Posted on 08/07/2004 8:44:27 AM PDT by NYFreeper
LOS ANGELES — The John Kerry many Vietnamese-Americans remember is not the hero promoted by the Democratic Party, but the ex-soldier who returned to the United States to denounce the Vietnam War. "His close association and anti-war activity make him known as Mr. Jane Fonda," said Frank Jao, who fought in the South Vietnamese army against the communist North. Jao emigrated to California, and now is the Donald Trump of Orange County's Little Saigon (search), the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam. In this area, 58 percent of the residents are registered Republicans. While older Vietnamese-Americans may see Kerry as a turncoat, many younger voters are more open-minded, said Christian Collet, a pollster with Pacific Opinions Research (search). "There is definitely a handful ... that wants to put war behind them and move forward with a constructive dialogue with Vietnam. And to that extent, John Kerry will get a handful of votes from those people," Collet said. Another reason Vietnamese-Americans criticize Kerry is that he has worked to block a bill forcing communist Vietnam to clean up its human rights abuses (search). The bill passed 410 to 1 in the House, but Kerry blocked it in the Senate. Kerry has claimed that the best way to improve abuses in Vietnam is to engage the communists, not punish them.
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JFK numba 10 long time!
You talk same, same John Kerry him number ten thousand. Me say John Kerry DINKY DOU bad man.
You know after 35 years I can still talk this talk!
You funny man!
Careful, or John Kerry will shoot you in the back ...
hanoi john served 132 days in Vietnam vs the 730 days he spent in anti-war activities with his bud hanoi jane.
Vietnamese-Americans deserve a round of applause. Clearly, they have a better grasp on reality than a lot of other American voters. I say, "Thanks, and welcome aboard!"
"Kerry has claimed that the best way to improve abuses in Vietnam is to engage the communists, not punish them."
Just so everyone sees that again!
That should be hurled back at him in the form of a direct question.
Mr. Kerry, you have said the best way to improve abuses in Vietnam is to engage the communists, not punish them. Will that be your policy with terrorists? Could that be why you will not reveal your "plan" until after you are elected?
Beaucoup dinky dao!
Beaucoup dinky dao!
God bless them all. They sacrificed so much to come to the USA and have been upstanding citizens.
I wonder what the two million dead Cambodians would say if they had the chance, and all the boat people. Thanks, Kerry? Probably not.
Can you spell "liberal extremist," children? Let's ask our media outlets via letters to the editor what Neville Chamberlain-Kerry knows that 410 House members don't. Or the Communist Party USA, which supports Kerry.
Right On! jfk is an appeaser through and through. The terrorists are foaming at the mouth for a jfk presidency.
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