Now, let's talk about what he is doing to hurt our nation and our commander in chief as we are waging a war on terror and defending Western Civilization.
I agree. I saw this Rassman on the Today Show today and he detailed his rescue, which btw, was witnessed and assisted by several troops, so is clearly true. He said the explosion that knocked him into the river also hit Kerry in the arm. The boats came back for him, and Kerry exposed himself to potential enemy fire when he leaned over and helped Rassman into the boat and thus saved his life.
Rassman stated he decided to call the Kerry campaign, and they called back and asked if he'd like to join them all in Iowa, which was something he had not expected. Further, he said men associated with Kerry in Vietnam, including this incident, have joined in campaigning for Kerry.
Rassman did go on to say he agreed with Kerry's later anti-war stance and if he himself had been braver he'd have joined him, so to be clear...all of these Vietnam comrades of Kerry are also united in Kerry's anti-war sentiments.
The only dispute about this story so far is if Kerry was truly surprised to see Rassman in the crowd.
Now, let's talk about what he is doing to hurt our nation and our commander in chief as we are waging a war on terror and defending Western Civilization.
Exactly. We should not get sidetracked nitpicking over whether Kerry really was surprised to see the man in the crowd or not. There are bigger fish to fry and more important issues to challenge him on.
Now, let's talk about what he is doing to hurt our nation and our commander in chief as we are waging a war on terror and defending Western Civilization"
doug, the issue isn't Kerry's genuine military service, by all accounts it was, indeed, honorable and heroic. The problem is his duplicitous conduct from that time forward. Beginnng with '71 when he staged that phony little tableau supposedly throwing his legitimately earned medals over the fence at the White House right up until this equally phony surprise reunion with Mr Rassman. He didn't throw away his medals, he threw away borrowed ones. He wasn't surprised to see Mr Rassman at that event last week, the moment was fake, he knew about it in advance.
Moreover, Mr Rassman told reporters that he had followed Kerry's career since '84, wrote to Kerry back then advising him he worked in law enforcement in the Los Angeles area and extended an invitation to dinner if Kerry was ever out that way. Kerry never answered his letter. He didn't have a need for Mr Rassman in his elitists Boston Brahmin life until last week.
Kerry distinguished himself once in the service of this country, I'm grateful for that, I respect and honor that service. However, since that time he has become a calculating opportunists who wants it both ways. He says he supports our military yet votes to pull the rug from under them by voting against funding to pay for reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, thereby, endangering our troops, crippling their efforts to stablize those countries and ultiimately delaying the return home of tens or thousands of our men and women. Some support.
At best he is disingenuous, at worse an unconscionable liar with ia history of behavior that mocks and cheapens the sacrifices of others.