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John Kerry's remarks are typical of Baby Boomers.
Having lived dull lives of relative comfort, they feel envious at the exploits of others.
They wish to construct an heroic (or troubled) past that can be used to justify current actions, enhance their current prospects, or impress others.
Boomers create incidents in their minds, events that are perhaps fully fabricated or only partially fabricated.
It is important for the Boomer that the circumstances surrounding the events be credible even if factually untrue, for he does not want to be caught in an outright lie.
At first, these incidents are never vocalized, but as time passes and the person mentally revisits the incident, details are added to the incident until it takes on the vivid character of real life experience.
Fearful of discovery, the Boomer recounts the enlarged and fabricated event only reluctantly.
However as time passes and no one challenges the veracity of his story, he is more open with the story.
Finally, he has told the story so many times that he comes to believe it himself.
Its certain John Kerry believes he was in Cambodia in 1968, despite any evidence that might be presented to the contrary.

AB-SO-LUTE-LY 1000% percent on the money. Funny to listen to their pathetic efforts. I used to get that a lot driving a limo as my second job while in the Marines. Once they realize that I was on active duty, I started to get tales of how they tried to enlist, fly a fighter jet, they always wanted to go..., yabba, yabbba, yabba. I preferred that they just shut the FVVVCK up and tip me well.

John Kerry's remarks are typical of Baby Boomers.

Hey guys, as much as I would like to pile on here, at least some of this generation does not fit the typical boomer description! Don't turn this into a generational war. Believe me, not all of us are locked in there.

Don't forget, even George W. Bush is a Boomer!