, mocking the widely photographed landing Bush made on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
It is laughable that Kerry thinks this will put him in the same league as President George W. Bush.
GW landing on the carrier was awesome and was his way to welcome the troops who serve our nation home from a war.
Kerry is simply doing it as a pathetic attempt to try to step into the shoes of a leader and steal the spotlight. It simply can’t be done.
Will Kerry wear a flight suit?
Is he seriously going to discuss his serving in Viet Nam……. again?
Will he…. again…. leave out the facts that when he returned from Viet Nam that he protested against it?
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