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Has Kerry Backed Off Of First Purple Heart Claim?
Captain's Quarters ^ | August 24, 2004

Posted on 08/24/2004 7:38:58 AM PDT by John Jorsett

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To: Conspiracy Guy

oh. that's ok then.


21 posted on 08/24/2004 8:01:32 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
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To: Heff
Based upon all the Swifties reports, I am surprised that Kerry wasn't hit with "friendly" fire!

Nah, no one would want to risk hitting the other guys on the boat....

22 posted on 08/24/2004 8:04:02 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
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To: camle

Intent is everything


23 posted on 08/24/2004 8:08:33 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I'm Conspiracy Guy and I appove this message. "John Kerry is a liar!")
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To: marty60
All his wounds continue to be self-inflicted
24 posted on 08/24/2004 8:19:33 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: GWB00
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25 posted on 08/24/2004 8:24:13 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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To: xzins

I am three score plus, I have always known the bias of the MSM. But my G_D, it is so blantant this election it borders on the surreal. I have never seen such desperation from a group so determined at any cost devoid of impartiality to get their chosen one into the WH that it staggers the mind.

What is saddest of all, the sheeple will follow like lambs to the knife.

It is also now clear that the desruction of the SBVfT (and take GW with) is the MSM mission of the moment. If the SWBfT have ammunition in the locker, they had better deliver a broad side now, for in the minds of the sheeple, their ship is going down fast.

Time for wife & I once again to decide, will it be Medicine, food, or donate to the SBVfT? Hell, those are not viable options, off goes another debit card reduction to the SBVfT.


26 posted on 08/24/2004 8:41:43 AM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: gilliam
For example, if Kerry was in battle, and during the battle he was blowing up rice cashes, and he stood too close, I think he would be eligible to receive a purple heart.

Purple Hearts can be awarded for friendly fire accidents if the fire was intended for the enemy. I honestly don't know if Bob Dole got a Purple Heart, but he was injured in the heat of battle. There's a world of difference between tossing a grenade while goofing around with bags of rice, and tossing a grenade while pinned to the ground.

27 posted on 08/24/2004 8:55:26 AM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
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To: js1138

Friendly fire and self inflicted are two different things.

I am sure you cannot get a medal for injuring yourself when not in combat with the enemy.


28 posted on 08/24/2004 9:10:55 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: Izzy Dunne
Yeah, but that doesn't mean it was NOT enemy fire! He is his own worst enemy.

Great...now I have to clean my keyboard and monitor, good thing is was unsweetened tea or you'd owe me a keyboard : )

29 posted on 08/24/2004 10:50:57 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: gilliam
For example, if Kerry was in battle, and during the battle he was blowing up rice cashes, and he stood too close, I think he would be eligible to receive a purple heart.

Sorry, the rice destruction wasn't done during a battle. There was no enemy there when they were doing it.

Destroying rice caches would have been an incredibly stupid thing to be doing while under fire.

30 posted on 08/24/2004 11:01:04 AM PDT by Bob
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I tend to see Hillary as someone who would only step in to 'save the party' if she could avoid the vetting process...she has been laying low and working hard at saying the right things this past 2 years...her entrance into this race would energize the Democratic voters to come out in droves IMHO...if she could be annointed while avoiding a primary contest I think she'd jump at the chance.


31 posted on 08/24/2004 1:36:00 PM PDT by foreshadowed at waco
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