John F. Kerry gave the middle finger to a Vietnam
veteran at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Memorial
Day morning, NewsMax.com has learned."
Posted on 05/31/2004 8:09:15 PM PDT by 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.
Not to worry. The press had their camers there and I'm sure they'll be showing many picutres of Kerry flipping the bird to a Vietnam Veteran as often as they show us photos of the abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison
***checking watch***
Anyone that mccain don't like is o.k. in my book.
Do you mean written by the same KEATING that "helped" John McCain whenever he "needed" help discrediting the MIA/POW families with "help" from his "friend" John Kerry?
He'll only do that if he's pushed
Personally I think he'll come off looking like an arrogant condescending jerk during the debates
bttt. Neither of the men should have done what they did, JMO.
I need more proof....
Wonder how true this is?
What makes Keating a credible source? All I see there is a he said/she said between Sampley and Keating/McStain/Kerry.
Nope. It is the number 2 story there right now.
John Kerry's photograph is featured in the War Protestors Hall of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City -- a clear indication of the value the Vietnamese communists place on Kerry's support of their efforts during the Vietnam War.
Why are you on this forum?
You would feel more at home at d.u. where the other people who worship your hero es kerry and clinton are.
As to this thread, I still would like to see some proof that this happened. I agree that it fits Kerry's M.O. However, I'm running into things which make me skeptical. One poster referenced an "eyewitness account" and when I visited the link I read this:
"He told me that he heard that Kerry snuck over to The Wall for a photo-op early this morning while it was raining and no vets were around."
"He told me that he heard" being the key phrase. It's not an eyewitness account, and I'd love desperately to believe this story.
Someone needs to verify.....
The appropriate retort is "Mr. Kerry, you are a self-declared war criminal who made unsubstantiated claims of genocide before Congress and the national media. You are still honored in communist Vietnam for your work in the protest movement. You are a traitor unfit to hold public office."
The Kerry/McCain Campaign Against Ted Sampley
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com/ker_keating.htm
Better look again.
Well, would you rather have us trolls move our retirement homes up there instead?(sorry, I know that's a sore spot) :)
I agree on verification.
Yet another story you'll not see on any TV or cable newsroom.
Most Americans don't have the ability to spot the weeny factor in political "darlings"...
Most couldn't detect Clinton's worthlessness..
Most can't detect McCain's untrustworthyness or incompetence.
Most haven't yet detected the empty suit and self serving opportunist that is Kerry..
A "Kerry" would stand little chance of ever returning from a tour with gunts in Indian Country..
I am more afraid than ever, that this jerk will get elected President....
Semper Fi
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