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John Kerry The Jungle Fighter
Vietnam- Stanley Karnow

Posted on 05/06/2004 2:30:53 PM PDT by boothead

While reading Stanley Karnow's book "Vietnam", I read the following on page 27. "John Kerry, later elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, recalled his return: "There I was, a week out of the jungle, flying from San Francisco to New York. I fell asleep and woke up yelling, probably a nightmare. The other passengers moved away from me---a reaction I noticed more and more in the months ahead. The country didn't give a sh*t about guys coming back, or what they'd gone through. The feeling toward them was, 'Stay away--don't contaminate us with whatever you've brought back from Vietnam.' "

I am puzzled. What does this mean? John was a "jungle fighter" beside being "Commander of a Swift boat? What was he doing in the jungle, looking for monkey " dung"? Did his Swift boat run aground? Four months in Vietnam and all this happening to one man. Wow.


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KEYWORDS: johnkerry; junglefighter; stanleykarnow; vietnam
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1 posted on 05/06/2004 2:30:54 PM PDT by boothead
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To: boothead
Good find. Kerry is toast. What a liar.
2 posted on 05/06/2004 2:33:36 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: boothead
What was he doing in the jungle, looking for monkey " dung"?

Probably looking for a little monkey love...disappointed that he couldn't find a rich one.

3 posted on 05/06/2004 2:33:39 PM PDT by Young Rhino (http://www.artofdivorce.com)
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To: boothead
The lies Kerry comes up with would gag a maggot!
4 posted on 05/06/2004 2:33:59 PM PDT by Condor51 ("Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." -- Frederick the Great)
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To: boothead
3 months of LSD behind enemy lines in the darkest regions of the bush can do that to a man ... why it was just a couple weeks ago he woke up along the shores of Louisiana jungles and had another flashback like those.
5 posted on 05/06/2004 2:34:57 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: boothead
John Kerry, Monkeydung Biter.
6 posted on 05/06/2004 2:35:36 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Steven W.
But again on television not a word spoken about his lies!!!!
7 posted on 05/06/2004 2:37:31 PM PDT by patriciamary
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To: boothead
The other passengers moved away from me---a reaction I noticed more and more in the months ahead.

Look for a continuation of this trend through November...

8 posted on 05/06/2004 2:38:22 PM PDT by Onelifetogive
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To: boothead
John was a "jungle fighter" beside being "Commander of a Swift boat?

He commanded a boat which fought on a jungleriver. Sounds like a "jungle fighter" to me.

9 posted on 05/06/2004 2:39:23 PM PDT by Restorer
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To: boothead
'Stay away--don't contaminate us with whatever you've brought back from Vietnam Massachusetts'
10 posted on 05/06/2004 2:42:53 PM PDT by Gil4
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To: boothead
"I am puzzled. What does this mean? John was a "jungle fighter" beside being "Commander of a Swift boat? What was he doing in the jungle, looking for monkey " dung"? Did his Swift boat run aground? Four months in Vietnam and all this happening to one man. Wow."


And who can forget the fact that he was wounded every 3 weeks while he was there.


11 posted on 05/06/2004 2:43:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: cripplecreek
Kerry is scary...
12 posted on 05/06/2004 2:45:37 PM PDT by just me
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To: boothead
John Kerry was in Vietnam? Since when? Jeez, you would have thought he might mention that every once in a while on the stump. Might help his campaign.
13 posted on 05/06/2004 2:53:56 PM PDT by Andyman
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To: boothead
Let's not go overboard---the rivers he patrolled were in the jungle. Kerry's told enough real whoppers that we don't have to reach like this.
14 posted on 05/06/2004 2:54:13 PM PDT by xlib
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To: boothead
"The other passengers moved away from me---a reaction I noticed more and more in the months ahead."

He is going to notice a lot more of that in the months ahead. People do not like him.
15 posted on 05/06/2004 2:55:04 PM PDT by jjackson (Kerry is an old-fashioned senatorial blowhard)
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To: boothead
Here's a little tune you can hum whilst reading JF'n Kerry threads.
Compliments and credit to Monty Python's Flying Circus:

Bravely bold Sir Kerry rode forth to VietNam. He was not afraid to die, Oh brave Sir Kerry.
He was not at all afraid To be killed in nasty ways.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Kerry.

He was not in the least bit scared To be mashed into a pulp.
Or to have his eyes gouged out, And his elbows broken.
To have his kneecaps split And his body burned away,
And his limbs all hacked and mangled Brave Sir Kerry.

His head smashed in And his heart cut out
And his liver removed And his bowls unplugged
And his nostrils raped And his bottom burnt off
And his pen--

"That's... that's enough music for now lads, there's dirty work afoot."

Brave Sir Kerry ran away.
("No!")
Bravely ran away away.
("I didn't!")
When danger reared it's ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled.
("I never!")
Yes, brave Sir Kerry turned about And gallantly he chickened out.
("You're lying!")
Swiftly taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat. Bravest of the braaaave, Sir Kerry!

16 posted on 05/06/2004 2:57:34 PM PDT by GaltMeister (I don't have a tagline. My family has a tagline. The tagline belongs to my family.)
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To: xlib
"Let's not go overboard..."

Big difference between going up the Mekong in a swiftboat and hacking your way through the jungle with a machete. This fool would have to be 267 years old to have done all he claims to have done.
17 posted on 05/06/2004 3:05:08 PM PDT by beelzepug (I'll take "Why Me?" for a thousand, Alex.)
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To: Restorer
"He commanded a boat which fought on a jungleriver. Sounds like a "jungle fighter" to me."

Right, and if he fought in the jungle near a river that'd make him a riverboat fighter too. hahahaha Can't have it both ways.

In my estimation, only four months in Vietnam makes Kerry somewhat of a slacker who has many people duped into believing he's some sort of hero. He and Al Gore together did not serve nearly as long as 99.999% of the rest of us, who served there for a full year, (or more). In fact, you didn't even qualify for an R&R until you served at least 8 full months in country. This Vietnam veteran thinks John Kerry is a low life, pacifist, Jane-Fonda-butt-kissing traitor. (And I'm being kind).

18 posted on 05/06/2004 3:06:57 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: cripplecreek
"What was he doing in the jungle, looking for monkey " dung"?"

No, no, no..........not at all!!!!! You see, Kerry the War Hero, had been playing a game that was very common and popular back then. It's called "Medal Tossing". You see, from the boat, Kerry the War Hero, tossed his Medals into the jungle and was simply out there trying to find them again.

One of his "Mighty Men", who was one of the hundreds of lives that Kerry the War Hero had personally saved, happened to find one of his Medals in the jungle and tossed it back to Kerry the War Hero. Unfortunately, Kerry the War Hero, caught the Medal wrong and it cut his skin..... this is why he got his 3rd Purple Heart.......Shortly after that, Kerry the War Hero, was out of the Military and was busy working on saving the entire World.
19 posted on 05/06/2004 3:09:39 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Onelifetogive
LOL His next memoir will read:

"There I was, a week out of the democratic primary elections, flying from San Francisco to New York. I fell asleep and woke up yelling, probably a nightmare. The other campaign staff and supporters moved away from me---a reaction I noticed more and more in the months ahead.

20 posted on 05/06/2004 3:10:50 PM PDT by GaltMeister (I don't have a tagline. My family has a tagline. The tagline belongs to my family.)
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