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Vietnam vets fume when Kerry is topic
Orlando Sentinel ^
| 02.12.04
| Mike Thomas
Posted on 02/12/2004 4:30:13 AM PST by Prov1322
Edited on 02/12/2004 5:28:53 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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COMMENTARY: MIKE THOMAS
Vietnam vets fume when Kerry is topic Mike Thomas
February 12, 2004
I have come to the National Vietnam War Museum in search of John Kerry's brothers in arms.
Located in east Orange County on North Tanner Road, a torn-up dirt strip awaiting pavement, the museum doesn't quite live up to the title.
It is a squat building, formerly a small water-treatment facility, surrounded by a barbed-wire-topped fence. There is a Huey helicopter on the grounds, as well as an A-4 Skyhawk jet and a patrol boat similar to the one John Kerry commanded.
The star exhibit is the remnant of a Vietnam memorial fountain containing the names of 167 dead soldiers from Orange County. It once stood at the Orange County Convention Center but was tossed to make room for a food-court expansion.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2004; hanoijane; kerry; museum; veteransvote; vietgate; vietnamveterans; vvajk; vvaw
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Mikey rarely gets anything right...he does this time.
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:30:13 AM PST
by
Prov1322
To: Prov1322
If Kerry wishes to revisit the Vietnam War debate, please let him.
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:38:10 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: RaceBannon; IGOTMINE; patton; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; chesty_puller; Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:38:48 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: Prov1322
They are all voting for George W. Bush, a man they concede joined the National Guard to avoid the draft. I doubt this statement. The vets probably said they would vote for him even if he did what the reporter said and the reporter spun the words. Sorry, I'm not buying this reporters spin.
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:49:35 AM PST
by
sr4402
To: Prov1322
"The man is despicable," says Richard "Doc" Luse, former president of the group. "He defiled people still in the field. He belittled and berated us. We are not his band of brothers." That is exactly what John Kerry is doing today every time he opens his mouth - he is defiling the military now in Iraq! He is indeed despicable in his attempts to turn the American people into the anti-American he represents and is himself.
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:51:52 AM PST
by
yoe
To: Prov1322
i read a post earlier about kerry looking into secret service protection... i can see why now
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:53:55 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much!)
To: Prov1322
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:58:58 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
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To: Prov1322
According to reports, Hanoi Jane said she can't remember even shaking hands with Kerry. How then can she remember he was not at one of the rallies with her and thus in the photo?
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posted on
02/12/2004 4:59:12 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: sr4402
What he means is they "conceded" to the writer's set-up question on the matter. It probably went like this: "Do you concede that joining the NG was one way to avoid the draft?"
To: Prov1322
Certainly not all vets feel this way. Mikey almost seems to be begging with this line ROFL!!! Please please there has to be a Vietnam Vet out there that likes Kerry. Hello? Is this thing on?
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:19:25 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: Dante3
sex, drugs and rock and roll....that's how she forgot.
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:23:53 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Howlin; Miss Marple
Your thoughts on Hillary's remarkable silence re: this VN/Fonda/NG/Kerry flap? I can't believe it's only because she's still carrying around an albatross of a husband who was a dodger. There must be more....
To: sr4402
I doubt this statement. The vets probably said they would vote for him even if he did what the reporter said and the reporter spun the words. Sorry, I'm not buying this reporters spin. Agreed. I was interviewed by a NY Observer reporter outside the VPs house when we were protesting Gore. He quoted me three times out of context, added a southern drawl dialect to embelish my words, claimed I was "wearing a hood" (he either didn't know what a baclava was or was deliberately referencing the KKK for his audience). I promised him before the interview that, as a former Marine, if he twisted my comments I would track him down and shoot him.
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:32:39 AM PST
by
Fenris6
To: Fenris6
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:34:32 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
To: anniegetyourgun
You have to have noticed that she NEVER involves herself in anything controversial! She sends her minions out to take the risks!
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:36:41 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: sr4402
I imagine some Viet Nam Vets might vote for Hanoi John, but havent met any yet.
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:36:43 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(My cynicism rises with the proximity of the elections.)
To: Howlin
I'd say "what did Bush know?" was pretty risky. Did she get stung too badly on that, or is it just that it's an election year?
To: anniegetyourgun
Hillary is probably helping to kill Kerry. She is behind the scenes. Even if Kerry "gets" enough delegates by July, if he is wounded sufficiently, "his" delegates won't want to vote for him -- and they do not have to.
Then the Convention turns into a debacle. Calls go out to Hillary to save the party. She is annointed as the "New Hope For the Future".
Hillary then checks the polls and makes her decision: if she thinks Bush is beatable, she accepts the nomination. If she thinks Bush cannot be beaten, she says that she is a woman of honor (gag!), reminds everyone that she promised to complete her term as NY Senator, and says she'll be back in 2008.
Hillary's silence doesn't surprise me at all. It's all going as she has foreseen.
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:38:12 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The only reason I don't question Kerry's patriotism is because I know it doesn't exist.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Not yet :) The saddest part was that he quoted me 3 times in his article but atributed my words to 3 seperate people. Apparently he was too busy fantasizing about some Dem female across the corner and didn't want his editor to know what a slacker he was. Journalistic integrity - bah.
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:38:28 AM PST
by
Fenris6
To: Fenris6
Ah, lazy reporter. You're right - he probably was instructed by his editor to interview three people, and took the easy way out.
You should report him to his editor! :-D
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posted on
02/12/2004 5:49:49 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
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