Exploding the myth that brave Kerry said "send me!" to the fight... in his own words!

Various sources | 8/11/04 | Adam_az

[snooker]

WOW, I will bet the media will be all over this. Don't you think?

I mean they went after Bush's dental records with a vengeance, so I would expect they would go after this little Kerry white lie with the same zeal.

[weezel]

Also, we should remember that at the time G Dub signed up for Air National Guard, the F-102 was being used in Vietnam and National Guard units were being assigned to Vietnam, so G Dub did have the very real expectation of being in combat.
The F-102 was a fairly dangerous plane to fly with nearly 10% of them winding up in crashes. Not exactly an "easy way" to stay out of combat.


Can you give me a link for this info ? I would love to jam it down some idiot liberal throats.......

[4CJ]

(Please credit Freerepublic.com if you cite this research in media reports)

Nice work Adam, but don't hold your breath.

Maybe John Edwards will represent you in the suit. </sarcasm>

[concerned about politics]

"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."

I don't remember how I heard this, but I heard it a long time ago about Kerry. Maybe some military genius detective could check it out. Maybe it came from his first book, the one with the upside down flag?
Anyway, I heard he asked to go to college overseas instead of going into the military, but his request was denied. He was given a choice - enlist, or be drafted.
I'm a housewife (a girl!), so I don't know that much about how enlistment works and stuff. I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to check this out, and the old Kerry the communist sympathizer book is no longer in print.

[livius]

Good one!

[concerned about politics]

I mean they went after Bush's dental records with a vengeance, so I would expect they would go after this little Kerry white lie with the same zeal.

Fat chance.
How could anyone not notice the liberal bias? Even FOX, who's suppose to be fair, is giving the dork man a pass.

They were all over Bush because of a simple leave of absence! Now, we have major, major discrepancies, and the press goes after the messengers!

We need to start training our children for media careers. That way, at least people will get the real news instead of blatant partisanship.

And another thing. Notice how they showed the Abu prison 24/7, and constantly BLAMED BUSH! Kerry himself committed even greater atriosities, yet we haven't heard a word about what an animal Kerry is! Not one word! This guy wants to be commander and chief of the military, too!!!

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[New Perspective]

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[jla]

if you haven't seen this...

[silly.kerry.trix.are.for.kids]

Interesting article. Everybody keeps wondering why everyone else is against Kerry, but his crew is with him. Taken from the article:

Kerry's early departure meant that he was leaving behind a crew that had suffered through many bloody battles with him. Worried that crew members would be killed, he arranged for them to receive a safer assignment. When one crew member, Medeiros, tried to stay, Kerry "came and talked to me and said, `I really would like you to go. ... I'd like to know you are safe, or safer."

Does anyone know the history of his crew, whether they were reassigned or not after Kerry left? Perfect reason to back Kerry up.

[Barset]

Thanks for this.

[Nascar Dad]

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/john-kerry

[DoctorZIn]

This article has been posted to DoctorZin’s New News Blog!

[adam_az]

This might be some good material for your website...

[Semper Vigilantis]

"Once again, Kerry is caught pissing on America's leg."

Not to take away from the conversation, but can anyone with picture cropping skills come up with a picture of sKerry humping Uncle Sam's leg (or perhaps John Q. Public's leg) like a dog?

(Sorry, N., but your comment just brought that picture to mind.)

[savedbygrace]

Of course, then there was the crew that got rotated in because Kerry's was rotated out. I wonder how many died or were injured because of Kerry's "3 PH & out". ??????

[rwfromkansas]

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[Velveeta]

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[rwfromkansas]

bump to print this as well

[aShepard]

......Yet, in 1970, he told the Harvard Crimson he first appealed to the draft board to allow him to study in France for a year........


Oh - how French of him!


I wonder if he ever did learn how to surrender??