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| Kerry Pushes Back at Vietnam Critics |
| 2004-08-19 |
| BOSTON (AP) - Fighting back, John Kerry called on the White House Thursday to condemn criticism of his Vietnam War record and released a television commercial featuring a veteran who says the Democratic presidential candidate "risked his life to save mine." "All those Viet Cong were shooting at me. I expected to be shot. When he pulled me out of the river, he risked his life to save mine,' Jim Rassmann says in the 30-second commercial. According to everyone else there were no enemy fire..... and Kerry had fled the scene until he knew it was safe. Kerry was wounded in Vietnam, and received five medals. But his service has recently come under question in commercials paid for by supporters of President Bush. I guess people who dont want someone who's entire career is based on fabrications and who engaged in borderline Treason might be called Bush supporters.... The White House has refused to call on backers of the ads to stop running them. In remarks to cheering firefighters, Kerry said, "More than 30 years ago I learned an important lesson. When you're under attack the best thing to do is turn your boat into the attack. That's what I intend to do today." Is that why he is not answering the charges but instead attacking the messenger? Kerry's campaign also arranged to have several members of his Navy swift boat crew attend the speech to firefighters. The event Thursday was scripted to resemble Kerry's nationally televised acceptance speech, where veterans stood behind him. Staged... just like his 're-enactments' of his vietnam combat.... The new Kerry ad began airing in three states where an anti-Kerry veterans group has run a commercial claiming Kerry lied about the incident and other aspects of his military service. Kerry's response came as The Washington Post reported that a Vietnam veteran who claims Kerry lied about being under fire during a Mekong Delta engagement that won Kerry a Bronze Star was under constant fire himself during the same skirmish, according to the man's own medal citation. Thurlow, also like Kerry, commanded a Navy swift boat during the Vietnam War. He swore in an affidavit last month that Kerry was "not under fire" when he rescued Rassmann from the Bay Hap River. Thurlow told the Post that he got the award for helping to rescue the boat that was mined. He said he believed his own award would be fraudulent if it was based on coming under enemy fire. He speculated that Kerry could have been the source of at least some of the language used in the citation. Members of Kerry's crew have said Kerry is telling the truth. Rassmann said he has vivid memories of enemies firing at him from both banks. Yet people 10' off the water could not see as well as he could from the waterline or Kerry could from 500+' or so away. All Kerry has to do is release his military records like Bush had. Yet he refuses to do so. Doesn't it only take filling out one little form? |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #6 Old Cut and Run Kerry. |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-08-19 10:55:24 PM |
| #5 Funny he didn't give this speech in front of the VFW yesterday. And they weren't "cheering firefighters". They were "cheering firefighter union hacks". My brother's a firefighter and he hasn't heard of one yet that's voting for this asshole. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-19 10:43:44 PM |
| #4 Female caller to Hannity just stated that when she called Borders in NJ, the person ansering the phone told her they would not get any more in nor order the book because, "There are not many things true in the book. We are also trying to 'recall' those we have already sold, though we don't expect to get many back. BORDERS BOOKS, deserving of a Boycott, until all books authored by the Clintons are removed as well, because "There are not many things true" in those either! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-19 6:01:11 PM |
| #3 Carzy Horse, doesn't he have Super 8 video of reenactments of his exploits? Isn't that documentation enough for you? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-19 5:00:12 PM |
| #2 I'd like to see his fitness reports.That just involves him and his err,performance. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-08-19 2:34:36 PM |
| #1 "More than 30 years ago I learned an important lesson. When you’re under attack the best thing to do is turn your boat into the attack. That’s what I intend to do today." You mean like you did Sign the Form 180, Senator Kerry!! |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-08-19 1:36:54 PM |