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| Kerry Pays Tribute to Fellow Veterans |
| 2004-05-31 |
| John Kerry paid a solemn early morning visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Monday, offering a quiet Memorial Day counterpoint to President Bush’s tribute to the fallen across the Potomac River at Arlington National Cemetery. Did he mention that he had served in Vietnam? On a cool, misty morning, Kerry slowly walked along the black granite wedge, pausing to seek out a few names of significance to him. Does that include the names of those who died because of his and Hanoi Jane’s pro-Vietcong / anti-American antics which convienced the North Vietmanese hign command to continue the war and not seek peace? Kerry visited the wall with the family of William Bronson of Gardner, Mass. Bronson died in 1976 from a seizure related to a head wound he suffered in 1968 during combat in Vietnam. The Democratic presidential candidate worked with Bronson’s family and the Navy to have Bronson’s name added to the wall. His name was recently inscribed on the memorial wall and will be officially enrolled during ceremonies later Monday. "I’m very happy we could get this done," Kerry told Bronson’s mother, Barbara, and other family members Monday. "He belongs here." Kerry placed a wreath near Bronson’s name and made the sign of the cross before pausing for a few moments of silence. The wall is a touchstone of sorts for Kerry, who came home from Vietnam with three Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze stars - and growing dismay at the way the war was unfolding. He soon became a leader of the This must have been where he told her he once served in Vietnam... From Washington, Kerry was heading to Portsmouth, Va., where he was to join Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott for the city’s annual Memorial Day parade. Portsmouth is home of the naval shipyard. Just last week, the Kerry campaign signaled new interest in Republican-leaning Virginia when it announced plans to begin running TV ads in the state. Population shifts over the past few years have made Virginia more attractive to Democrats, campaign aides say. And the campaign hopes Kerry’s war record will have particular appeal along the Virginia coast, with its heavy military presence. Hmm... someone needs to drag out his |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #7 Per Newsmax and Fox reported this: Sen. John Kerry's record as an anti-war protester came back to haunt him on Memorial Day when he was confronted by a heckler as he tried to pay his respects to a soldier killed in the Vietnam War. "How much money are you getting to betray our POWs?" an unidentified middle-aged woman shouted as Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans memorial on the Washington Mall. "Are you paying tribute to all the people you spat on, Senator Kerry?" she added. The top Democrat did not respond. Need a few more of these people out there wherever he is or speaks. |
| Posted by: AF Lady 2004-05-31 4:22:17 PM |
| #6 Kerry placed a wreath near Bronson’s name and made the sign of the cross before pausing for a few moments of silence. Ah, yes, an emotional and private moment of a veteran remembering a fallen comrade. With the media present to catch it all on film, of course. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-05-31 4:14:45 PM |
| #5 John Kerry = Copperhead. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-05-31 4:04:20 PM |
| #4 Hanoi John's own words. And this is going to be our next CIC. Not if i have anything to do or say about it! "We will not quickly join those who march on Veterans' Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the "greater glory of the United States." We will not accept the rhetoric. We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- in fact, we will find it hard to join anything at all and when we do, we will demand relevancy such as other organizations have recently been unable to provide. We will not take solace from the creation of monuments or the naming of parks after a select few of the thousands of dead Americans and Vietnamese. We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim." -- John Kerry, in "The New Soldier" |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-05-31 3:09:57 PM |
| #3 GWB does not want to have Viriginia in play this fall. Time to put in a few visits now and shore things up. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-05-31 2:57:30 PM |
| #2 uh huh...sympathy for his fallen "friends" and making the sign of the cross...I'm really surprised a lightning bolt didn't smoke him to the bottom of his $500 shoes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-31 2:29:41 PM |
| #1 "the campaign hopes Kerry’s war record will have particular appeal along the Virginia coast, with its heavy military presence." THis is sad. They actually believe their own lies and distortions of Kerry's record. Unlike the current active and retired and former service military they are targeting. We know a buddy f**ker when we see one. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-05-31 2:26:51 PM |