John Kerry to strike back at "infidelity"-coverage, will appear on Imus-Show [LIVE THREAD]

ShortNews ^ | Friday the 13th 2004

[tallhappy]

02/13/2004 02:44 AM

John Kerry to strike back at "infidelity"-coverage, will appear on Imus-Show

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry is set to strike back at the "infidelity"-coverage by "Drudge Report" joining Don Imus on his Friday morning talk show.

"Drudge Report" had first broken the news of intense US media investigation into the two-year relationship of Kerry and a young woman, which is said they had since Spring 2001. The woman is said to remain at an undisclosed location in Africa.

[Bluntpoint]

Actually, he has pretty high "radio" numbers.

[kcvl]

There is a tape of the woman given to a reporter before she left the country according to Druge on Hannity (replay).

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, The fit will hit the shan.

[mewzilla]

They're down from their highs, at least last I heard. And in radio, like most things, it's what have you done for me lately...

[Dog]

This is posted at Drudge.....

IMUS: KERRY IS 'DEAD' IF HE LIED...

I think the other shoe will drop.

Keep an eye on Drudge.

[mewzilla]

Gee, a videotape. Protesting Kerry's innocence I'll bet. Shades of Michael Jackson. But the age range appears about the same. Guess they have even more in common than I thought.

[propertius]

Does he say what's on the tape? Let me know how the investigations go... I'm in Kenya so that's how I'm hearing this stuff -- and its from reliable sources.

[OXENinFLA]

Video tape.

[StriperSniper]

I only saw the 30 sec clip C-SPAN played, but it sounds like Imus is hitting Dodd harder on the Kerry issue.

Dodd - "He answered the question, now let's move on".

Fricken' amazing! But that answer leads me to believe the story more.

[geedee]

An important fact to bring up!! I would also like to add that f'n Kerry had invited himself on the Imus show.

I would also like to ask . . . what kinda f'n gal would f' f'n Kerry anyway. He's nothing but a horse-faced Ed Muskie clone, per Teresa-babe's memoirs, whose other . . . uhhh . . . tools don't match the mental image concocted. You know what they say about long faced-small-feeted men, right?

Don't believe me about Mister Ed, may he rest in peace, and Lurch being clones? Okey-doke . . . you be the judge . . .

Now paint me serious for a second . . .

No one will ever convince me that anyone who looks like that, especially a patrician liberal from Massachoooooooookistan, legitimately won the Silver Star. I know questioning his "alleged" heroism is a loser for us because the media would fry us over the coals but just think about this list for a second . . .

1. A "real" Vietnam War hero friend of mine lost both his legs. He says Kerry's Purple Heart injuries were called Lollipop Injuries by him and other grunts and the only ones he ever saw who got Purple Hearts for them were "rich guys, usually officers" who made sure their superiors knew they'd gotten "scratched" then followed up relentlessly to make sure they received their Purple Hearts. The "real" heros, the grunts, called them "resume-stuffer" awards.
2. Would someone please point me to the right place so I can investigate the specific and DETAILED action he took to receive his Silver Star? I looked for two hours yesterday. I found where his boat took fire, he grounded his boat, took off after a VC the boat's gunner had already wounded, disappeared from sight, then returned -- in two accounts he returned with a weapon "supposedly" from the wounded VC . . . but how would anyone know that if Lurch disappeared from sight? And how would they know if he'd actually killed the guy? And how would they know if the guy even put up a fight -- if he didn't, wouldn't that be a War Crime?
3. Do the witnesses to his "heroic" action have names? Isn't there supposed to be two witnesses?
4. What are the names of the other folks who served on the boat with him during his "heroic" action?
5. Who put him up for the Silver Star? One of his crewmates? A superior after hearing about his "heroic" action from an awed and appreciative crewmate? Or did Lurch self-promote the medal like my friend suggests he had to for the three Purple Hearts?
6. I'm no boat expert, I've never been to the Mekong Delta, and I know squat about military tactics . . . but weren't those boats designed for speed and evasiveness to keep them out of harm's way? If so, I would think a boat beached on a muddy bank while it's skipper is charging after a machine-gun sniper through a dense, forbidding, and dangerous forest armed with nothing but a Q-Tip and a killer attitude . . . might leave the boat vulnerable to more fire. Or is Lurch not only Audey Murphy Part Deaux but omnipotent as well -- how'd he know there weren't any other machine guns pointing his way?
7. My friend -- a legless Hispanic who is liberal-to-the-bone and has never voted for a Republican in his life, but he will if Kerry's the Dem-Dimmer nominee -- says this doesn't pass the smell test to him. He says Kerry's crewmates would've raised all kinds of hell if he'd left them stranded. He only saw two of those boats in action . . . but he said both crews were highly trained to "strike and evade" at the first sign of trouble. He says they were "grilled and drilled" so thoroughly that the reaction was immediate and second nature to them. He says they wouldn't have thought about what they were doing until they were at least a mile away from the activity. He says those "Tonka Toy bathtub toys" weren't designed for John Wayne-wannabes and the Navy would never assign a Gung-Ho, Rough Riding skipper to one of those boats. He says there's no way the story could've happened the way everyone thinks.
8. Lastly and most importantly . . . my friend says EVERY medal was cheapened in Vietnam. Remember, Vietnam was the first "televised" war. Johnson and Nixon were both fighting a losing battle with the blame-America-firsters in charge of the media. My friend says they tried to counter this by passing out medals like they were M&M's and "no one should get especially excited about anyone who got a chest-full of medals in Nam. Be easier to ID those who didn't."

Again, I know it'll do us no good to investigate these types of things . . . the media has already anointed Kerry King . . . but I'd like to know for myself.

I'd appreciate any links anyone can provide.

[Bluntpoint]

But his demographics are those who are better educated and vote.

I believe his advertising income is still the highest in New York.

[OldFriend]

From watching/listening to IMUS/KERRY it is clear the entire interview was pre-vetted. IMUS had the appropriate video clips to go along with all of the Kerry's talking points.

In other words, it was all done in advance.

However I have not gotten beyond your post so I don't know if this was covered, but I found one of Kerry's comments VERY important and which should be a focus of our discussion.

Kerry stated that ALL AMERICANS DISAGREED WITH WHAT FONDA DID...............

Since he was part of the cabal that promoted all things Fonda, we ought to ask him why he should not be included in that assessment.

[gdc61]

imus ....what a piece of dirt.

[rocklobster11]

See what the intern's parents have to say:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1077369/posts

[twigs]

I agree with your take on Imus and his treatment of Kerry this morning. Imus IS quirky and does not see the world like most of us. It's what makes him interesting and infuriating at the same time. Imus hosts people he likes and remains relatively loyal to them. He's not sure whether this story is true or not and was not going to accuse someone he likes on national radio of something he is not sure is true. However, he DID bring it up. I agree that Kerry gave a non-denial denial but the important thing is that Imus took it to be a denial. If this story gets legs and Kerry is shown to be dallying with an intern, I think Imus will be FURIOUS and will nail him later on. Imus gave him the rope and Kerry tentatively took it. A good first step.

[Dog]

There is a civil war raging in the RAT party....Dodd is in the Kennedy/Kerry camp. Lehane who was shopping this story and Clark who dropped the bombshell are in the Clinton wing.

This won't die.....mark my words.....everyone take a deep breath.... and watch this scandal blow up.

There is a fight to the death going on under the surface.

Team Clinton vs. Team Kennedy/Kerry

With the wildcard Team Gore/Dean circling nearby..

LOL!

[kcvl]

Did you get your private message?

[OldFriend]

Clearly the interview was planned in advance. IMUS had all the appropriate video clips at just the right moment.

Hope IMUS enjoyed the Lewinsky as much as Kerry did.

[js1138]

Parents: "I think he's a sleezeball".

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1077369/posts

[OXENinFLA]

It was sooooooooooooo bad of an interview.


(Colin Powell on C-span2, not sure if the 'AWOL' spat came up yet.)