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John Kerry and Water Sports: An Unfortunate History
The Atlantic ^ | Jul 5 2013, 1:58 PM ET | David A. Graham

Posted on 07/05/2013 4:15:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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The setting is what makes it so eyeroll-worthy. If Kerry had been seen at a barbecue, no one would bat an eye. But on board a $7 million yacht? It just doesn't seem like he's working hard.

The incident fits a pattern for Kerry: a strange penchant for foppish gaffes involving water sports. First, of course, there was the epic television ad that George W. Bush ran against Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign. Using footage of Kerry windsurfing and comparing his zig-zagging to a supposed propensity to change his positions...

Then fast-forward to 2010, when then-Senator Kerry admitted that he had listed the home port for the yacht, Isabel, as being in Rhode Island, rather than Nantucket -- a move that saved him half a million dollars in taxes. Under criticism, he voluntarily cut a $500,000 check to the state of Massachusetts to cover the sales tax.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Massachusetts; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: johnkerry; kerryyacht; massachusetts; rhodeisland; secstatekerry; taxevasion; yacht
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To: BenLurkin

Serial gigolo.


21 posted on 07/05/2013 4:59:49 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: BenLurkin

If J’fn’K wants to play ‘water sports’ I am sure he will have no problem drawing a crowd and plenty of people would participate.
UNLESS, OF COURSE,
He were on FIRE, then all the prospective water sport players would ZIP UP and let him burn.


22 posted on 07/05/2013 4:59:56 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --Inside every 'older' man there is a 'younger' man wondering "WTF happened")
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To: BenLurkin

23 posted on 07/05/2013 5:00:00 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Now we all have Obama phones.)
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To: mountainlion

Johnfuc#inkerry is a lieing, traitorous piece of sh*t.
Should be tried for treason and hanged the slow way; feet six inches off the floor and the knot at the back of the neck.


24 posted on 07/05/2013 5:05:03 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

but America has become so dumbed-down, gullible, and uneducatible that he is now the Secy of State.


While reading this part, I imagined someone in the room with you shouting “Shut up, I’m watching “Ow, My Nuts!”

Do you understand the reference?


25 posted on 07/05/2013 5:07:10 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Yeah.

President Camacho is my guy!


26 posted on 07/05/2013 5:10:19 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: BenLurkin

John Kerry: Unfit for command, and unfit for spending a Fourth of July holiday without making a complete fool out of himself and the country he’s supposed to be serving.

But where has our Commander in Chief been?

If a reporter should ask John Kerry why he was sailing on his yacht while the Middle East was melting down, he should reply: ‘’Sorry. President Obama invited me to join him in his golf game, but I couldn’t make it.’’


27 posted on 07/05/2013 5:17:03 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: JennysCool

Yes...the famous hat from the CIA operative, (who must not be mentioned), the hat that this loveable goofball has kept to this day.

Oh yeah...don’t forget his sweet wife recounting how our loveable goofball paces the floor in the middle of the night reliving his horible searing war experiences.

RAAAAALLLLLLFFFF.

Cuttnhorse
Swift Boats 1965-66


28 posted on 07/05/2013 5:21:49 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Cuttnhorse

Thanks for your REAL service, Cuttnhorse! :)


29 posted on 07/05/2013 5:25:20 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: The Antiyuppie

This administration seems to lie a lot, even about seemingly trivial things. Lies come very easy to them, but they are becoming very sloppy about it.


They can’t keep all the lies straight.


30 posted on 07/05/2013 5:35:21 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Cuttnhorse

Thank you for your service, Cuttnhorse!


31 posted on 07/05/2013 5:37:46 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks BenLurkin.
fast-forward to 2010, when then-Senator Kerry admitted that he had listed the home port for the yacht, Isabel, as being in Rhode Island, rather than Nantucket -- a move that saved him half a million dollars in taxes. Under criticism, he voluntarily cut a $500,000 check to the state of Massachusetts to cover the sales tax.

32 posted on 07/05/2013 6:31:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Under criticism, he voluntarily cut a $500,000 check to the state of Massachusetts to cover the sales tax.

Chump change.

33 posted on 07/05/2013 7:20:28 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: mass55th

Kerry wouldn’t know which end of a hamster to blow into.


34 posted on 07/05/2013 8:11:30 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: AZLiberty

Kerry wouldn’t know which end of a hamster to blow into.


Knowing him, he >does know<. LOL


35 posted on 07/05/2013 9:31:43 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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