does donald trump even know what purple hearts are awarded FOR? Bigmo

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Star Member mopinko (45,817 posts)

does donald trump even know what purple hearts are awarded FOR?


i can see someone wishing they could earn a silver star. but a purple heart?
he doesnt even know.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512339265

Don't you have some chicken shit to clean up?

[Carl]

John effing Kerry has 3 and he doesn`t have a real clue either.

[Ralph Wiggum]

John effing Kerry has 3 and he doesn`t have a real clue either.

I thought he tossed them over the white house fence?

[67 Rover]

I thought he tossed them over the white house fence?

Naw, those were Jengis Khans medals. 

[Bad Dog]

I thought he tossed them over the white house fence?

I'm assuming your question was rhetorical.  He actually cleared that up when he was running for pres.  The medals he tossed belonged to some poor crippled vet who couldn't manage to toss them himself.  Then the press mistakenly reported he had tossed his own.  They have been proudly displayed in his office for years.  A remarkable collection which included the Silver Star with "V" device.  Extremely rare, in my thirty years service I have never seen another.   

[Ralph Wiggum]

I'm assuming your question was rhetorical.  He actually cleared that up when he was running for pres.  The medals he tossed belonged to some poor crippled vet who couldn't manage to toss them himself.  Then the press mistakenly reported he had tossed his own.  They have been proudly displayed in his office for years.  A remarkable collection which included the Silver Star with "V" device.  Extremely rare, in my thirty years service I have never seen another.

Kind of rhetorical.  Just heard that story repeated often.  Already had decided that he's a giant douche.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'm assuming your question was rhetorical.  He actually cleared that up when he was running for pres.  The medals he tossed belonged to some poor crippled vet who couldn't manage to toss them himself.  Then the press mistakenly reported he had tossed his own.  They have been proudly displayed in his office for years.  A remarkable collection which included the Silver Star with "V" device.  Extremely rare, in my thirty years service I have never seen another.

The guy must have been a superhero.

[Delmar]

Kerry was a decorated Navy officer in Vietnam who became a prominent antiwar activist upon his return home. A group calling itself "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" has accused Kerry of lying to win combat decorations in Vietnam, including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

And last week, former Sen. Bob Dole, the party's 1996 presidential nominee, brought more attention to the allegations when he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, "With three Purple Hearts, he never bled that I know of. And they're all superficial wounds."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/gop.purple.hearts/

And Bob Dole knows because he has seen Kerry naked from head to toe in the senate gym locker room--he says that he never saw any scars on the guy.

[YupItsMe]

One medic who treated him in Vietnam said that Kerry came to him with a piece of shrapnel in his arm.  The medic said it was so shallow he thought Kerry had to balance it to keep it from falling out.  Medic removed it, put some iodine on it, peeled open a bandaid and put it on.  No word on whether it was a Power Rangers bandaid or if the medic gave the boo boo a kiss when he was done.

[Gina]

One medic who treated him in Vietnam said that Kerry came to him with a piece of shrapnel in his arm.  The medic said it was so shallow he thought Kerry had to balance it to keep it from falling out.  Medic removed it, put some iodine on it, peeled open a bandaid and put it on.  No word on whether it was a Power Rangers bandaid or if the medic gave the boo boo a kiss when he was done.

That's ridiculous. 

[RayRaytheSBS]

One medic who treated him in Vietnam said that Kerry came to him with a piece of shrapnel in his arm.  The medic said it was so shallow he thought Kerry had to balance it to keep it from falling out.  Medic removed it, put some iodine on it, peeled open a bandaid and put it on.  No word on whether it was a Power Rangers bandaid or if the medic gave the boo boo a kiss when he was done.

Sadly, there are shitbags out there who will do stuff like that. I knew a guy who tried something similar to that in Ramadi. Claimed TBI from an IED that went off 100 meters away from him... while he was in a Bradley armored fighting vehicle.  Needless to say, the PA laughed at him and told him to leave.

[SVPete]

I'm sure Trump knows for what a Purple Heart is awarded, and honors its recipients.

I'm sure more than a handful of DU-folk do NOT[p/b] know for what a Purple Heart is awarded, don't give a #$%, and would readily deride recipients as "baby-killers" and other Lib/Prog epithets for men and women who served this country honorably.

[AprilRazz]

One medic who treated him in Vietnam said that Kerry came to him with a piece of shrapnel in his arm.  The medic said it was so shallow he thought Kerry had to balance it to keep it from falling out.  Medic removed it, put some iodine on it, peeled open a bandaid and put it on.  No word on whether it was a Power Rangers bandaid or if the medic gave the boo boo a kiss when he was done.

[Bad Dog]

One medic who treated him in Vietnam said that Kerry came to him with a piece of shrapnel in his arm.  The medic said it was so shallow he thought Kerry had to balance it to keep it from falling out.  Medic removed it, put some iodine on it, peeled open a bandaid and put it on.  No word on whether it was a Power Rangers bandaid or if the medic gave the boo boo a kiss when he was done.

To continue the story.  When Kerry demanded a Purple Heart the Ops. Officer, and Doctor at his in-country training command  both recommended it not be awarded and the CO concurred.  When he moved to his operational command, he was again denied the award.  At a later date, the award appeared in his jacket and he used it and two other lame Purple Hearts to illegally  get out of country with only four months service.  When the Swiftvets were fighting him, both of his CO's came forward and stated in sworn and public testimony that they had never signed a recommendation for that award.  Their hope was that he would sue them and they could get discovery of his sealed service records.  If they could have obtained his records, they expected to prove he effectively deserted in the face of the enemy and later received a dishonorable or other than honorable discharge for his antics with the NVA in Paris while still a Reservist.

[DumbAss Tanker]

To continue the story.  When Kerry demanded a Purple Heart the Ops. Officer, and Doctor at his in-country training command  both recommended it not be awarded and the CO concurred.  When he moved to his operational command, he was again denied the award.  At a later date, the award appeared in his jacket and he used it and two other lame Purple Hearts to illegally  get out of country with only four months service.  When the Swiftvets were fighting him, both of his CO's came forward and stated in sworn and public testimony that they had never signed a recommendation for that award.  Their hope was that he would sue them and they could get discovery of his sealed service records.  If they could have obtained his records, they expected to prove he effectively deserted in the face of the enemy and later received a dishonorable or other than honorable discharge for his antics with the NVA in Paris while still a Reservist.

A little-known fact about the Purple Heart is that unlike other decorations, and due to its nature, the treating MTF commander can sign off on the award, and there is some reason to believe that Kerry had some family acquaintance in such a position in country, and 'Treating' could be a paperwork drill with no relation to the minor treatment he did receive, the Medical Corps especially at that time would have had a plethora of hospital commands (CSHs, MASHs, Evac Hospitals) of various sorts with O6 commanders in the weasel's AO.   

[Movie buff- The Sequel]

I thought he tossed them over the white house fence?

That didn't stop him from bragging about them during his 2004 presidential campaign to try and get the veteran vote, while conveniently forgetting to mention the times when he openly referred to his fellow Vietnam veterans as "War criminals."