Is Obama hurting the Democratic Party by not joining forces with Hilla

[kandrathe]

Bah. He's supposedly a war hero, but I hear he spent most of the war holed up in a Hilton.

-V

He's had some incredible close calls and struggles in his life. Like the accident on the Forrestal where his plane was hit by an errantly mounted Zuni rocket and caught fire. While trying to save another pilot a 1000lb bomb exploded from his plane injuring him (and many others) with shrapnel to the chest and arms. But, he volunteered for duty on the USS Oriskany only to be shot down 3 months later over Vietnam. He suffered brutal torture by the North Vietnamese for five and 1/2 years which then after being returned to the states required extensive PT to help repair. But, he busted his hump and eventually took command of the air wing VA-174. Later as a Senator he was implicated, censored by the Senate and then later cleared of wrong doing with Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal.