1971 VIDEO: KERRY ADMITS THROWING OWN MEDALS; CONTRADICTS CURRENT CLAIMS

Drudge Report ^ | 4/25/04 | Drudge

[Nexus]

In an interview published Friday in the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry claimed he "never ever implied" that he threw his own medals on the Hill in 1971 to appear as an antiwar hero -- but a new shock video shows John Kerry's saying he did!

ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA is set to rock the political world Monday morning with an airing of Kerry's 1971 boast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

Developing...

[b4its2late]

No siren?

[EQAndyBuzz]

Hillary to the green room please. Hillary, time for makeup and wardrobe.

[Nexus]

[xzins]

If Kerry continues to lose ground, will he be dumped at the convention?

Do the Dems have more dirt to throw at President Bush?

Perhaps they can charge the Pres. with secretly conspiring to publicly humiliate the UN Oil for Food principals.

[b4its2late]

Yee ha...

There we are......

[Keith in Iowa]

Guess what Drudge will be talking about on the radio tonite...

[Unam Sanctam]

Flipper at it again. So many layers of duplicity, and no matter whose medals he tossed, it was an unpatriotic act if you ask me.

[Pox]

LOL!

It seems like every time that buffoon opens his mouth he contradicts himself on one thing or another.

[McGruff]

Hitlary?

[ChadGore]

Why can't he jus tell the truth ?

It's so much easier.

[Nexus]

Hehe. He actually doesn't have the siren up on his site, but it sure is purdy.

Anyway, this is going to be huge, folks...

[b4its2late]

Yep. Something tells me slick willy wants his (cough, cough) lovely bride of, who knows how many years, to be the savior....

She'll get so many pubbies and conservatives out of their slumber, she'll feel like the Red Sox after Aaron Boones' HR.......

[goldstategop]

I guess John F*ckin' will now claim what's on the video was his throwing someone else's medals away. <sarcasm

[b4its2late]

LOL! Good one....

[Future Snake Eater]

Why is this going to be huge? I thought we already knew all of this. Or is this some new angle or something?

[victoryatallcosts]

This is very good, especially if Good Morning America is really going to go with it.

Remember, I'd bet that a large majority of the American people are not at all familiar with his post-war "activities" (whereas, virtually are familiar with his Vietnam service).

The more I see, the more I realize the absolute brilliance of the effort to imprint in the mind of the public that Kerry "flip-flops".

[hoosiermama]

So whose medals does he own now? OTOH maybe someone on the other side of the fence threw them back or caught them....This guy is such a loser.

[pepperhead]

Must be Sunday night!

[Gabz]

I may have misunderstood it, but on one of the talking head shows this morning, I'm sure someone commented that Kerry "threw his ribbons but kept his medals."

[Pukin Dog]

From this and the naysayers on DU, it appears that the Dems want Kerry out of the way.

[Nexus]

We do, but JQ Public really doesn't.

[stylin19a]

1. he threw his own medals away.
2. years later, admits they were somone elses medals
3. Years after that, he says he never inmplied he threw his own medals away.
4. Days after tha,t video is found showing him saying he threw his own medals away.

So let's see if I got this right.
He lied about a lie he lied about, a lie he lied about ?

[get'emall]

The noteworthy thing here is that, according to DRUDGE, this is an ABC story. A crack in the dyke, so to speak (with apologies to the junior Senator from NY).

Outside of that, do you really think this story will make much of a dent in this guy?

[Kirkwood]

Merely youthful indiscretion. Why, he would never lie to us. </sarcasm>

[rewrite]

He actually threw his medals away before he didn't!

LOL.... couldn't resist!

[gitmo]

I never believed that story that he threw someone else's medals over the wall. So who did he mug to get those medals on his wall? Or did he counterfeit them?

[sirchtruth]

This is the last we will hear of this...I can't see Peter, Dan, Tom, or the irrelevant Cunning News Network reporting this.

The only thing Kerry's got going for him at this point is his color schemes...especially his biking wardrobe... /sarcasm

[Pukin Dog]

Just wait until it is figured out that Kerry probably claimed his medals were 'lost or misplaced' and reapplied for them AGAIN, which would explain why Sec Lehman's signature is on his approval documents, some 10-15 years later?

[b4its2late]

LOL! I've got Drudge opened in another window and every once in a while, I hear a bang!, which means my pop-up killer is zapping another pop-up from his site.... LOL!

[Rebelbase]

Kerry could stand up in front of a microphone at a campaign ralley and say F**K The United States!, and he'd still get 35-40% of the vote in November.

[BlkConserv]

One question: Then whose medals are those hanging in his Senate office that one time back in the 80s I believe when a reporter discovered them?

[Rebelbase]

rally

[get'emall]

I'm guessing he threw his family's medals.

Let's move along... and don't question the man's patriotism.

[Lorenb420]

Possible Kerry responses:

• "I actually said I threw away my medals before I said I didn't"
• "Those were my families medals"
• "???"

[Future Snake Eater]

Yeah, you're probably right. What's the matter with this Public guy? Doesn't he read FR? :-)

[Pukin Dog]

If someone at ABC leaked this to Drudge, it could mean that ABC was about to kill the story. Just like what happened with Lewinsky, Drudge got the story before the Liberal Media could make it disappear.

[TommyDale]

WAIT! He had medals? Was he in Viet Nam or something? Is he a veteran?

[river rat]

The ONLY constant and unchanging aspect of John F'ing Kerry - is that he remains an arrogant a$$hole...

Semper Fi

[sirchtruth]

She'll get so many pubbies and conservatives out of their slumber, she'll feel like the Red Sox after Aaron Boones' HR.......

...Or Jeter going 0 for 22 and the Yankees getting swept by the Redsox today at YANKEE STADIUM!

Maybe Arough wasn't worth it, he hasn't done squat!!!

[MEG33]

He has "his medals" prominently displayed in his office. His claim is that he threw his ribbons and someone else's medals who could not attend.His VVAW friends were not happy to hear he "appeared" to throw his medals,but did not.

[Smartass]

[sharktrager]

From JohnKerry.Com:

FACT: John Kerry is proud of the work he did to end the Vietnam war. The Nixon Administration made John Kerry one of its targets and Kerry's rightwing opponents have been smearing him ever since. John Kerry threw his ribbons and the medals of two veterans who could not attend the event, and said “I am not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try to make this country wake up once and for all.” [Tour of Duty, Douglas Brinkley]

Damn, he can't even help but parse his words on his own web site.

[Nexus]

it could mean that ABC was about to kill the story

Wow, good observation. You very well could be right... It won't be killed now!

[gawd]

WAIT! He had medals? Was he in Viet Nam or something? Is he a veteran?

although he didn't have the privilege of defending Texas from a Charlie invasion, he did a tour on a patrol boat in the Nam.

[surfer]

Sounds just like Clinton...I tried it but I didn't inhale...Kerry...My family owns those suv's not me...Clinton...I never protested war overseas and burned the American flag...Kerry...I never ever implied that I threw my medals on the hill...

At least this time America seems a little smarter...I bet the dems are wishing Dean was still in the race...

Hopefully the sheeple will wake up!

[KevinDavis]

With all of those lies my head is going to "pop"!

[JulieRNR21]

Kerry: I dreamed of being the second black president so my "Sugar Mommy" told me to wear her bronze tanning makeup.

There he goes again.....Senator 'Flip-Flop' Kerry!

[TheSpottedOwl]

This is making my head spin.

Hey Ron, pass the flip flops and ping your list ;-)