Ever since John Kerry started making the rounds on the political "talking heads" shows in mid-2003, he kept reminding everyone who would listen, "You know, I served in Vietnam." Since my father was a Vietnam era Marine, I was raised to love and respect the United States of America, the American flag and the men and women in the military. I have never faltered on any account. And that goes double for Vietnam War veterans because of the way they were treated by the liberals when they returned home.

You see, liberals have a long-standing record of despising the military. Why, you need to look no further than former president – thank goodness – Bill Clinton, who, when in college overseas at Oxford, wrote a public letter detesting the American military. In the letter he spoke of how much he loathed the idea of our military. Yet, he became our Commander-In-Chief...all thanks to Ross Perot and the Perobots because Clinton was elected with only 4-out-of-10 votes; George H.W. Bush and Perot split the others. So, really, 6-out-of-10 voted against Clinton, but because of our electoral college (please see this cartoon), the military that was so despised by Clinton, had to serve under him.

Any way, back to the topic. In just about every appearance or interview John Kerry made throughout his campaign, the same clichéd line appeared, "You know, I served in Vietnam." It was as if he were trying to separate himself from the previous Democratic president who didn't like the military at all. Kerry wanted to associate himself – parallel, if you will – with the last great Democratic president John F. Kennedy. That's when Kerry decided, and sent out a press release – much like Hillary "Rodham" Clinton did – that from henceforth, he shall be addressed as John F. Kerry. Hey, same initials: JFK.

But that was not merely coincidence. Kerry had been planning on running for president ever since the Vietnam War because, as we found out, he admittedly told fellow soldiers he was going to be the next JFK.

The highlight of the Democratic National Convention, where JFK II was anointed, was a campaign film showing images of Kerry during Vietnam with fellow swiftboat soldiers. We then learned later that some of the footage was staged as if acted in a Hollywood movie. Why was it done this way? Simple. Kerry had plans, even back then, of running for president and he wanted some publicity shots, so to speak.

Another interesting even that coincided with Kerry's coronation: Bill Clinton's book, "My Life" (see this cartoon), was released just prior to the convention. Was Clinton trying to sabotage Kerry's campaign, taking the spotlight away, to pave the way for Hillary in 2008? Just a thought.