Because he was in Vietnam. Somebody who was in Vietnam should be president. They got treated like shit when they came back, and it took several acts of congress for them to even get basic stuff. I think I'm pretty tough mentally, but from pictures, books, movies, etc I've seen about Vietnam, I think I would have gone insane. War is Hell, and that war... I don't know what to say about it.
Okay, and now I have a question...how is Bush going to attack Kerry's military service record?
Kerry=Three Purple Hearts
Bush=awol from the Air Guard.