WebsterMark wrote on 12/21/12 at 06:08:04:I've got no problem with Inouye.
Web,.. I would hope that's because you can see that Dan Inouye proved that he would give life and limb for principal and honor... and surpassed anything anyone would expect from any man...
That's what a medal of honour is about...
... and he didn't rest on his laurels for the next half century of his life...
Now,.. what did Bork do?... that didn't serve him?...
The two are not comparable...
...and don't even pretend that they are...
And,... it's you that chose to give tribute to Bork, when Inouye died that same week...
I wouldn't have brought it up,... because old men die every day... and that kind of tribute is not common to do in this forum...
... but... you bringing up Bork... is a virtual insult to a man that gave so much...
In circumspect,... I regret that I didn't beat you to the punch,... in the case of Inouye... I should have...
I let myself down, again...
I see in some men,... a strength, I know I don't have,...
...and even though I try to be the best I can... ... I'm not that...
... but at least I see it...
I knew Inouye as a long standing Senator, and hero, for years... but, the story of the details of his courage, was new to me upon his passing...
The vision of him fighting on, after seeing his arm on the ground, is an unfathomable degree of bravery to me...