When Bush* says Kerry served honorably is he calling the Smear vets LIARS?

[Bandit]

Bush* says Kerry served honorably and all 527 ads should be stopped. By saying that is he saying that those who say Kerry did not serve honorably are lying? Is he calling Bob Dole a LIAR? This is a question that needs to be asked. Which is it Bush*? Are your friends lying or are you lying? Did Kerry serve honorably or did he not?

[BurtWorm]

1. Who cares what Bush really "thinks?"

[Kahuna]

2. Yes, he is. He is endorsing Kerry's service and record.

the repukes would be all over cable saying, "Kerry endorsed bush," if it were the other way around.

[pmbryant]

3. No. He is too cowardly to do so.

He is certainly implying they are liars, but doesn't have the cojones to come out and actually say so. In fact, he deliberately avoids saying anything even remotely in that vein.

What is it, Bush? Do you condemn these guys, or do you stand behind them?

He is a coward who does not have the guts to either stand behind his own attacks or denounce them as the lies he knows they are.

--Peter

[snippy]

4. This is good.

Every democrat (except Kerry himself) should point out that Bush has said the Swift Boat vets are lying.

[noahmijo]

5. Yea why not

I mean after all by Kerry saying he'd give * the authorization vote (which btw is NOT an automatic go to war ticket) and the fact that * twisted it and told the public that it means Kerry agrees war was the only answer, then why can't Kerry say that given that Bush said he should be proud of his service that I guess this means even Bush thinks I'm a hero?

Bah I know why because we wanna get the hell out of Vietnam and get back to the issues to the NOW which is where Bush's true weak point strikes.

[olddem43]

6. Kerry can't brag that he's a hero.

Others have to do that.

[yellowcanine]

7. I think he is using "honorably" in the same sense that Marc Anthony

referred to Caeser's assassins as "honorable men". In other words, there is a sneer there, as there usually is with Bush.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. No. He is offering the faintest praise possible

meanwhile leaving open the chance that his opinion is also that Kerry lied to get his medals.

[Sinistrous]

9. As quietly and as infrequently as possible.

Our POS-in-chief said it "just" loud enough to get on the record and softly enough to be instantly forgotten.

[Junkdrawer]

10. Served honorably = Honorable Discharge...

which, by the way, is as far as he wants anyone to look into HIS military service.