[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ping!

[Rummyfan]

Wasn't Bob Dole a war hero too? This didn't help him defeat a pot smoking draft dodger.

Wasn't George Herbert Walker Bush a war hero too (a Flyboy at that!)? This didn't help him defeat that same pot smoking draft dodging alleged rapist!

But all the sudden John Effing Kerry walks on water!

[deport]

Thanks...... Kerry is playing his war experiences for all they are worth.... I can't fault Rassmann for feeling an obligation to Kerry...

MM..... FYI

[Mo1]

"It was just thrilling to get this phone call out of the blue," Hurley said Monday from Iowa. "Normally I'm a calm guy, but I was dancing and shrieking."

Yea right .. out of the blue my butt

[Mo1]

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6040

IOWA SURPRISE
If Sen. John Kerry fails in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, he always has a future in Hollywood, to judge by his performance over the weekend in Iowa. In that time Kerry belittled President Bush for his landing on an aircraft carrier while himself spending time flying about Iowa in a helicopter, taking control on occasion in front of reporters along for the ride and then feigning ignorance when asked if he wasn't doing exactly what Bush had been doing.

Then there is the mysterious case of his old Vietnam buddy Jim Rassmann, who flew into Iowa on Friday to greet Kerry warmly. Rassmann, you'll recall, was in Vietnam with Kerry and was rescued by the future Massachusetts senator after coming under heavy enemy gunfire. The men had not seen each other since that fateful day.

Rassmann told reporters in Iowa that he had contacted the Kerry campaign days before and said he was looking to speak to his rescuer. The campaign, knowing a good story when it saw it, flew the vet back to Iowa. When Kerry saw Rassmann during a rally, he approached his old chum, who was conveniently standing with a group of cameramen and reporters. Kerry claimed utter surprise at seeing Rassmann standing there, and the men warmly embraced. Yet Kerry had been tipped off to Rassmann's presence and arrival in Iowa a day before if not two days.

"It was a wonderful moving moment," says a Kerry volunteer. "We were briefed on it before the event, and told to steer cameras to a certain area. Reporters knew about it in advance, and so did Senator Kerry. We don't leave anything like this to chance."

Yet throughout the day, as the two men campaigned together, Kerry continued to act as if he'd known nothing about the planned reunion.