Kerry Senior Advisor on Meet the Press Says Kerry Remembers Being in Cambodia X-Mas 1968

Meet the Press ^ | August 22, 2004 | Meet the Press

[AJFavish]

[Excerpt from full transcript. Russert is speaking with Tad Devine, Senior Adviser, Kerry-Edwards '04. -- ajf]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5772535/

MR. RUSSERT: He didn't take office until January '69. Does Senator Kerry stand by that statement that on Christmas Eve of '68 he was physically in Cambodia?

MR. DEVINE: Right. Well, his memory, Tim, is being there, around there. And I'll tell you what happened on December 25th...

MR. RUSSERT: No--being there or around there?

MR. DEVINE: No, being right at the Cambodian border, over the Cambodian border. That's what he remembers. That's his clear memory. Now, Tim...

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So according to Devine, Kerry remembers being "over the Cambodian border" on Christmas Eve of '68. It is Kerry's "clear memory" according to Devine.

Regards,

Allan J. Favish
http://www.allanfavish.com

[jimbo123]

According to Unfit for Command, Kerry really spent Christmas trying to find the Bob Hope USO show and got lost.

He put his crew in danger by "blundering into one of the most dangerous canals in Vietnam, a canal that to those who knew the area was notiorious for Viet Cong ambushes."

[marmar]

Gee..I wonder what he was smoking at the time...makes ya wonder..

[PJ-Comix]

If he was in, under, over or around Cambodia on Christmas 1968, Nixon didn't send him there.

Yes he did. Nixon was inaugurated on December 20, 1968. The inauguration was a month early because it was a Leap Year.

[Dog]

I think it is 10 now......but wait Douglas Brinkley is about to give us number 11.

[Dog]

Jim is that in the book??

[lonestar]

Did Kerry flip over the Cambodian border and flop back?

[John Jorsett]

"Were you over the Cambodian border?"

"I'll NEVER be over the Cambodian border."

/Airplane

[TomGuy]

Kerry and his mouthpieces have so many different versions of the C in C story, that none of them know which one the others are defending.

There are about a dozen different versions in circulation now.

Last I heard, Kerry was saying the whole thing was CIA and hush hush. [How convenient for Kerry.]

Kerry's defenders' vehement defenses are becoming laughable. As one is on air defending a certain version, Kerry is giving another version in some speech.

[lonestar]

Did Kerry flip over the Cambodian border and flop back?

[jimbo123]

Page 49.

[Dog]

Damn.

[smonk]

if this is the kerry camp's tactic for dealing with the "christmas in cambodia" story, it's suicide.

[TomGuy]

Regardless. If he was in, under, over or around Cambodia on Christmas 1968, Nixon didn't send him there. That was always the point of this tale.

Exactly.

And when they start spinning, it always reveals something is a lie. Kerry told the C in C some 50 times. 'Near' messes up the whole purpose of the story, but 'near' is what his mouthpieces are saying.

[Dog]

You questioning their patriotism??

:-)

[muawiyah]

Hey, I remember Christmas 1968 real well myself. I was "short" and gonna' DEROS by February.

I was on guard over some C-rations somewhere in Deutschland (Old West German part of that country), and there was this guy and his date in a car. The brakelights kept coming on, and going off, and coming on, and going off.

Next thing you know somebody tossed a round into one of the lights.

Guy didn't miss a lick.

Then we had to find a round somewhere so this guy could switch his guardpost later on.

He offered about a pound and a half of what he called "hashish" in trade to someone. He had this stuff on his person. One of the Namvets tested it and pronounced it fake stuff. So, next deal was to have the guy fall through a hole in the roof of the C-rations dump (which was more like a cave with a big door on the front, and a concrete roof with ventilation holes). Then he could lose his rifle in the fall, along with the bullets.

He didn't like that idea. I didn't follow up on what happened after that, but he did score some dope one day and ended up in Landstuhl hospital agitated about spiders all over his body.

Kerry's Christmas sounded terribly contemplative ~ not at all like mine that year. We had half the Red Army sitting about 10 miles away, busy occupying Czechoslovakia at the time, and the threat of nuclear anihilation was real. Guess when you are just out there making the beerruns for the guys patroling the Mekong you can dwell on deep thoughts.

One thing for sure, I knew Nixon wasn't yet President, but I certainly looked forward to it.

[diamond6]

Kind of off subject, but has everybody here seen that cute animation of Kerry and Bush, if not, please got to URL:
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/this_land and click on "This Land". Its a hoot!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Christmas in Vietnam 4-Real

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set2.htm
(See last Photo)





Christmas in America 4-Real

http://www.lzxray.com/Ronnie3.jpg
(See Photo)

[bert]

I think it is time for the BIG QUESTION

"Senator Kerry sir, Just before you went to Cambodia.... did you inhale?"

[bayourod]

"This guy Devine is loathsome. He appears to be snarling all the time when he discusses the issues. "

Has anyone seen him and Carville in the same room?

[jimbo123]

Did Kerry inhale and take his boat and crew on a dangerous road trip to try to attend the Bob Hope USO Christmas show at Dong Tam and end up getting lost in one of the most dangerous canals in Vietnam?