[WOSG]

“I left the country thinking well of Gardner and even tried to find him several times. But his stories are made up. It’s sad, but that’s the way it goes in war, and especially in politics.”


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Mr "Winter Soldier" knows whereof he speaks!

[CWOJackson]

It looks like the Kerry machine has done a pretty good job at assasinating this person's recollections. I'm sure the rest of the Kerry crew, that he has been able to contact, have been well compensated.

[mabelkitty]

Gardner's story has the thread of truth to it - the first guy who served with Kerry supposedly showed up out of the blue to greet him. However, when this guy showed up on the Today show and was pressed about it by a clueless Katie Couric, he admitted that he didn't seek out John Kerry, but Kerry had looked him up. That is consistent with Gardner's claims.

I also find it interesting that the author "couldn't locate" the only veteran who conflicted with Kerry's image. Could it be that Gardner's distaste for Kerry was well-known and the author conveniently left him out of the story? Sounds like it to me.

The only way Kerry can debunk this story is to open up him military records for all to see.

[Angelwood]

...his stories are made up. It’s sad, but that’s the way it goes in war, and especially in politics.”

Hanoi John Kerry constantly projects what he and the democrats are doing onto their opponents -- the Republicans and President Bush in particular. The above statement, while it is directed at Kerry's tenth shipmate, applies to all I know about Kerry -- especially his involvement in the Winter Soldier investigation, anti-war rallies, and testimony (under oath, I presume, with immunity) before Congress.

I tend to believe Gardner for the most part. This article is a hatchet job and an effort to discount Gardner's recollections.

Gee, the more we learn about Hanoi John Kerry's Vietnam background, the more questions we have.

[abner]

Pinging myself for later.