Posted on 09/01/2004 3:25:59 PM PDT by kcvl
Time for a colorful metaphor from the Vice President to Bob Kerrey: "Go forth and multiply amongst yourself"
Yep. Thanks for the ping. Kool Aid Kerry.
Hey, look at John Glenn.
When he was picked for the astronaut program, he was Mr. Clean.
A few years of association with legislators (America's only native criminal class, according to Mark Twain) and we see him implicated in all kinds of skullduggery.
I have to think that association with democrats must be corrosive of character. Maybe Bob Kerrey was a straight arrow before he spent all those years rubbing shoulders with them.
BTTT!!!!!!
Bob Kerrey has seen a number of people squander away his future! LOL! I bet he is pi$$ed! LOLOL!
I think it qualifies. When the best retort you can come up with is an invitation to have sex with yourself I'd say you've run out of intellectual ammunition.
Well, you see, there's the wrinkle in this little argument. When John Kerry volunteered for Swift Boat Duty, it was easy work. They were NOT working in the rivers, they were only doing off coast patrol duty and were NOT really in harm's way. It wasn't until AFTER he'd arrived in Vietnam that the orders changed for the Swift Boats and they began patrolling upriver.
I understand why Kerrey is pi$$ed off. The dems picked a candidate so bad that even our stupid electorate will probably fail to vote for him. Now they are kicking themselves. They are just waiting to wake up from what they still consider to be a bad dream since the Florida decision. They just don't get it. Never will. Bob Kerrey can say what he wants, just like the swifties can say what they want. I plan to sit back and watch the fun from here on out. It won't be the last F word we hear out of the Dems.
Bob Kerry was on the 9-11 Commission. (Interesting)
And this POS A-hole was part of the 911 commission?!?!?!
Bob Kerrey is nothing but a spoiled brat. When he was governor of Nebraska in the 1980s, his mind was on only one thing: Debra Winger. He bedded her down regularly in the governor's mansion and she would stay in the mansion, drive a state car, and generally waste the taxpayer's money for her own comfort. He never corrected the myth that he had "lost a leg" and let people think that his whole leg had been lost from the hip. The truth is he lost the part of his leg from 6 inches above the ankle on down. He still had over 90% of his leg intact. Since I live in Nebraska, I had to suffer through his term as governor. Kerrey is nothing but a loser who never grew up.
Kerry volunteered for Swiftboat duty while they were still utilised for (safe) Coastal Patrol.
No doubt, camera toting JFK from Massachussets probably saw another excellent parallel he could draw to the service career of his idol JF Kennedy.
So to you point Bob Kerrey - Yes it is quite likely he volunteered to advance his political career. Especially if could embellish his service and turn himself into a "hero"
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DoD News Briefing - Rear Adm. Craig R. Quigley, DASD PA
Thursday, April 26, 2001, 1:30 p.m. EDT
Questions being asked about Bob Kerrey's medals....
Q: To switch to a different subject -- this is Senator Kerrey and the whole controversy surrounding that -- is there a -- can you explain to us what the process is for going back in history as far as Vietnam? If there are substantial questions raised about awards given to individuals, is that a dead letter? Is there any process? What would have to happen to go back and review whether or not an award was erroneously handed out? How does that happen? Or doesn't it happen?
Quigley: I don't think there's a single method, John, that you must follow in order to ascertain that. You could have lost records. You could have conflicting records. You could have records that conflict with eyewitness accounts. Any of several ways, I think, could start you down that road. I don't think there's a single way that's right, so to speak.
Q: Does the Defense Department take back medals that it has given to people for heroism and other deeds?
Quigley: I would have to take a look at that historically. I don't know off the top of my head. But that's not a very good answer.
Q: If an individual has filed -- it turns out that the individual has filed a false report, an incorrect report, that has led to an individual getting an award for heroism, what would the response be by the Defense Department? How would you proceed?
Quigley: You could conceivably rescind the awarding of the medal.
Q: Is the Pentagon in fact considering looking into that matter or is it looking into the matter?
Quigley: Right now I know of no such efforts under way or considered, Bob.
Q: Is there any plan to look into the incident itself that Senator Kerrey was involved in?
Quigley: Not that I'm aware of at this point, no.
Q: What would it take for that to be considered?
Quigley: I don't know.
Q: Well, you know, I was just -- there have been a couple of cases recently in which the Pentagon has conducted quite lengthy investigations, including the recent report about No Gun Ri and about -- in which it was also alleged that civilians were killed. This incident would seem to be comparable in some respects. Why is there no consideration of looking into it and setting the record straight?
Quigley: I don't know of any at this point, Jamie. I'm not ruling that out. I don't know of any at this point, though.
Q: Well, the issue, Craig, seems to be the citation for a Bronze Star in which Senator Kerrey and other members of the unit now say what was alleged in the citation for the Bronze Star is not true, that they encountered aggressors and killed these aggressors and gave a body count.
Now all the participants -- there's variations of degree -- are saying that in fact they killed unarmed civilians in this unit. I mean, that's the testimony of pretty much everybody involved. I think of the -- Admiral Boorda's award of a Bronze Star, which was also investigated on the basis of news accounts.
Is it likely he'll look into this citation for this Bronze Star for possible removal?
Quigley: I don't know. I can't answer your question today.
Q: Is it possible?
Quigley: Sure.
Q: Is it standard to hand out medals when it is only unarmed civilians who die?
Quigley: No. No, I don't think that's standard.
This punk is a cheap political hack who sold his credibility when he was a RAT waterboy on the 911 commission.
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