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Pardon me, I sense a pattern here.
Can this press release be far away? "Listen, cause I'm only going to say this one last time. (Shaking finger at the press, and us!) I was a swift boat hero before I wasn't. I was in Cambodia before I never was. I was fit to be president before I wasn't. I never had sex with that woman, the truth!"
But wait, there's more. According to the Swift Boat Veterans, Kerry's boat was the only one to bug out after the explosion and the other two boats stayed to aid the 3 boat and pick up 3 from the water. proof The Kerry press release you show has Kerry making it look like everyone else panicked and "there he was to save the day."
Tonk - a new twist on the lies.
Thanks, I hadn't seen the other thread. This illustrates it perfectly!
Hah! No longer on Kerry's Web site. These guys are watching our every move.
That is why I was so confused about that, Rassman was on Kerry's quickly accelerating away from the scene boat. Kerry dumped him overboard from his retreat and then went back and pulled him out...and....got a silver star.
This is why I say that this needs film reenactment or animation portrayal of events for this fraud to, how is it said, be "seared" into public understanding.
We keep hearing the mantra that none of the SBV's were close enough to Kerry to see his heroic deeds. I wonder how the dems would spin the SBV's not being able to hear all the gunfire that supposedly came from the shore?
Great catch and cartoon! :)
"The SWIFT boat veterans also dispute Kerry's account of the mine incident. Several allege that Kerry initially "fled the scene" when the explosion occurred, leaving the other boats to aid the stricken vessel. Kerry returned "four or five minutes later when it was clear that we were not under fire." Van Odell, a gunner aboard a boat behind the stranded vessel, stated baldly "there was no fire coming from any direction" and that there were "no holes in any boats" and "no further wounded", which there would have been had the boats been under fire.
Larry Thurlow, a fellow SWIFT boat commander, alleges that Rassmann "fell off of Kerry's boat" when Kerry rapidly accelerated and left the scene after the mine detonated.
Kerry's much touted "Band of Brothers" of course dispute the SWIFT Vets testimony. Rassmann and fellow crewmate Del Sandusky allege that the mine incident occurred in the middle of a "hellacious firefight". Gene Thorson, another crewmate, called the assertions "garbage".
Is John F. Kerry Fit to Serve? - The SWIFT Boat Saga
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188236/posts
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:lIvaF5WpVrMJ:releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp%3Fid%3D104-07102004+%22david+alston%22&hl=enJim Rassmann, Says Kerry Risked His Life to Save Him: "Rassmann was 21 at the time, a Special Forces lieutenant in charge of a company of American and Chinese fighters. On that day, they traveled on a convoy of five patrol boats led by the 25-year-old Kerry, a Navy lieutenant -- and they were on the run, being chased down the Bay Hap River by enemy soldiers firing guns and rockets. The group had already lost one soldier that day. As they sped down the river, one boat was blown out of the water, and then another. An explosion wounded Kerry in the arm and threw Rassmann into the river. Rassmann dove to the bottom to avoid being run over by the other boats. When he surfaced, he saw the convoy had gone ahead. Viet Cong snipers fired at him, and Rassmann submerged over and over to avoid being hit. The bullets came from both banks, and Rassmann had nowhere to go. He began thinking his time had come, but the fifth time he came up, he saw the convoy had turned around. Kerry had ordered the boats back to pick up the man overboard. Kerry's boat, under heavy fire, sidled up to the struggling soldier. Rassmann tried to scramble up a cargo net at the bow but was too exhausted to make it all the way. He clung to the net as bullets whizzed past. 'Next thing I knew, John came out in the middle of all this,' Rassmann says. 'I couldn't believe it. He was going to get killed. He ran to the edge, reached over with his good arm (Kerry had been wounded in his right arm) and pulled me over the lip.' Rassmann later recommended Kerry for the Silver Star, and was upset when the Army instead awarded Kerry a lesser Bronze Star with a 'V' for valor." (Los Angeles Times, 3/13/04)
Well done...and if there's an award for political cartoons,just tell me where to submit your work.
This is my favorite thread ever...wish it could be pinned to the top for a week. Awesome visuals, critical thinking...love this Free Republic!
John Kerry was so heroic, that he was able to drive two different boats at once.
Well, I see the Ministry of Peace has a history revision project ahead of them, to cover the lie they're about to flush down the memory hole.