Kerry Retreats From His Denial on Vietnam Meet (This ghost from the past may haunt the Ketchup Kid)

The New York Sun ^ | March 19, 2004 | Josh Gerstein

[quidnunc]

Evidence Puts Him At Kansas Parley

Mill Valley, Calif. – Senator Kerry of Massachusetts yesterday retreated from his earlier steadfast denials that he attended a meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War at which a plan to assassinate U.S. Senators was debated.

The reversal came as new evidence, including reports from FBI informants, emerged that contradicted Mr. Kerry’s previous statements about the gathering, which was held in Kansas City, Mo. in November 1971.

“John Kerry had no personal recollection of this meeting 33 years ago,” a Kerry campaign spokesman, David Wade, said in a statement e-mailed last night from Idaho, where Mr. Kerry is on vacation.

Mr. Wade said Mr. Kerry does remember “disagreements with elements of VVAW leadership” that led to his resignation, but the statement did not specify what the disagreements were.

“If there are valid FBI surveillance reports from credible sources that place some of those disagreements in Kansas City, we accept that historical footnote in the account of his work to end the difficult and divisive war,” the statement said.

It did not address the murder plot, though as recently as Wednesday a top aide to Mr. Kerry said that the Massachusetts senator and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was “absolutely certain” he was not present when the assassination plan, known as the “Phoenix Project,” was discussed.

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[quidnunc]

Could this be the killer that the Swift Boat Vets has promised for October?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Surprise !

[68skylark]

A normal person would remember being at a meeting like this. But maybe Kerry's brain got rattled during all those secret trips into Cambodia.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“If there are valid FBI surveillance reports from credible sources that place some of those disagreements in Kansas City, we accept that historical footnote in the account of his work to end the difficult and divisive war,” the statement said.

They know something's out there.

They're just not sure what it is yet.

[RichInOC]

...flip...flip...flip...

[Vision Thing]

They (the Kerry people) know something's out there.

They're just not sure what it is yet.

There's nothing worse than having an itch you can't scratch.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Quite an experience, to live in fear.

[Chieftain]

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[jocon307]

From the article "Mr. Nicosia...observe[d], “Especially if you’re running for president, you don’t want to be associated with a plot for assassinating people.”

I'd file that under Understatement of the Day.

This story has been bandied about a good deal, at least over here on the right, although it has not gotten much play in the mainstream. I don't know what the Swiftees might have on this that would really put it on the radar. And this whole idea of Kerry "voting against" an assassination plot, is that really exculpatory? If I'm with a group of people who are planning to commit a serious crime, and I "vote" against doing so, and quit the group, am I really legally off the hook then?

My conclusion: John Kerry was a leader in a violent, seditious group who strove mightily to disrupt the American government. He has NEVER recanted any of his words or actions. Manifestly the Swift Boat Vets have named their book well, Kerry plainly is "unfit for command".

[petertare]

Plots like these are not out of the norm for dem supporters. Look at the kooks lining up in NYC---a few thousand probably already have this activity as an action item, and the foaming mobs will gleefully follow.

This is a plus for the Kerry campaign.

[Uncle Miltie]

“John Kerry had no personal recollection of this meeting 33 years ago,”

This curious wording suggests questions:

1) Do Kerry's diaries record the event?
2) Do surveillance records put him in the room when assassinating Senators was discussed?
3) Will witnesses come forth putting him in the room?

A denial in part begs the question of the remainder.

[rushmom]

I'm thinking his meetings with the North Vietnamese are not too helpful either.

[DoughtyOne]

very nice

[VadeRetro]

Oh, boy! What O what will the Kerry campaign say when the NYT, the LAT, the Washington Post, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, and Peter Jennings start demanding answers? ;)

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[freddiedavis]

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[rushmom]

Swing voters don't go for these kind of activities.

[F.J. Mitchell]

The Democrats picked Kerry because they believe American's will swallow anything including bullsh*t, with enough Ketchup on it.

[Steel Wolf]

Mill Valley, Calif. – Senator Kerry of Massachusetts yesterday retreated from his earlier steadfast denials that he attended a meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War at which a plan to assassinate U.S. Senators was debated.

This could be a serious blow to the GOP. Senator Kerry has first hand, practical knowlege about the nature of terrorism that President Bush simply does not.

I'll bet you anything President Bush never attended any meetings on assassinating U.S. Senators. For whatever negative you can say about him, no one can now say that Sentator Kerry doesn't know terrorism.

[NavVet]

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