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How come? The clips are complete statements-ideas-flow of speech of his ideas prior flipping and later after flopping...

No similarities there.
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On the subject of 'his own words':
politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm



Nothing to say about Kerry here, Professor Kallend? :o

Tell us this: When Kerry lied over and over and over again through the years about taking fire "deep" in Cambodia, on Christmas Eve '68, was he really lying -- or does he simply have a nasty case of Alzheimer's? ;)


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background, since I have't seen this issue posted about
(though I'm sure it has been)

Google: kerry, christmas, cambodia

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On the floor of the Senate on March 27, 1986, Sen. John Kerry issued this statement: "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the President of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; the troops were not in Cambodia. I have that memory which is seared — seared — in me."

Mr. Kerry's statement at the time was similar to other statements he had made after returning from duty in Vietnam, and throughout much of the 1970s. Writing for the Boston Herald in October 1979, Mr. Kerry said this: "I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real."

First, the obvious: Richard Nixon was not president in December 1968, and no history of the Vietnam era suggests that Lyndon Johnson ever ordered troops into Cambodia; but those are minor points. A new book, "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," by John O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi, argues that Mr. Kerry was never in Cambodia, during Christmas 1968 or otherwise. To support their allegation, Messrs. O'Neill and Corsi highlight the denials of all living commanders in Mr. Kerry's chain of command that Mr. Kerry was in Cambodia, or was ever ordered into Cambodia (Joe Streuhli, commander of Coastal Division 13; George Elliott, commander of Coastal Division 11; Adrian Lonsdale, captain, Coast Guard, commander, Coastal Surveillance Center at An Thoi; Rear Adm. Ray Hoffman, commander Coastal Surveillance Force Vietnam; and Rear Adm. Art Price, commander of River Patrol Force). Also, the authors report that three out of Mr. Kerry's five-man Swift boat crew deny that they or their boat was in Cambodia during Christmas 1968 — the other two refused to comment.

According to the book, Mr. Kerry and his Swift boat crew were stationed at Coastal Division 13 in Cat Lo, with a patrol area extending to Sa Dec, which was a little more than 50 miles from the Cambodian border. Tom Anderson, the commander of River Division 531, who was in charge of the patrol boats canvassing the waterways from Sa Dec to the Cambodian border, confirmed to the authors that no Swift boats were anywhere in the area, and that any would have been stopped, or their captains court-martialed for breaching the border.

In 1992, The Associated Press interviewed Mr. Kerry about his Vietnam experience. Again, the Cambodian story resurfaced: "By Christmas 1968, part of Kerry's patrol extended across the border of South Vietnam into Cambodia. 'We were told, "Just go up there and do your patrol." Everybody was over there (in Cambodia). Nobody thought twice about it,' Kerry said." Then, in a Boston Globe report from last summer, Mr. Kerry slightly changed his Cambodia story: "To top it off, Kerry said, he had gone several miles inside Cambodia, which theoretically was off limits." If it was "theoretically off limits," who gave Mr. Kerry the order to enter Cambodia, as he asserted numerous times before? Yet in "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War," author Douglas Brinkley provides a thoroughly different version of what happened in Christmas 1968. According to Mr. Brinkley, who received his information from Mr. Kerry directly, Mr. Kerry was on patrol in Sa Dec (50 miles from the Cambodian border) on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas day writing journal entries back at his base.

Over at JohnKerry.com, you can read "After-action" reports — first-hand accounts written immediately following combat — from Mr. Kerry's Vietnam tour. Strangely, the reports extend only as far back as February 1969. In the absence of these reports, the public can only pit one version of events with another.

Why is any of this important? Mr. Kerry has made his Vietnam experiences the focal point in his campaign. Indeed, the candidate wants voters to judge his Vietnam service as reflecting the qualities needed in a commander in chief. It is not Mr. Kerry's detractors who have placed Vietnam at the forefront of the campaign, it is Mr. Kerry himself. As such, his testimonials both during and after his tour should be subject to verification and debate.

Moreover, it is not beyond the realm of the media to discover whether or not Mr. Kerry was truthful on the floor of the Senate, nor should it be beyond Mr. Kerry to answer such a charge. The inconsistencies in Mr. Kerry's Cambodia story should be explained, either by an inquisitive press corps or by the Kerry campaign itself.


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background, since I have't seen this issue posted about
(though I'm sure it has been)



I'm not sure if it's been discussed much here either, so thanks for posting the details.

Actually, Kerry's Cambodia fable has varied from year to year, much like the tale of a fish caught in one's youth. By the mid '90s, the fish story had grown into a real whopper. :o

My favorite aspect of the whole story so far are the Beavis and Butthead like retractions coming from the DNC, et. al. . . . um . . .duh . . hehe . . . yea. B|


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Don't call me a liar.

I posted a link to google on three simple words, and quoted one article representative of the links found there. If you dispute the facts in the post, then DO THAT. Dispute the facts.

There is no Bush Kerry record comparison necessary because BUsh is not running on his service, but rather on his political record (view through his own polarized lenses, as all election campaigns are).

Kerry seems to be running from his record like deer from a hunter.

If you dispute any of what was posted, I would love to see how, and sources for your information. Some of us are capable of keeping an open mind, after all.
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There is no Bush Kerry record comparison necessary because BUsh is not running on his service,

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Well, defending Alabama from attack by the Viet Cong by not turning up for duty isn't going to get many votes, so it's not surprising he's not running on his service record.
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Well, defending Alabama from attack by the Viet Cong by not turning up for duty isn't going to get many votes, so it's not surprising he's not running on his service record.



Nonetheless Kerry, who IS running on his service record (and not much else) has been caught in a HUGE lie, which he's told over and over and over, yet you and the rest of the liberals on here refuse to address it, other than to divert attention back to Bush.

Not responding at all would be a stronger rebuttal, BWAHAHAHAHA . . .:D:D:D

Yes you Kallend, who has pointed out Bush's "lies" again and again and again, fail to address Kerry's blatant pathological lies about his war record. Are you and your ilk being a little hypocritical perhaps?


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Well, defending Alabama from attack by the Viet Cong by not turning up for duty isn't going to get many votes, so it's not surprising he's not running on his service record.



Nonetheless Kerry, who IS running on his service record (and not much else) has been caught in a HUGE lie, which he's told over and over and over, yet you and the rest of the liberals on here refuse to address it, other than to divert attention back to Bush.

Not responding at all would be a stronger rebuttal, BWAHAHAHAHA . . .:D:D:D

Yes you Kallend, who has pointed out Bush's "lies" again and again and again, fail to address Kerry's blatant pathological lies about his war record. Are you and your ilk being a little hypocritical perhaps?



How short is your memory?

www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1195823#1195823


www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1186135#1186135

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So what's he doing when he struts around in a flight uniform landing on aircraft carriers in the bitch seat of a jet?



If you were given the chance to fly in the "bitch seat" of a jet on a carrier landing...Would you do it?

I have flown "bitch" in many aircraft and I would kill to land in a jet on a carrier.
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If you were given the chance to fly in the "bitch seat" of a jet on a carrier landing...Would you do it?



Hell yeah, but I wouldn' call the press corp, have them video it, and stand under a "Mission Accomplished" banner.

I hardly hear Kerry bringing up his military record during this campaign, EXCEPT when he's defending against accusations from the republicans. THEY are the ones that are campaigning on his war record.

I find it quite amusing that the Bush triumverate of power that has sent this nation to war and attacks Kerry for serving in Vienam consists of Bush, who has no record to speak of, Cheney who received FIVE DEFERMENTS and Ashcroft who received SEVEN DEFERMENTS.

Where are all the people who called Clinton a draft dodger? Why aren't they speaking up about them?

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So what's he doing when he struts around in a flight uniform landing on aircraft carriers in the bitch seat of a jet?



If you were given the chance to fly in the "bitch seat" of a jet on a carrier landing...Would you do it?

I have flown "bitch" in many aircraft and I would kill to land in a jet on a carrier.



He turned down a lot of opportunities to fly around in fighter jets back in his NG days. I guess there weren't enough photographers around in Alabama.
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How short is your memory?

www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1195823#1195823


www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1186135#1186135

"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
-Winston Churchill



Fine Kallend, even a moron could see that both Bush and Kerry are "poor" candidates . . . but what about these lies about Kerry's service? Gonna put something about that in your sig line? B|


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There is no Bush Kerry record comparison necessary because BUsh is not running on his service,



So what's he doing when he struts around in a flight uniform landing on aircraft carriers in the bitch seat of a jet?



You profess so much knowledge, yet seem so ignorant about aviation in general. For your info, those planes are capable of exceeding the speed of sound, and you need to have the whole outfit to be able to fly inside one of them. Is to prevent body harm by the G-forces.

Look up the info in the web.

Even a 10 yr old would know this. Ah wait, it is a lot easier to bitch an make uneducated guesses at GWB....
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Hell yeah, but I wouldn' call the press corp, have them video it, and stand under a "Mission Accomplished" banner.



I would call the press...they may not care, but I would call them. Besides you forget the press follows him when he makes ANY speech and if they could they would have a man in the bathroom while he takes a shower.

The Banner...Well you would give the speech in fromt of what ever they hung behind you.

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I hardly hear Kerry bringing up his military record during this campaign



From the DNC:

Kerry : "Reporting for Duty" (Weak ass salute followed)

And lets not forget his "Home movies" from that time...All filmed to make him look like a hero.

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Where are all the people who called Clinton a draft dodger? Why aren't they speaking up about them?

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If I could keep from going to war legally I would...how about you? If I could keep my son from going to war I would...How about you?

Clinton lied to avoid the draft, Bush Sr. pulled strings to keep Jr. from fighting. The others got legal deferments.

My problem with Kerry is he has always tried to be JFK II..and he will do what he thinks he has to do to become popular to become President...He is whatever the polls want him to be. He is not a leader.

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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He turned down a lot of opportunities to fly around in fighter jets back in his NG days. I guess there weren't enough photographers around in Alabama.



Luckily Kerry brought his own camera to record his heroics.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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I would call the press...they may not care, but I would call them. Besides you forget the press follows him when he makes ANY speech and if they could they would have a man in the bathroom while he takes a shower.



Would you spend tax payer money to take that joy ride?

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Would you spend tax payer money to take that joy ride?



Yes, I would.

For the record I have been one of 4 jumpers in a C-130 that was flown from VA to Ft.Bragg for the sole reason of flying me and my three buddies for ONE jump in the middle of nowhere (Laurenburg DZ.) with no one around.

Also, Ask Kallend that same question.

AND he is the PRESIDENT they need to move him anyway and I bet that flight was cheeper than AF1 flying one circit around the field.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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