Kerry's Anti-War Record Discussed at White House Briefing

2/10/2004 | Jeff Gannon

[Jeff Gannon]

This was the exchange at today's White House press briefing, much of which focused on George W. Bush's service records with the National Guard.

JEFF GANNON (Talon News): Since there have been so many questions about what the President was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the National Guard?

Did he make speeches alongside Jane Fonda, denouncing America's racist war in Vietnam?

Did he testify before Congress that American troops committed war crimes in Vietnam?

And did he throw somebody else's medals at the White House to protest a war America was still fighting?

What was he doing after he was honorably discharged?

MR. McCLELLAN: We've already commented on some of his views relating back to that period the other day. And, obviously, this was a time period also when he was going to get his MBA at Harvard. But the President was certainly proud to serve in the National Guard.

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS): And would the White House consider those actions by Senator Kerry, that Jeff mentions fair game in the political season?

MR. McCLELLAN: Terry, I think -- I know that that's a way to try to draw us into a Democratic primary that is ongoing.

[lainde]

Thanks for the video link!

[Budge]

WOW! I'm sorry I missed this exchange!

Great job!

[lainde]

Go Jeff!!

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thanks for the ping. Geeze, I miss all the good stuff..

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[Prodigal Son]

Good stuff! Thanks for asking that.

[Gritty]

Terrific job!

Here. Have a *virtual* beer!

[DKM]

Yuppers, saw it last nite when Peter Jennings brought it to the attention of the viewing public..........not.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Way to go!

[Cuttnhorse]

Great job Jeff, I'm drinking some Chilean wine in toast to your excellent question.

Cheers from Chile

[BOBTHENAILER]

Bring 'em on!

I just now found this thread. WOW effing WOW.

Great job dude. This is what happens when the hammer hits the hatchet.

[deadhead]

Way to go, Jeff! Very cool, nice to know someone who thinks like me is out there asking questions :-)

Thanks for the ping, John

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Hot damn! Cheers to you!


P.S.: How can you stand being in the same room with those morons, like ABCIA's Terry Moron, for instance?

[Cindy]

"CAN JOHN KERRY HOLD ON TO THIS LEAD?" by W. Scott Thompson (February 11, 2004) (Read More...)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He now makes much of his decorations from the war in Vietnam, to appeal to centrists and conservatives, without reminding those audiences that he for long was a leader of Vietnam veterans against the war. Indeed, assiduous searchers, looking for his vulnerabilities, will find much of interest in that period of his life. For example, the fabled and distinguished chief of naval operations (CNO), Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, told me -- 30 years ago when he was still CNO -- that during his own command of US naval forces in Vietnam, just prior to his anointment as CNO, young Kerry had created great problems for him and the other top brass, by killing so many non-combatant civilians and going after other non-military targets.

"We had virtually to straight-jacket him to keep him under control," the admiral said. "Bud" Zumwalt got it right when he assessed Kerry as having large ambitions -- but promised that his career in Vietnam would haunt him if he were ever on the national stage."

[Jeff Gannon]

I don't eat anything before the breifing, thus minimizing the possibility of a "gastric projectile release."

[Purdue Pete]

Ping...the thread we were discussing.

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