Old Kerry Quotes Unearthed

Scoop.co.nz (One of the Top 3 New Zealand News Web Sites) ^ | Friday, 5 March 2004, 1:55 pm | Matthew Reid

[ElephantMan]

Old Kerry Quotes Unearthed

By Matthew Reid

"Where's the backbone of France?"

No, that's not the name of the new Toby Keith CD. It's not some ill-timed remark from President Bush or even the title of a new book from Ann Coulter. That is but one of the provocative questions asked by Sen. John Kerry on CNN's Crossfire back in November of 1997.

That comment, and others cited below, came during Kerry's vigorous defense against charges that the Clinton administration was sparring with member nations of the UN Security Council, including France and Russia. We now know that France was illegally trading with Saddam during those years, which explains their behaviour, but what about Mr. Kerry?

It does appear that his position on war vacillates depending on the political benefit to him - and the party affiliation of the president initiating the action. Gulf War 1, Republican president George Bush 1, Kerry votes no - even though Saddam had invaded another country! (And now he talks like he supported it all along.)

1997-1998, Clinton wants to use military force, no problem, he's a Democrat. And while Kerry did vote to authorize the recent War in Iraq, he now claims he wasn't really voting to use force, just to threaten it.

On the campaign trail, Kerry blames the President for equipment shortages our troops are dealing with, relating stories of family members buying body armor on the Internet. Yet it was John Kerry, who inexplicably voted against the 87 Billion Dollar appropriations bill which included funding for that very same equipment.

Then again, Mr. Kerry has never let what he said yesterday interfere with what he needs to say today.

Take Kerry's response to the well-orchestrated Democrat charge that Bush was AWOL. He tried to appear above the fray, saying something like, well, it was a difficult issue, I understand that, "some people wanted to serve, others didn't."

That choice of words is curious because, while Kerry did serve, it was not his first choice. A February, 1970 Harvard Crimson article says, "When he approached his draft board for permission to study for a year in Paris, the draft board refused and Kerry decided to enlist in the Navy."

Some people chose to go to Vietnam, others would have rather gone to France.

And while Kerry and the Democrat Smear Machine forced the President to release all of his Vietnam era records, John Kerry refuses to release his medical records.

Kerry was in Vietnam for 4 months during which he was awarded 3 Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in battle. Mr. Kerry is the only obstacle to the release of those records, but for some reason he doesn't want the public to see them.

Of course, he probably doesn't want anybody to see this either, but here's more from that Crossfire transcript, Kerry, defending the Clinton administration from charges of failed leadership said, "On the contrary. The administration is leading - I think the United States has always reserved the right and will reserve the right to act in its best interests."

Wait a second. John Kerry equating presidential leadership with going it alone? This doesn't sound like John F. Kerry circa 2004 does it? Then again, Kerry's never been one to let his position on an issue stop him from taking a completely different position on the very same issue.

Kerry continued, "And clearly it is not just our best interests, it is in the best interests of the world to make it clear to Saddam Hussein that he's not going to get away with a breach of the '91 agreement that he's got to live up to, which is: allowing us to know that he has dismantled his weapons."

More from Senator Kerry, the unilateralist hawk, "Clearly the allies may not like it,

[ElephantMan]

This is major news--John Kerry didn't "CHOSE" to go to Vietnam like he leads you to believe, he asked the draft board if he could go study in Paris and they turned him down! Only THEN did he decide to join the Navy.

The weird thing is, Scoop.co.nz is a well known super lefty website, but for some reason they publish the occasional conservative piece.

[jmstein7]

BUMP! Pretty good stuff.

[cmsgop]

Bookmarked and Thank You!

[TomGuy]

More from The Harvard Crimson cross referenced article

John Kerry: A Navy Dove Runs for Congress
Published on Wednesday, February 18, 1970:

One time Kerry was ordered to destroy a Viet Cong village but disobeyed orders and suggested that the Navy Command simply send in a Psychological Warfare team to be friend the villagers with food, hospital supplies, and better educational facilities.

[Ben Hecks]

"Only THEN did he decide to join the Navy."

After enlisting in the Navy, Kerry attended OCS and was commissioned. I suspect that his acceptance for OCS was guaranteed by someone before he signed his enlistment contract.

[Liam]

Is this for real? This is just too good.

[rikkir]

"On the campaign trail, Kerry blames the President for equipment shortages our troops are dealing with, relating stories of family members buying body armor on the Internet. Yet it was John Kerry, who inexplicably voted against the 87 Billion Dollar appropriations bill which included funding for that very same equipment."

And every other defense spending bill on which he has cast a vote!
What a lying two faced piece of dog sh!t!
Does anyone else see the similarity of what Ketchup Boy tried to do with this particular vote and the end of the Vietnam war.
Leftist pricks cut off funding and then blame the Republican President for American soldiers deaths and losing the war.
There is going to be another Civil war in this country. At some point people like us are going to get fed up with the fact that the communist left is taking over this country, and the media being their willing accomplices are not reporting it to the sheeple. According to this article from a NEW ZEALAND source, clearly Kerry and his cohorts have gambled military lives to gain the White House, and no one in this country, save us on the Internet, and Maybe Rush and Sean listeners will ever hear a word about it. This is miles and miles beyond media bias, this is sedition and treason!

[Preech1]

Paging Howie Carr...Add this to your Kerry file...we all know you are a lurker here...

[Pikamax]

bttt

[jigsaw]

The weird thing is, Scoop.co.nz is a well known super lefty website,
but for some reason they publish the occasional conservative piece.

Lefties will eat roadkill if they think it'll impress their friends, and
because of this, I think some lefties who see Kerry as overly weak
will attack him in an attempt to enhance their own reputations.

They have little to lose and a reputation to gain.

[evad]

Then again, Kerry's never been one to let his position on an issue stop him from taking a completely different position on the very same issue.

Great line.
I think this sums up the essence of the man.

[concerned about politics]

Kerry was in Vietnam for 4 months during which he was awarded 3 Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in battle. Mr. Kerry is the only obstacle to the release of those records, but for some reason he doesn't want the public to see them.

He can't. People would read them and report. It would destroy him for life politically. Even his wife would be furious he lied to her.

[potlatch]

John Kerry didn't "CHOSE" to go to Vietnam like he leads you to believe, he asked the draft board if he could go study in Paris and they turned him down! Only THEN did he decide to join the Navy.

This is new news, I just heard of it today!!

[concerned about politics]

Lefties will eat roadkill if they think it'll impress their friends

LOL. They would, too.

[sport]

Bump

[concerned about politics]

Yeh. Bump!

[Angelwood]

Bump for later.

[rikkir]

My apologies for the disjointed rant. I'm a little calmer now, but will have to buy a new keyboard in the AM.
I lost my mind when I saw that line about him claiming it's Bush's fault that our fighting men and women don't have enough equipment.
You all should have been a fly on the wall at my house. Wife came running in to see what all the cussing was about, she thought I had dropped something on my foot. Two dogs barking and snarling as they thought I was in trouble. Had to calm everybody down, including me.

[lainde]

Wow...What a great article!

[Mo1]

FYI