NEW YORK - President Bush [related, bio], seeking an end to the bitter infighting over John Kerry's medals before the start of his convention today, called Kerry's war record ``more heroic'' than his own.
Bush, in his strongest rebuttal yet of the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that have dogged the Bay State senator for three weeks, credited Kerry for stepping into ``harm's way'' while he did not.
Asked in an interview to be broadcast this morning on NBC's ``Today'' show whether he believed he and Kerry served with the same level of heroism, Bush said, ``No, I don't.
``I think him going to Vietnam was more heroic than my flying fighter jets. He was in harm's way and I wasn't.'' The president said it's time to move on.
``I think that we ought to move beyond the past. . . . The real question is who best to lead us forward,'' Bush said.
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Bush, in his strongest rebuttal yet of the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that have dogged the Bay State senator for three weeks, credited Kerry for stepping into ``harm's way'' while he did not.
Asked in an interview to be broadcast this morning on NBC's ``Today'' show whether he believed he and Kerry served with the same level of heroism, Bush said, ``No, I don't.
``I think him going to Vietnam was more heroic than my flying fighter jets. He was in harm's way and I wasn't.'' The president said it's time to move on.
``I think that we ought to move beyond the past. . . . The real question is who best to lead us forward,'' Bush said.
He could have said those things a long time ago, when the Swiftboat Liars for the Truth ads first came out.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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