Kerry's Outlandish Claims Demand a Response

Human Events ^ | 2-24-04 | Oliver North

[Indy Pendance]

Even though I'm one of the few Americans, besides President George W. Bush, to be personally attacked by Sen. John Kerry on a regular basis, it just hasn't seemed right to respond. After all, President Bush has been virtually silent as Kerry used four letter expletives to describe his policies.

The commander in chief turned the other cheek when Democrats said he was "AWOL" and a "deserter." The president was too polite to return fire when Kerry denigrated National Guard service by equating it with draft dodgers who "went to Canada." Given this model of even-tempered presidential propriety, who am I to stoop to throwing mud back at Kerry just because he has slung it at me?

I have been holding steadfastly to this noble position for several months -- through interminable debates and trumped up reporting from hyperventilated reporters. But this week, one of the young computer wizards who works down the hall informed me, "You're all over the Kerry campaign website!"

"So?" I replied, somewhat irritated at the intrusion. I make it a practice not to read the reviews of my television show or books, and wasn't prepared to make an exception for some political website.

My young informant said, "He says he 'exposed you!'" Given the alleged activities of certain athletes and entertainers, the word "exposed" caught my attention, so I investigated.

On Kerry's campaign website, the Bay State's junior senator claims he deserves credit for "holding Oliver North accountable and exposing the fraud and abuse at the heart of the BCCI scandal." In speeches and interviews, he goes even further -- alleging that he "blew the whistle" on my "illegal activities" in support of the Nicaraguan Contras. It's great fodder for the political left and hard-core radicals. It might even leave Ivy League professors panting. There is only one problem: It's not true.

John Kerry wasn't even on the so-called bipartisan congressional committee that spent months investigating the so-called Iran-Contra affair. He never asked me, or any of us involved in supporting the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, a single question. At no time did he question me or anyone else I worked with about our efforts to rescue Americans from dungeons in Beirut. He says he held me accountable? How? When? Where?

Perhaps one of the eager newshounds panting after Kerry will ask him. And maybe Kerry -- or more likely someone on his extensive campaign staff -- will produce some convoluted answers. They may even cite some subcommittee hearings that Kerry held months after the close of the official investigation. His little witch hunt eventually did publish a report that was so incredibly biased as to give the word "slander" an inadequate definition.

More likely, the masters of the mainstream media salivating over Kerry will give him yet another free pass on these questions -- like so many others. Unlike President Bush, who has now laid bare his entire record of military service, Kerry has apparently never had to do so. This leads inevitably to the kind of confused hyperbole in the articles attached to the Kerry campaign website.

Some reporters, undoubtedly too young to even remember that this is the 36th anniversary of the "Tet Offensive," describe Kerry as having served two tours in Vietnam. Others report that he served four months on patrol boats in the Mekong Delta. That would be two months less than Al Gore -- and nine months less than most of us "Viet Nam Vets."

Kerry says, "I know something about carriers," alluding to his service in Vietnam. Since I don't know of any aircraft carriers that were deployed to the Mekong Delta, which one was he aboard? How many months did he serve in Vietnam? Where? What carrier? Did he come home early? Was it because of the severity of his wounds or something else? What does the military record say?

Kerry has the same problem with his post-Vietnam, anti-government activities. He says that photos of him with Jane Fonda are fakes. Did he ever appear with Jane Fonda? Fonda eventually apologized to America's Vietnam veterans for actions that Gen. Giap and other Vietnamese leaders said prolonged the war and encouraged the NVA to keep on fighting -- and killing Americans. Did Kerry ever apologize? Where? When?

Kerry testified under oath before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 that Americans in Vietnam had "raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war."

Set aside the horrific and defamatory nature of these accusations and ask this: Did he witness these atrocities? Did he try to stop them? If not, was he held accountable for dereliction of duty? If he knows the perpetrators, did he ever see that they were brought to justice? If not, why?

Kerry and his cronies in the Democratic Party have made Vietnam an issue in this campaign. They have slandered Bush for his service during the war. Until Kerry truthfully answers the questions above -- and a whole lot more about his actions during the war -- many of us are going to wonder what the middle initial "F" in John F. Kerry stands for. Is it "Fiction"? Or is it simply "False"?

[Indy Pendance]

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[Conspiracy Guy]

Somebody send this to Oliver North. Maybe he can sing it on War Stories.

"The Little Old Commie from Massachusetts"

Sung to Jan and Dean’s Little Old Lady from Pasadena


It’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.

The Little Old Commie form Massachusetts.
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
He’s not worried bout his record cause he has two sets.
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
He as slip’ry as grease up in DC town,
He will vote the bill up and then he’ll vote it back down.

Chorus:

And everybody’s saying that he offers the most threats.
That’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.
He takes both sides, yes he takes both sides.
He’s the biggest dang liar up in DC Town.
He’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.


It’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.
If you hear him speakin out don’t pay attention.
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
In a minute or so he’ll just change direction.
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
The man aint trusted in either House.
Cause he always talks out both sides of his mouth.

Chorus:

And everybody’s saying that he offers the most threats.
That’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.
He takes both sides, yes he takes both sides.
He’s the biggest dang liar up in DC Town.
He’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.

Musical Interlude:

Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
We need to send him home to his heiress wife.
Cause he’s got no business in public life.

Chorus:

And everybody’s saying that he offers the most threats.
That’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.
He takes both sides, yes he takes both sides.
He’s the biggest dang liar up in DC Town.
He’s the Little Old Commie from Massachusetts.

Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go
Go Kerry, Go Kerry, Go Kerry Go

Fade

Conspiracy Guy 2/24/04

[lonevoice]

many of us are going to wonder what the middle initial "F" in John F. Kerry stands for. Is it "Fiction"? Or is it simply "False"?

Ollie hits one out of the park! I hope we'll be hearing more, much more, from him throughout the election campaigns. BTW, I thought we already knew the "F" stands for F'in?

[waRNmother.armyboots]

Bump. Could not have said it better myself.

[cajun-jack]

how this maggot even got into the senate is a mystery to me, but then no, i guess not..if a drunk man can cowardly leave his girlfriend to drown and keep getting re-elected for life, says a whole lot about the electorate in general of "taxachussetts"

[MEG33]

John Fiction Kerry..I like it.Go get him Ollie!

This nation cannot afford to allow Kerry near the Oval Office.

[counterpunch]

[bondjamesbond]

...(M)any of us are going to wonder what the middle initial "F" in John F. Kerry stands for. Is it "Fiction"? Or is it simply "False"?

We know what the "F" in John F'n Kerry stands for...

[MEG33]

Good one.I like the carrier picture,with the President, that says this ship would not exist if Kerry had his way..

[MEG33]

John Fiction Kerry

[Joe Boucher]

The measure of a leader is whether his men would follow him into battle. I'd go anywhere with Ollie in the lead, while I wouldn't follow kerry to the john even if I had to go.

[Ruth A.]

Thank you!

Kerry says, "I know something about carriers," alluding to his service in Vietnam. Since I don't know of any aircraft carriers that were deployed to the Mekong Delta, which one was he aboard? How many months did he serve in Vietnam? Where? What carrier? Did he come home early? Was it because of the severity of his wounds or something else? What does the military record say?

[Laserman]

Cute.

I think we here are FR need to work on a serious song that tell s the truth about the good things President Bush has done over the last 3.5 years. His strength through troubled times, his leadership in defending our country and pursuing our enemies, his strength in rebuilding our economy on a firm economic foundation, his embracing of ALL Americans in the opportunity of this country, and his willingness to set a new tone on Washington all speak to a truly honorable, strong and honest man who should be admired.

[atomicpossum]

[alloysteel]

What does John Kerry know about carriers? He never served on one, he was not a flight officer, the closest he ever got to one was perhaps an orientation class which was held to familiarize the young officers with the various missions of the US Navy. Or maybe he saw one pulling into harbor, if he ever got around any of the harbors where one might dock. His experience in the Navy was just not very extensive. Some XO's aide-de-camp, and a short stint on a river patrol boat. How does that qualify ANYBODY for military strategic planning? He was a little higher level gofer than the typical company clerk, until he spent a little time as robo-warrior, gunning down whole villages and burning the structures to the ground. At the request of some of the higher levels of the Navy chain of command, John Kerry was hustled out of Viet Nam before he became another embarrassment like Lt. William Calley.

Maybe that is the story that has NOT been told. Not all officers that have worn the uniform have, in truth, served as honorably as their official biographies would imply. Kerry has spent a lot of time making assertions that the GIs in Viet Nam were rather worse than the Japanese that had ravaged the country some 25 years earlier. Perhaps he may speak with authority, since he himself had committed several of the atrocities of which he accuses other US troops?

Trying to get a consistent story from John Kerry is like nailing Jell-O to the wall.

[Tacis]

How did Kerry evade more than a summer vaction's service in Nam? Who helped him exploit the loophole? Where are the documents and who signed them? Why wasn't Hanoi John accused of treason? Who was his rabbi through all his corner cutting in the navy? Was Kennedy covering for him then? Why? Did he actually graduate from Yale?

We need a complete CV on Kerry and then a cross check to confirm the facts he claims are true and to expose those things he has ommitted. He probably isn't as good as Willie at covering his past. Willie had the desperate cunning of sleazy crook who had to hide things if he wanted to get ahead. He and his helpers were ruthless and effective.

Kerry has the arrogance of most Back Bay multimillionaires who's only necessity for fabrication was to get out of a particular party on the Vineyard. Hanoi John's paper trail will be faked but should be musv easier to uncover because they will have put great faith in Kennedy bluster as in, "How dare you question...!"

[Steven W.]

That's Hanoi John Fiction Kerry

[Betaille]

I love that poster... lets put it up all over the country