Reply #89: I do too.

[Spiffarino]

However, this comes from an Air Force veteran who did two tours in Vietnam. He's a lifelong Democrat who can't even talk about Bush without cussing...and he's not one to cuss.

I know other vets who were similarly abused. One quit wearing his uniform in public. Spitting aside, the ill treatment of Vietnam-era veterans - however occasional - is no myth. If that were so, why is there a federal law against discriminating against them? (http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/ofccp/4212.htm)

Dissing veterans probably isn't that unusual. My dad was WWII vet. When he came home in 1945 there were signs on the lawns of many rental properties that read, "NO GIs". Anecdotal, I know, but I don't have ready access to good sources for that era.