Kerry 'Flips Off' Vietnam Vet(He has no shame)

NewsMax ^ | Monday, May 31, 2004 | Karl Limbacher

[Kaslin]

Democratic Senator - and certain presidential nominee - John F. Kerry gave the middle finger to a Vietnam veteran at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Memorial Day morning, NewsMax.com has learned.

Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who served two full tours in Vietnam, spotted Kerry and his Secret Service detail at about 9:00 AM Monday morning at the Wall. Sampley walked up to Kerry, extended his hand and said, "Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here."

At that point a Secret Service officer told Sampley to back away from Kerry. Sampley moved about six feet away and opened his jacket to reveal a HANOI JOHN tee-shirt.

Kerry then began talking to a group of school children. Sampley then showed the tee-shirt to the children and said, "Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam."

Just then Kerry - in front of the school children, other visitors and Secret Service agents - brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley and then yelled out to everyone, "Sampley is a felon!"

Kerry was referring to an incident 12 years ago when Sampley confronted Senator John McCain's cheif aide, Mark Salter, in a Senate stairwell after McCain repeatedly offended POW families at a Senate POW hearing. Sampley, whose father-in-law at that time was MIA in Laos, followed Salter into the stairwell and, when they emerged, Salter had a bloody lip and a broken nose.

Sampley's group, Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, has garnered huge national attention and been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and on MSNBC's Scarborough Country. Tens of thousands of Vietnam vets have registered their opposition to Kerry through Sampley's group.

Clearly Sampley has gotten under Kerry's skin once again.

[Salvation]

Do you think any of the lamestream media would report it?

We need to see that it gets to Hannity and O'Reilly, however.

[Boazo]

[Boazo]

I just had to up date the Fonda pic.

[ladyinred]

"Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here."

Wow, cudos to Ted! What a brave thing to do.

John Effing Kerry strikes again. This is a man who wants to be President of the United States and he flips (flops) off a citizen simply because he doesn't agree with him? And in front of "THE CHILDREN?"

What a complete jerk this guy is!

[ladyinred]

Is there some reason we aren't supposed to believe articles from Newsmax that I am not aware of? I have great respect for them. Did I miss something?

[ladyinred]

Very true, you can tell this man has one heck of a temper. He is above us all doncha know.

[Salvation]

I just sent it to FoxNews.

[malia]

bttt

[Spiff]

Ted Sampley is a true-blue piece of sh**.

I don't know much about Ted Sampley. I do know, however, that John McCain is a "true-blue piece of sh**" and that you've spent much of your time here on FR in full McCainiac mode. So, what does that make you?

[dstarr]

I'm glad you posted that picture. I thought he was here for that rally.

[Peach]

Did you see this? Kerry gave someone the bird at The Wall yesterday.

[L.N. Smithee]

So what if Sampley's a felon? You're a confessed war criminal!

[L.N. Smithee]

And, not to stand up for John Kerry or anything, but I can only assume that those who are offended by Kerry's lack of tact in this supposed incident were likewise offended by the Bush-Cheney open-mic conversation about Adam Clymer four years ago.

Please. Neither Bush nor Cheney said or did anything to Clymer's face, as Kerry is accused of doing with Sampley.

Nice try.............no, I take that back.

[PhilDragoo]

[Boot Hill]

That's the best anti-Kerry graphic I've ever seen posted anywhere. Congrats...

--Boot Hill

[eeriegeno]

John F. Kerry gave the middle finger to a Vietnam veteran at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Memorial Day morning

Not very presidential!!!!! This guy is not far behind Dean and Gore in the loose cannon category........

[mystery-ak]

Someone had to get a picture of this!

[Lockbar]

Bump for later read, nice story

[samtheman]

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