Look, let's cut to the chase. We all know that Kerry is a rich, sissy boy who used to crap in his pants on combat missions while under fire in Vietnam. God, what a coward! While Bush is a great hero who noblely served in the Air National Guard and would have shot down the whole communist-terrorist axis of evil if those stupids democrats led by therapy loving clinton hadn't stopped him. The truth is very plain to see if you just open your eyes. what's wrong with you people?
--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 7/3/05 4:08:33 P.M. Central > Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Anti Kerry people like to argue that the wounds > were minor > therefore > > Kerry is a granstanding wannabe-hero phony. > Perhaps a reason for > him > > to "try" and get awarded a purple heart was > because after three, > you > > could request a transfer away from combat. > > > > > > > > Bingo! This has been part of what the swift boat > veterans have > been saying > > all along. > > To reiterate: You didn't "request a transfer > away from combat" after three Purple Hearts; you > *were transferred* away from combat unless you > explicitly requested in writing to stay. > > But it goes a little deeper than that. As I recall > they also said > > he volunteered to be a Swift boat commander and > used to tell > everybody that he > > was going to be the next JFK from Massachusetts > (PT 109 et al) and > everybody > > should stick by him. Obviously he was building his > political career > on this > > move, movie cameras, reenacting battle scenes etc. > > Not true about the reenacting of battle scenes. > > From Media Matters: > > On September 7, 2002, The New York Times' current > executive editor > and then-columnist Bill Keller took up the issue of > Kerry's wartime > films and debunked the reenactment charge, which he > wrote that he > believed at first: "[R]elying on a report in the > usually dependable > Boston Globe, I mocked him for pulling out a movie > camera after a > shootout in the Mekong Delta and re-enacting the > exploit, as if > preening for campaign commercials to come." > > Simply not true, Keller found after sitting through > 40 minutes of > footage in Kerry's office. Contrary to Drudge's > assertion -- which > apparently quoted O'Neill's upcoming book -- that > Kerry > would "reenact combat scenes where he would portray > the hero," Keller > wrote: > > "The first thing to be said is that the senator's > movies are not self- > aggrandizing. Mr. Kerry is hardly in the film, and > never strikes so > much as a heroic pose. These are the souvenirs of a > 25-year-old guy > sent to an exotic place on an otherworldly mission, > who bought an 8- > millimeter camera in the PX and shot a few hours of > travelogue, most > of it pretty boring if you didn't live through it." > > Keller also wrote that, according to the Swift Boat > Sailors > Association, "a group of veterans who manned" the > kind of riverboat > that Kerry commanded, "lots of enlisted men did the > same." Former > Senator Max Cleland (D-GA), a strong Kerry supporter > who lost three > limbs in Vietnam, told Keller that he has hours of > film from his > service in Vietnam, which, Keller wrote, "he has had > edited into a > three minute meet-the-senator video." > > Two quickie Purple Hearts > > would insure that if a more serious one came later > he could get > out quickly > > and it would also look good on a political resume. > As soon as the > third came, > > he got his ticket home. > > I don't believe you can *turn down* a Purple Heart. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
