http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hanoijohn/ en-us Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:29:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061430/posts Four years after finding himself the target of a scathing campaign-year book from a conservative author during his own campaign, former Democratic presidential contender John Kerry is launching a Web site to discredit the writer’s latest work, which takes aim at 2008 presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The move comes amid news “Obama Nation,” the latest book by author Jerome Corsi, has secured a berth atop New York Times best-seller list. Corsi previously co-wrote “Unfit for Command,” a book highly critical of Kerry’s military record during the Vietnam War. Kerry’s new Web site, “Truth Fights Back” – which will be... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061430/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:29:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061259/posts Kerry vs. Corsi John Kerry is launching a website, Truth Fights Back, to defend Obama and other Democratic candidates against attacks. The site, paid for by his leadership PAC, goes after the "80 lies" in a new book by Jerome Corsi, whose 2004 attack on Kerry's military record helped sink the Democrat's campaign, but whose Obama book seems likely to remain on the margins this year. Kerry writes in an e-mail going out shortly to his (massive) list: Pick up the New York Times this morning and read the headline: "Book on Obama Hopes to Repeat Anti-Kerry Feat" Yes, Jerome... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061259/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:47:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974105/posts REPORT: Helicopter carrying John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, Joe Biden makes emergency landing in Afghanistan: Developing. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974105/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964162/posts The Insanity that has taken over on this forum, when it comes to the potential GOP nominees, is bordering on Psychotic. 1. John McCain and Mitt Romney are both good and decent men. 2. Either one being the GOP nominee is a far cry better then the Surrender Monkeys on the other side. I only ask that we do not stray into that Liberal arena of Personal destruction. I have listened to Sean and Rush and I blame them for engaging this tactic in our party. We should never have to tear one candidates record down to promote the other.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964162/posts#comment Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922284/posts Kerry critics still aren’t convinced: Swift Boat members, others insist senator isn’t telling the truthBy TOM BENNER Patriot Ledger State House Bureau November 07, 2007 BOSTON - A liar. A traitor. Hanoi John. U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s comments on Monday regarding a possible future bid for the presidency, and his arming up against the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, are reopening old wounds from the Vietnam War and the 2004 presidential race. [snip] Your Views Do you think Sen. John Kerry has done enough to release all of his military records? Write: Your Views, The Patriot Ledger, 400 Crown... The Patriot Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922284/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:14:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922031/posts BOSTON - A liar. A traitor. Hanoi John. U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s comments on Monday regarding a possible future bid for the presidency, and his arming up against the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, are reopening old wounds from the Vietnam War and the 2004 presidential race. ``He’s a liar,'' said J. Craig Herman of Pahoa, Hawaii, a former U.S. naval officer and registered Republican. ``Real heroes and real Navy officers do not not waltz around with a ... camera taking pictures of themselves on duty.'' While some veterans question Kerry’s military decorations and fault his subsequent actions as... The Patriot Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922031/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:38:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885712/posts Kerry testifying on the American soldier in Vietnamin: “…they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country.” Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885712/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:32:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861442/posts Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, when Americans watched U.S. troops take Baghdad through embedded media, they saw the American GI in his true character. They saw a GI who was compassionate, who was honorable, and who had great courage. In a way they saw also the GIs of Vietnam because in many cases those were the sons and grandsons and granddaughters of people who had fought in Vietnam, people who had the same character, the same honor, the same courage. Yet we have had a person who is running for President, Senator JOHN KERRY, describe those people as having murdered 200,000... Library of Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861442/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785446/posts February 15, 2007 De-legitimizing the Troops By Ray Robison The claim of the anti-war left that they "support the troops" is getting threadbare. The next phase of anti-war playbook: De-legitimize the soldiers. It is no coincidence that NBC reporter Richard Engle, who has long offered slanted reporting from Iraq to portray American actions in the worst possible way, and Bill Arkin of NBC and the Washington Post have made recent ‘gaffs' in their reporting. It should have been expected as part of the anti-war coalition information offensive. It is easy to recognize this progression when put into context. Whereas Colin... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785446/posts#comment Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758047/posts There's something much worse than being accused of "flip-flopping": refusing to flip when it's obvious that your course of action is a flop. I say this to President Bush as someone who learned the hard way how embracing the world's complexity can be twisted into a crude political shorthand. Barbed words can make for great politics. But with U.S. troops in Iraq in the middle of an escalating civil war, this is no time for politics. Refusing to change course for fear of the political fallout is not only dangerous -- it is immoral. I'd rather explain a change of... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758047/posts#comment Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758057/posts VVAW distributes literature at an event that is used to collect intelligence on military tactics and methods in Vietnam. Considering the fact that the VVAW has meetings with the North Vietnam Communists and VVAW members travel to Moscow and Hanoi, this is a very serious matter. VVAW collects military intelligence concerning US tactics and methods in Vietnam War. FBI Files on Vietnam Veterans Against the War and John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758057/posts#comment Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752656/posts Sen. John Kerry, whose botched joke about U.S. troops in Iraq dealt a blow to his presidential ambitions, will travel to Iraq this weekend to meet with soldiers, political leaders and military officials. "I've talked to plenty of guys who've come back from Iraq, who are there now, who understand exactly what happened," Kerry said of his joke in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. "They laugh at it." The Iraq stop will be part of a nine-day Mideast trip that includes stops in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel. A week before the midterm elections, Kerry told... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752656/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:13:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730016/posts 620 WTMJ Newsradio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730016/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730222/posts A Statement from John Kerry As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended. It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy. I don’t want my verbal slip to be a diversion... A Statement from John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730222/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729618/posts Just announced on the FNC. FNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729618/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 03:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1729676/posts This evening's 7:00 PM "The Situation Room" included this exchange among Paula Zahn, Jack Cafferty and Wolf Blitzer: CAFFERTY: Well, listen, it's tailor-made for the media. We get so sick and tired of, you know, running sound bytes of the candidates that when somebody comes along and does something that's even this much out of ordinary, we pounce on it like cats on a mouse and drag it around until it's dismembered on the living room floor. ZAHN: Will it be dismembered by election night is the question, Jack Cafferty. CAFFERTY: If we have our way with it, it will... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1729676/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660153/posts This Fourth of July it's right to spend some time thinking about what it means not just to be an American, but to be a patriot -- because the concept of patriotism itself is under assault in ways that remind me of a different time in our history.When we protested the war in Vietnam some would weigh in against us saying: "My country right or wrong." Our response was simple: "Yes, my country right or wrong. When right, keep it right and when wrong, make it right."I feel history repeating itself. HuffingtonPost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660153/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619681/posts Thirty-five years after Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry (D) appeared before a Senate committee to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, he defended that decision yesterday in a speech in his home town and linked it to his current insistence on an early drawdown of troops from Iraq. Kerry, in remarks delivered in Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, cast dissent in wartime as a patriotic act -- a response to Republican critics who insist that questioning the conduct of the war in Iraq emboldens America's enemies. "I believed then, just as I believe now, that it is profoundly... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619681/posts#comment Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617726/posts Dear hipaatwo, One general after another demanding Rumsfeld's resignation. More citizens every day joining in support of our May 15 deadline for Iraqi leaders to stop their squabbling and form a government. In these and many other ways, because of citizens like you, the wheel is slowly, but surely, turning on the question of Iraq. Over the next ten days, we're going to give it another huge push. But, before I tell you more, please take a moment right now to sign in support of the Kerry Iraq plan: Sign our Out of Iraq in 2006 petition now. http://www.johnkerry.com/action/deadline/?sc=e.20060418 It's... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617726/posts#comment Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:04:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550546/posts Sen. John Kerry Keeps 2008 Options Open By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press WriterMon Jan 2, 3:55 AM ET It's almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president. He still jets across the country, raising millions of dollars and rallying Democrats. He still stalks the TV news show circuit, scolding President Bush at every turn. His campaign Web site boasts of an online army of 3 million supporters. The Massachusetts Democrat, defeated by Bush in 2004, insists it is far too early to talk about the 2008 race, but some analysts assume he has already positioning himself for... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550546/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:03:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550793/posts WASHINGTON — It's almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president. He still jets across the country, raising millions of dollars and rallying Democrats. He still stalks the TV news show circuit, scolding President Bush at every turn. His campaign Web site boasts of an online army of 3 million supporters. The Massachusetts Democrat, defeated by Bush in 2004, insists it is far too early to talk about the 2008 race, but some analysts assume he has already positioning himself for another shot at the White House. "Obviously, Kerry has all but said he wants another crack... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550793/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535409/posts WASHINGTON – In accusations about American troops reminiscent of what the young John Kerry said to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971, the senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer there was no reason for U.S. soldiers to continue "terrorizing" Iraqi children. "And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the – of – the historical customs, religious customs," Kerry said Sunday. "Whether... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535409/posts#comment Wed, 7 Dec 2005 03:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1534749/posts John Kerry appeared yesterday on the CBS talking-head show, "Face The Nation", to discuss the war in Iraq with Bob Schieffer. Just as in his speeches on the Viet Nam War, Kerry has slipped into deep Left-speak in an attempt to gain national traction for his pose as a party leader. In fact, in language reminiscent of his infamous "Genghis Khan" speech before the Senate in April 1971, he yesterday referred to American soldiers as terrorists -- and then suggested that we leave terrorism to the new Iraqi army. From page 3-4 of the CBS transcript, emphasis mine (h/t:CQ reader... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1534749/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:10:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502175/posts Sen. John Kerry, losing Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 2004 and a possible contender in 2008, took on Republican California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday by lobbying against his initiative to curb the power of the state's labor unions. "This represents part of an ongoing effort by the Republican Party to create an unfair playing field, to change the balance of democracy in America," Kerry said. "They are willing to try to take away the democratic rights of working Americans," said the Massachusetts senator, who was speaking to reporters at a fire station with Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502175/posts#comment Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:14:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501863/posts Suing Kerry By Jamie Glazov FrontPageMagazine.com | October 13, 2005 Frontpage Interview's guest today is Mary Jane McManus, wife of former Vietnam POW, Kevin McManus, who is part of a lawsuit against John Kerry for conspiracy and defamation.                                               FP: Mary Jane McManus, welcome to Frontpage Interview.   McManus:  Thanks so much for this opportunity.  I'm a Frontpage fan.    FP: The Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation (VVLF), led by a group of former Vietnam combat veterans, including several POWs, is suing Sen. John Kerry and a top DNC campaign official for conspiracy and defamation. You are also involved. Before... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501863/posts#comment Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:21:30 GMT