KERRY RETREATS FROM HIS DENIAL ON VIETNAM MEET - Evidence Puts Him At Kansas Parley

New York Sun ^ | Mar 19, 2004 | JOSH GERSTEIN

[John Thornton]

This helps to explain why Kerry is so "soft" on terrorism. Because he was once part of a group that considered assassination, he feels it would be hypocritical to condemn other such groups today.

[tertiary01]

I think it is quite possible that he doesn't remember attending this meeting because talk of assassinating Lyndon Johnson, then Nixon was so prevalent in this era. I'm sure it had to have been discussed prior to the meeting in question. I went to UC Berkeley from '70-'73 and the place was full of radical punk students, "ex soldiers" (or so we thought!), and professional agitators expounding on various ways to end the war. It was easy to get caught up in the excitement.
Assassinations were openly discussed with impunity. After all, it was the era of FREEE SPEEECH, but I'm sure there were lots of FBI taking notes. Most on campus just thought of it as talk, but certainly some were serious.
Also due to the prevalence of smokey refreshments served at these meetings it is possible he wouldn't have remembered a thing anyway.
Not to exonerate Kerry in any way. There's still no excuse for him to not to have grown up.

[VadeRetro]

But probably all of those senators really are dead now, anyway. Can't you just ... move on?

[Saundra Duffy]

Toast

[Howlin]

One thing about this bothers me: at several points in Kerry's young life, he claims or was present at acts that were ILLEGAL.

At no time did he EVER inform ANY PERSON of these illegal actions that he has pinned on them.

[NYC Republican]

In case you haven't seen this. Slowly but surely, the lies are being exposed...

[John Thornton]

Can you imagine the media furor if Bush had ever met with someone who was once a member of a pro life group that had even one member who thought about assassinating doctors who performed abortions?

[areafiftyone]

Maybe we can get this to those U.S. Senators that were targeted and see how they feel about this. I would love to see some of them lashing out at Kerry.

[tertiary01]

He definitely does not have a good resume for the presidency. He seems to just go along until he gets in too deep, then hides, flip flops or blames it on the other guy. Doesn't seem to ever take the high road, and definitely won't take personal responsibility for his failures.

[lonevoice]

Update ping. Still waiting to see abc/cbs/nbc/cnn pick up the ball

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting this! So now Kerry is backing away? LOL!!! He flip flops more than Gore which I didn't think was possible.

[BushisTheMan]

So now the question is:

Why didn't Kerry report the assasination plot to the federal authorities?

If he didn't, he should be arrested.

[VadeRetro]

Can you imagine if Bush had traveled to Paris to negotiate a separate peace with the Viet Cong and North Vietnam?

[JohnHuang2]

He flip flops more than Gore which I didn't think was possible.

Good bumper sticker ;-)

[cyncooper]

Mr. Nicosia also read quotes from FBI surveillance documents he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act as he was preparing his 2001 book, “Home to War.”

Ping on how Mr. Nicosia obtained the docs.

[PhiKapMom]

LOL!!! Did you ever think we would see their next candidate be worse than Gore? I sure didn't!

[blackie]

Kerry is a lying traitor!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[PhiKapMom]

Everytime I see that "very sad" I burst out laughing!

[freeangel]

Reminds one of a fish out of water.

[JohnHuang2]

Did you ever think we would see their next candidate be worse than Gore?

Couldn't imagine it possible ;-) But leave it to the Democrats...heh