Posted on 05/31/2004 11:52:04 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Sen. John Kerry's record as an anti-war protester came back to haunt him on Memorial Day when he was confronted by a heckler as he tried to pay his respects to a soldier killed in the Vietnam War.
"How much money are you getting to betray our POWs?" an unidentified middle-aged woman shouted as Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans memorial on the Washington Mall.
"Are you paying tribute to all the people you spat on, Senator Kerry?" she added.
The incident came as Kerry attempted to honor William Bronson, a Massachusetts native who was killed in Vietnam.
Kerry led the fight to have Bronson's name added to those already inscribed on the black granite wall, according to Reuters. "I'm glad we could finally get the appropriate thing done," the top Democrat told his mother, Barbara, who was there for the ceremony.
The heckling episode served to underscore the resentment many veterans still feel towards Kerry from his days as a leader with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, when he teamed up with anti-American actress Jane Fonda.
Ironically, though Kerry has made his service in Vietnam a centerpiece of his campaign and has continued to attack President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, veterans are shunning him, according to a poll released last week.
Though the CBS survey showed Kerry opening up an eight point lead over Bush overall, the poll's internal numbers show Kerry trailing badly among veterans, with only 41 percent supporting him while 54 percent back Bush.
That LADY is a true American.
If there were only more such as her.
I wish I was there to laugh. :) You can bet the alphabet media won't print any of this or say a thing.
What I'd liker to know is how he responded.
This is sweet.
Me too!
I could see him losing it and telling her to STFU!
ROTFL!
Pray for W And Our Heroic Troops
Fox News just reported this!!!!Yay, FOX !!!
Kerry Heckled at Memorial Day Event
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Sen. John Kerry's record as an anti-war protester came back to haunt him on Memorial Day when he was confronted by a heckler as he tried to pay his respects to a soldier killed in the Vietnam War.
"How much money are you getting to betray our POWs?" an unidentified middle-aged woman shouted as Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans memorial on the Washington Mall.
"Are you paying tribute to all the people you spat on, Senator Kerry?" she added.
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The heckling episode served to underscore the resentment many veterans still feel towards Kerry from his days as a leader with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, when he teamed up with anti-American actress Jane Fonda.
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sweetliberty wrote:
I could see him losing it and telling her to STFU!
"A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways."
FOX News reported this. I missed it so I'm hoping to see it on Brit Hume in < one hour.bump !
Yes, did he tell her to sit down and shut up?
What's up with the 41 percent?
Kerry is climbing all over the bodies of the Vietnam dead to get to the White House. He's been doing it for six months, and it's obscene.
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