Kerry has shrapnel in left thigh from Vietnam War injury

AP ^ | 4/24/4 | NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

[SF Republican]

John Kerry has a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh from an injury he suffered in the Vietnam War, his doctor said Friday during a review of 36 pages of the Democratic presidential candidate's military medical records.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

...or fom his family....:0

[blam]

"Hey GI, you got money?"

You be # onnne

[SouthernFreebird]

I feel like I've been misled to believe Kerry was actually wounded in war. As a mother I think I manage to do more harm to myself in any given day.

Three purple hearts and not one 'real' wound. This BS taints the meaning of the purple heart.

[concerned about politics]

Kerry campaign aides made a mistake in claiming Kerry as skipper of the 94 at that time.

"Oh gosh. Our mistake. He got all those medals from another fight in the same boat on that day.....er......he was....uh......(crap. How do we get out of this one?)"

"I did not have sex with that Vietnamese hooker. Never, not ever. "
"Indeed, I did have inappropriate relations and got clap from with ms. Hanoi, but let me tell you about those Freeper's out to get me ....."

[Enduring Freedom]

Contract with America's Middle Class?

This elistist pompous duffus has never intermingled with servants.

Let's be especially helpful to Jean Qaerry and rename his campaign early:

Here's my suggestion:

CONTACT with the Middle Class

[hobson]

Discrepancies noted in Kerry's record, Ex-skipper says website wrong

Kerry's website reports combat activity for PT 94 for the whole month of January. The problem is Peck, not Kerry, was the skipper of PT 94 during January. Kerry left PT 44 and was assigned to PT94 on January 29th.

[Lokibob]

This doc has treated Kerry for 18 years, and hasn't seen the wound?

My doc has treated me for 2 years and has seen every square inch of my body, and most of the inside, too.

This just doesn't add up.

[tet68]

Sssssh, I think that should be,

Contract ON the middle class.

[concerned about politics]

This doc has treated Kerry for 18 years, and hasn't seen the wound?

He hasn't seen any!!! They must be so tiny even the doctor didn't notice them!!!

Kerry's doctor, Gerald Doyle, said he could not characterize the severity of the wounds since he didn't see them, but he noted that Kerry was in danger of serious injury several times.

[Spotsy]

sound like your mom - LOL!!

[hummingbird]

John Kerry doesn't have a piece of shrapnel in his left thigh, his family does.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......

Wonder if he has any "one time at band camp" injuries to capitalize on?!

[11th Earl of Mar]

Doctors decided to leave the shrapnel in place rather than make a wider opening to remove it.

And I have a piece of cinder in my knee from running on an outdoor track when I was in junior high school.

And the doctors have never seen a good reason for taking the pin-head sized piece from my knee either.

[OldFriend]

Splains why he keeps falling off his snowboard!!! He's gots a boo boo!!!

[Reactionary]

"The campaign said that when the Navy sent Kerry his military file, it did not include his medical records, and those shown to reporters Friday were copies that Kerry had in his personal files."

Uh. Okay. So Kerry has copies of his medical records, but the Navy didn't send them to him.

Well. Where did they come from?

And then there's this...

"The Kerry campaign allowed 19 reporters who travel with the campaign to view the medical file and talk to Kerry's doctor for 30 minutes Friday afternoon. Reporters had to sign the file in and out and were not allowed to take a copy."

A single file? The word is ambiguous. Does that mean a single piece of paper? Does it mean hundreds of pages in a folio? No one knows.

No one also knows how many people looked at it. The article says 19 people were "allowed to." It doesn't say how many did look at it. It says that each were given 30 minutes with the doctor. It doesn't say how long they were allowed to look at the "file."

[OldFriend]

Have one of those in my finger.....still there after 55 yrs. Do you think I can put in for a purple heart?

[Ramonan]

It sure puts this alleged little piece of metal in perspective when you have Pat Tillman killed today.
Another Ranger you could ask about combat in VietNam is Colin Powell.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Meehan's behavior made me even more suspicious. STD? Injuries from a fight with a hooker Mrs. Baucus?

[tet68]

Actually no, it only says all 19 were allowed thirty minutes with him.

"The Kerry campaign allowed 19 reporters who travel with the campaign to view the medical file and talk to Kerry's doctor for 30 minutes Friday afternoon.

Otherwise you see, that would have meant 9 and a half hours of interviews, I don't think they'd really want that, or
could afford for that to happen!

[hollywood]

The plate in his head already does that.