How Kerry Became a Girlie-Man

The New York Times ^ | 5 September 2004 | Frank Rich

[NavySEAL F-16]

Full tilt desperation!

[NavySEAL F-16]

But with the high stakes of an election at hand, it's not enough to stuff socks in the president's flight suit.

What is their obsession with the president's flight suit?

LOL

[Bubba_Leroy]

Dang, beat me by 30 seconds.

You forgot the BARF ALERT.

[Polybius]

The truth is that Mr. Kerry was a man's man not just when he volunteered to fight .......

When did John F. Kerry ever "volunteer to fight"?

Boston Globe, 6/16/2003: ........"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."......... But two weeks after he arrived in Vietnam, the swift boat mission changed -- and Kerry went from having one of the safest assignments in the escalating conflict to one of the most dangerous.

Boston Globe, 6/16/2003: ......... He requested and was granted a transfer out of Vietnam six months before his combat tour was slated to end on the grounds that he had earned three Purple Hearts. None of his wounds was disabling; he said one cost him two days of service and the other two did not lead to any absence. .........The bottom line is that Kerry could have remained but he chose to seek an early transfer.

[coconutt2000]

John Kerry was born a girlie man... a pretender to a non-existent throne...

Prince John the Pretender to George Bush's Richard the Lionhearted.


But who's Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham?

[hershey]

RATS' suicide notes as they abandon ship.

[KangarooJacqui]

You forgot the BARF ALERT.

Doesn't a quick glance at the source and a scan of the first couple of paragraphs tell us all we need to know, anyway?

[WashingtonSource]

Miss Rich ought to know about girlie men. She is one. And, a nasty, b*tchy one at that.

[Mike Bates]

[Chief_Illinewek]

The 'rats are heading for the hills! UNLEASH THE HOUNDS!

[THX 1138]

Mr. Kerry was said to appear "French." (That's code for "faggy.")

I thought it was code for "froggy"?

[pipecorp]

Only the dems would try to elect a man based on his few actions of 30 years ago. I vote Bush for the here and now.

[Bob]

Miss Rich ought to know about girlie men. She is one. And, a nasty, b*tchy one at that.

It reads like she's got latent hots for GWB. I'd expect something similar from Miss Morford.

[Boundless]

Let me guess. This wasn't even on the op-ed page.

Anyway, Rich is consumed by DNC talking-point conspiracy
theories.

Why? Because it's clear from his article that he is
entirely unwilling to even consider that Kerry might
actually have serious flaws relating to the core of his
campaign. Ergo, the fault must lie elsewhere.

[True Capitalist]

How Kerry Became a Girlie-Man

I think it has more to do with nature than nurture.

[Mr. Mojo]

How Kerry Became a Girlie-Man

He was born that way, Frankie. Have you seen him attempt to throw a baseball or football? It's the essense of girlie-mandom -- a tell-tale sign. I wouldn't be at all surprised if his inability to throw got him one of his Purple Hearts. (I suspect the grenade he tossed didn't get too far :)

[doug from upland]

frrich@nytimes.com

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Excuse me, but where is the MEGA, DOUBLE BAG BARF ALERT?

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Kinky fetish, we don't want to know.

[KangarooJacqui]

Like I've said before.

LOOK AT THE SOURCE!