Kerry has shrapnel in left thigh from Vietnam War injury

AP ^ | 4/24/4 | NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

[SF Republican]

John Kerry has a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh from an injury he suffered in the Vietnam War, his doctor said Friday during a review of 36 pages of the Democratic presidential candidate's military medical records.

[fhayek]

Kerry was in Vietnam?

[SF Republican]

Doyle noted that if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him sounds like my Mom

[Republican Red]

Doyle noted that if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him

I wonder if he was running with scissors in Vietnam too?

[demlosers]

If so, then he should set-off the airport metal detectors.

[r9etb]

I like this one:

Kerry's doctor, Gerald Doyle, said he could not characterize the severity of the wounds since he didn't see them, but he noted that Kerry was in danger of serious injury several times.

Ooohhhhh..... So am I, every time I drive a car.

[andrew1957]

I want to see the X-Ray....

[mewzilla]

An excerpt from the link:

...Doctors decided to leave the shrapnel in place rather than make a wider opening to remove it. Doctors removed damaged tissue and the entry wound was closed with sutures, and no infection developed around the shrapnel, according to the records.

Doyle, who has treated Kerry since 1986, said Kerry still has the shrapnel in his thigh today, but has never complained about it bothering him.

Does this sound believable?

[PRND21]

Sgt. Skinner comes to mind.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

John Kerry doesn't have a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh, his family does.

[Smartass]

Kerry has shrapnel between his ears!

[demlosers]

Does this sound believable?

Not.

A doctor should have removed it.

[Smartass]

Kerry has shrapnel between his ears!

[EllaMinnow]

Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan interrupted Doyle to ask that he only comment on Kerry's medical records in the military, noting that the doctor had already issued a letter outlining Kerry's health during the 18 years that he has treated the senator.

Meehan jumping in before the doctor slips and mention's Kerry's cancer surgery...

[r9etb]

Also on Friday, Kerry announced a "Contract with America's Middle Class" during a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Gosh -- the guy who threw somebody else's medals, and now wants to be "the 2nd Black President" announces a re-run of the old Contract With America.....

Come on, pal -- can't you at least once in your life make a political statement with something think up something that actually belongs to you?

[boxerblues]

Doyle noted that if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him

It hit his leg not his eye, does this mean Kerry had his head between his legs and just got lucky it didnt hit him in the eye

[Smartass]

Kerry has shrapnel between his ears!

[Dan from Michigan]

Two little cuts and one I'll be nice(the thigh wound) and not call a scratch type wound.

I've gotten worse.

[DallasMike]

...a minor urinary tract infection ...

Me love you long time, John!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

An x-ray would also show his head up his rectum.

[Bobber58]

Kerry has shrapnel in buttocks::

[mewzilla]

Meehan was minding the doc...Ain't that interesting...

[rs79bm]

That shrapnel probably came as he was falling off the sharp metal stage at an Anti-War rally in the early 70's.

[LADY J]

"Kerry's doctor, Gerald Doyle, said he could not characterize the severity of the wounds since he didn't see them"

How does he know that there is shrapnel then?

[Ann Archy]

Gerald Doyle, said he could not characterize the severity of the wounds since he didn't see them, but he noted that Kerry was in danger of serious injury several times.

EVERYONE who has LIVED has been in danger of serious injury several times!! What kind of hack is Gerald Doyle?? A Democrat Hack!

And what about Kerry claiming he was the Skipper on #94 when it came under fierce fire in Jan. 1969, when it was ACTUALLY ED PECK...not John Kerry!!

The man is a FRAUD!

[Wolverine]

and a minor urinary tract infection during his four years in the Navy.

 

uh huh...

[concerned about politics]

According to Rush today, the January(?) section of Kerry's "released" military records aren't his. They're someone else's. The section is about another skipper who was in charge of the boat that day. Sheesh. I wonder if Kerry did that on purpose.

[plain talk]

If true, is this an argument for the scrapnel being so small as to not be worth the effort to extract it?

[Carry_Okie]

Let me guess, even though he sets off every airport metal detector, he gets frisked every time. Right?

[cajun-jack]

me too, right after i put my boot in his lying sissy communist ass!!!

[RUCKUS INC.]

hilarious!

[kcvl]

Correction: Also on Friday, Kerry announced a "Contract ON America's Middle Class"

As long as he is stealing why not?

[The Raven]

That changes my vote

[TomGuy]

Presenting:

John F'ing Kerry's latest commendation:

[Corin Stormhands]

Kerry has shrapnel in left thigh from Vietnam War injury

How'd he get the bolts in his neck?

[Jaxter]

[kilowhskey]

Dallas Mike is right! It is a well known fact that every case of the clap in Viet Nam went into the medical records as nsu or nonspecific urethritis.

I love you too much, John!
You buy me Saigon Tea?

[Sloth]

Doyle noted that if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him.

LOL, well duh. If he had caught on fire, he could have been burned. If a meteor had stuck him, he could have been killed. But it didn't.

[Jenya]

"...Doctors decided to leave the shrapnel in place rather than make a wider opening to remove it. "
What Kerry doesn't realize is that it's not shrapnel in his leg. It's a homing device insert by the doctors at the request of the FBI, who knew this sucker was going to be trouble. Better keep an eye on this anti-war, anti-government, atrocity loving sh!tstarter.

[nopardons]

Not to me.

[Dante3]

Meehan's behavior made me even more suspicious. STD? Injuries from a fight with a hooker? Something else more serious?

[rs79bm]

This is the same Kerry who told a reporter straight-faced that he does not or has never owned an SUV in his life. It's also the same Kerry who speaks French as a first language and English as a distant second.

[Jaxter]

"..and a minor urinary tract infection during his four years in the Navy."

Enlisted men called it 'the clap'.

[concerned about politics]

Does this sound believable?

No. He likes to ski, even if it is just the kiddy slope.

[adam_az]

"Wonder what that report cost Kerry?"

Or Heinz-Kerry?

Only her tax preparer knows for sure!

[expatpat]

...or his STD.

[ride the whirlwind]

Kerry has shrapnel between his ears!

Well now, that would explain a lot!

[johnfrink]

"I didn't fall, the S.O.B. aggravated this shrapnel in my thigh when he knocked me over."

[johnb838]

Meehan's such a jerk.