Violation of the 14th Amendment by Kerry?

[Voter2002]

Section 3.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Does anyone think that Kerry, with all his previous anti-war (Viet Nam) spittle and calling Army guys baby-killers.....etc......could possibly have violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? All his anti-war crap was AFTER he had sworn an oath as a Navy Officer and the possible violation could be "given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

What's everyone's opinion?

 

[Ken King]

Does anyone think that Kerry, with all his previous anti-war (Viet Nam) spittle and calling Army guys baby-killers.....etc......could possibly have violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? All his anti-war crap was AFTER he had sworn an oath as a Navy Officer and the possible violation could be "given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

What's everyone's opinion?

It is highly possible, but I doubt if it will be carried forward. Kerry's biggest problem along these lines is when he met with the Vietnamese delegation in Paris in 1970 in direct violation of US Law. But that too doesn't seem important for a major chunk of this nation. Some must think that being a criminal is a precursor to becoming President.

 

[Voter2002]

It is highly possible, but I doubt if it will be carried forward. Kerry's biggest problem along these lines is when he met with the Vietnamese delegation in Paris in 1970 in direct violation of US Law. But that too doesn't seem important for a major chunk of this nation. Some must think that being a criminal is a precursor to becoming President.

...or if you are a Democratic President then being a criminal is no big thing (Clinton)....

 

[Cletus_Vandam]

Two things here spark some interest to me.

First, what is providing "comfort" to the enemies. Is the term comfort defined legally somewhere? If not, that sounds like it could be left to interpretation.

Second, 2/3 vote. The dems better hope they take a bunch of seats to "remove the disability" if it's brought before them.

But truthfully, I dont' see this going anywhere. I do think that the mud slinging will increase dramatically in the next two/three weeks though. It will be interesting to see if this makes its way into the media.

 

[vraiblonde]

What's everyone's opinion?

My opinion is that I live in Wonderland. I spent all weekend trying to make certain people understand that lies are lies, and the people who do it are called "liars". Stealing is stealing, and the people who do it are called "thieves".

We have Spoiled, who thinks it's a great idea to pass out condoms to strangers' children.

We also have Valentino, who thinks that the wants of terrorists should outweigh the wants of the Iraqi citizens AND the safety of us folks over here in the US.

We have crazy liberals who think it should be a crime to show an anti-Kerry TV show before the election, but showing an anti-Bush TV show is just fine.

AND they think that it's perfectly okay to shoot at, vandalize, firebomb, whatever, the campaign offices of the candidate they oppose.

We have John Kerry, who thinks 9-11 was a "nuisance". And we want to actually uphold the 14th Amendment??? Of OUR Constitution??? The Constitution that these nutties think provides for abortion and slavery???

Please. Those days are LONG over. If our Constitution were going to be upheld, Bill Clinton would be sitting in a jail cell right now.

 

[2ndAmendment]

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On the issue of military service, Kerry boldly says: "Bring it on!" Yet he won't bring it out.

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Is it really true that Sen. John Kerry didn't arrange his honorable discharge until March of 2001 -- nearly 30 years after his military service ended?

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[itsbob]

My opinion is that I live in Wonderland. I spent all weekend trying to make certain people understand that lies are lies, and the people who do it are called "liars". Stealing is stealing, and the people who do it are called "thieves".

We have Spoiled, who thinks it's a great idea to pass out condoms to strangers' children.

We also have Valentino, who thinks that the wants of terrorists should outweigh the wants of the Iraqi citizens AND the safety of us folks over here in the US.

We have crazy liberals who think it should be a crime to show an anti-Kerry TV show before the election, but showing an anti-Bush TV show is just fine.

AND they think that it's perfectly okay to shoot at, vandalize, firebomb, whatever, the campaign offices of the candidate they oppose.

We have John Kerry, who thinks 9-11 was a "nuisance". And we want to actually uphold the 14th Amendment??? Of OUR Constitution??? The Constitution that these nutties think provides for abortion and slavery???

Please. Those days are LONG over. If our Constitution were going to be upheld, Bill Clinton would be sitting in a jail cell right now.

I've read, but can't find a way to verify, that he was JUST awarded an honorable discharge in 1999, which tells me he was originally discharged with a "Less Then Honorable" or a "General" discharge ohh so many years ago..

I'm also to understand that his award citations were all amended and rewritten as far back as 2000. To even include a "V" device for his Silver Star..

Just adding my 2 cents..

 

[Voter2002]

I'm also to understand that his award citations were all amended and rewritten as far back as 2000. To even include a "V" device for his Silver Star..

Just adding my 2 cents..

...yeah...probably about when he was mulling around in his mind a future run for the presidency....