Why is this night different from all other nights?

You probably know a lot more about this than me Postwatcher ... I've been foolishly limiting myself to reading The Post and can't be expected to have read much negative about John Kerry... but didn't Kerry say he had a vivid memory... actually said "burned" into his memory, didn't he... of spending x-mas in 1968 in Cambodia p.o.'d at Nixon for telling the world we weren't in Cambodia?... The only problem being that Nixon wasn't yet in office. Didn't Kerry only serve 4 1/2 months over there, so it couldn't have been x-mas 1969, right? What part do you think was mistakenly burned into his memory... the fact that it was x-mas... (maybe it was Easter ... or maybe even Passover.. Oy!! Why is this night different than all other nights? Because we're in Cambodia dummy!!!) Or maybe it was x-mas, but he was mistaken about the part about who was president.. (maybe he was p.o'd at Johnson for lying... Or maybe he really was p.o.'d at Nixon, but not for lying, but rather for dishonoring the memory of Checkers by coming back only to be kicked around again). Do you think he was just puffing it up a bit when he said the whole thing was burned into his memory?

I also heard that he told another serviceman at the time that he was going to get more out of this swift boat gig than JFK got out of PT 109. Did you read that?

And what about that minor scratch .. a minor injury according to the affidavit of the doctor who treated him... that got him one of his Purple Hearts? Maybe he was collecting medals. Maybe, just maybe, John Kerry proceeded in a very deliberate manner to build a resume for himself that would bolster his eventual political ambitions. That's something we're entitled to consider, right? His campaign has put him forward as a military hero, so that would seem to make the whole issue of his military service relevant, wouldn't it?