Kerry Boatmate: Vietnam Troubles Just Beginning

News Max ^ | 4.26.04

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Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Monday, Apr. 26, 2004 11:01 PM EDT

Kerry Boatmate: Vietnam Troubles Just Beginning

Sen. John Kerry's Monday morning meltdown on "Good Morning America" may be just the beginning of his troubles, according to one of his Vietnam boatmates, who is warning that more of the men who served alongside the Massachusetts Democrat are preparing to go public with their accounts.

Texas lawyer John O'Neill, who served on Kerry's swiftboat after he left Vietnam just four months into his tour, told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg on Sunday, "I was in exactly the same unit. There were many people who were there simultaneously with him who are all about to speak."

O'Neill gained brief fame in 1971 when he debated Kerry on the "Dick Cavett Show" and forced him to admit he never personally witnessed the war crimes he'd been accusing U.S. troops of committing.

Though he's been contacted by Kerry's opponents every time the Massachusetts Democrat has run for office in the 33-years since - O'Neill has refused to speak out. Until now.

Referring to reports this week in the Boston Globe questioning whether Kerry may have exaggerated his combat record, O'Neill told Malzberg, "This is just the first opening. They'll be many different people. But I'd prefer to let the people who were actually there speak directly."

O'Neill cited a Jan. 29, 1969 firefight that Kerry claims on his campaign web site that he and his boatmates were in.

"But according to the Boston Globe," said the swiftboat veteran, "Kerry was not even on the boat that night. The guy that was really on the boat was a fellow officer of ours named Ted Peck. He remembers well that fight because he was terribly wounded in three places."

"There was no Kerry anywhere around," O'Neill said. "And yet it appears on his web site as some pitched battle that Kerry was involved in."

Noting that the Democratic presidential candidate has made his Vietnam war experience the centerpiece of every campaign for office, O'Neill complained: "It's [Kerry's] self promotion that infuriates most of the people from his unit who actually know what he did."

"He would be a terrible Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in the world at a time of crisis," the Kerry boatmate warned.

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[Qwinn]

I agree with you that Edwards would be the most likely replacement. I also agree that he would be a much more challenging opponent for Bush.

IF Edwards is shoved in at the last minute, AND Dems think from some initial polling that Edwards actually has a chance, then I would not be surprised at all to see Hillary suddenly drafted to the VP spot. While I tend to agree that they're ready to wait till 2008, I think sometimes we tend to (understandably) overestimate liberal patience sometimes. They're quite patient in establishing their agendas, but not really all that patient on a personal level when it comes to achieving power. The scenario I just described may indeed be the plan to get Hillary back in in 2004.

Qwinn

[L,TOWM]

John Kerry flew his Washington, DC hairdresser

A WATHINGTON D-THEE HAIRDRETH-THER!!!Clutch the pearlth, what a dirty trick to pull.

Well, that jutht cotht him a few thouthand vote-th in Than Franthithco and Weth-t LA...

[Interesting Times]

Calling O'Neill a "boatmate" suggests that he was on the same boat at the same time and would be a very easy target for the Kerry Kronies to use to defuse the story.

True enough. That's NewsMax, though, not O'Neill.

[Bonaparte]

Hahaha! Here's another one that needs a "face-lift."

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! ;^)

[MeekOneGOP]

[MeekOneGOP]

Maybe tomorrow I can spend a little time and fix that one up a little bit .....

[Bonaparte]

Looking good! Ping me, Meek!

[MeekOneGOP]

There you go ! I made the changes and updated the URL. See the pic in #106 now ...

[Bonaparte]

Hahahaha! You practically gave him a pompadour!

But where's Ta-Ray-Sa? (I don't trust the F'n Man in the same graveyard with Joan Staley...)

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Yeah, I thought about putting TeRAYza's face over that ladies face. Might add that today.

I got that hair from another Kerry pic. Must have been before he started paying $1,000 for haircuts, haha !

I had to flip the pic before adding it in. (He parts his hair on the other side).

[reg45]

Did Kerry get his Purple Heart for being shot in the butt while running away?

[reg45]

Tides Foundation

It's a money laundry where everything comes out pink!

[reg45]

Teresa Heinz Kerry .... her right to be called an African American!

I must support her on that one. She has more of a right to call herself African-American than all the coloreds negroes blacks African-Americans who have only seen Africa in a movie.

[reg45]

Don Knotts looks better!

[justshutupandtakeit]

You poor guy, I hope your recovery is proceeding nicely.
I would rather smother a hand grenade than have to listen to any of the RATS for more than a minute.

I nominate you for a Medal of Valor with FReep Clusters.

[Bonaparte]

"I had to flip the pic..."

Kerry won't mind. He's no stranger to flips. Or flops. :-)

Maybe we could start our own "makeover" show called "conservative eye for the commie guy."

[MeekOneGOP]

hahaha ! I should have figured Mr. Flip-flop Commie Guy wouldn't care. ;^)

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Wait until after the Democratic Convention to launch your attacks. Otherwise, we may blow Kerry up before the convention and Hill*** will be the nominee. And she will be far, far more difficult to defeat than Kerry.

Since before Wesley Clark showed up, I have feared that the Clinton's were looking for a hung convention so the witch could step forward to save the party.

[get'emall]

I'm smellig the resurrection of Algore. Why else would the loathesome toad cough up $6 million for the race? Hillary knows she can't win at this point. Should be a colorful next six months.