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.
This sort of confrontation is going to need to happen on a much more regular basis for the MSM to start showing it. Even then I doubt they would....But, the people in the crowd heard her.
Add this to Slick coming out for sKerry. Shows how desperate the RATS are, see tagline.
Prairie
What goes around comes around...
Since May 30, 2004
And you signed up just today to scold the FReepers who applaud somebody trying to state what the lamestream media won't even breathe about Kerry?
Be gone you 2004-5-30 troll
What do you expect from a guy who got license plates for his SUV that say "Purpleheart3". Before he threw them away, (or other vets medals) now all of a sudden they are important to him and wants everyone to know.
What did Beryl have to say?
idiot rant nothing more. Nothing worth any bandwidth
I think this has less to do with his anti-war policies immediately after Vietnam than it does for his making a deal with the Vietnamese in the 1990s to "close" the files on the American POWs from that War - an unforgiveable sellout of those who were undoubtedly left behind...
He was in charge of the Commission which made that agreement, remember?
In Vietnam, I learned about the promises that soldiers make to each other; the meaning of leadership; the dangers of a government that is not accountable; and the knowledge of what the costs of war are for the individual soldiers, their families, and our country. We can never let politics get in the way of what is best for our troops. We have to always put the life of a private on the battlefield, the sailor on a patrol, or the airman in the belly of a plane first.
For some reason, I think we would have never won WWII with this kind of thinking. Kerry is no Patton..
BWAHAHAHaha!! May God bless this unnamed woman and her progeny for generations to come.
We won't miss you at all.;-)
Not only that, but this person probably loved it when Kerry made his training wheels comment about Bush. At least for today's heckler, she made a valid point.
The heat is only going to get hotter...
By Labor Day the traitor Kerry may be toast...
I still think the 'Rats have Klintoon in the wings warming up...
Viet Nam Veterans Against John Kerry
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com
Semper Fi,
Kelly
LOL re your tagline. I missed FNC showing this; did Kerry respond?
BTW - what does sKerry stand for?
bbl
Was this captured on film? I certainly hope so, but I don't suspect it would get mainstream play if it was.
How dare he show up at the wall....he got what was coming to him.
Please tell me .....FNC taped this!
My question is: Who are the idiots that comprise this 41 percent?
How much insult, disdain and betrayal has to be heaped on this 41 percent before they lost their blind loyalty to the democRATs?
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