Like a lot of people this time around, I don't think I ever really identified with Kerry as much as I opposed Bush. I think I took a stance and stuck with it, thereby biasing the filter with which I saw events unfold - if that makes any sense. The attacks on Kerry's war record really pissed me off because, no matter what, he was there. He didn't try to get out of it or run for Canada, but went and fought. At around the same time, it seems, Bush was skirting the guard duty his father line up for him, all the while vocally supporting the war as just and righteous - a true chickenhawk in every sense of the word.
The attack on Kerry's war record seems very hollow and hypocritical coming from Bush.