Larry:

I don't recall LBJ winning any medals nor campaigning on that issue.

I agree that the current election is not about Vietnam.

Dole lost to Clinton based on fitness for the Presidency. I have always had high regard for Dole as a man, a patriot, and a Senator. I think he ran an honorable campaign and held his own in the debates. That didn't lead me to vote for him. Clinton had an awareness of the times we are going through that few could match.

I don't know that Kerry has such an awareness. He is hard to read. I feel that 'W' has no such awareness, and is a poor communicator. I don't think he's bad, or evil. I even think he's almost competent. But right now we need someone way better than him.

Someone who believes in the Darwinian theory of evolution would be a good start.