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Kerry "Corrects Record," "Seared" Memory of Christmas in Cambodia Now "Mistaken Recollection"
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 | Kristinn

Posted on 08/11/2004 6:41:38 AM PDT by kristinn

In an interview this morning on Fox and Friends, Kerry spokeman Jeh Johnson backed off of Democrat presidential nominee Senator John Kerry's repeated statements that he had spent Christmas 1968 on a secret mission in Cambodia.

Fox's Brian Kilmead asked Mr. Johnson whether Sen. Kerry would release the action report from January 20, 1969 regarding purported action in Cambodia.

Mr. Johnson said, "I believe you're referring to an incident that happened near Cambodia. Okay, well John Kerry has said on the record that he had a mistaken recollection earlier. He talked about a combat situation on Christmas Eve, 1968, which at one point he said occurred in Cambodia. He has since corrected the record to say it was someplace on a river near Cambodia and he is certain that at some point subsequent to that he was in Cambodia. My recollection, my understanding is he was not certain about that date.

Mr. Kilmead brought up Sen. Kerry's 1986 floor speech in the Senate where he talked about spending Christmas in Cambodia as being "seared---seared" in his memory.

Mr. Johnson replied, "I believe he's corrected the record to say it was someplace near Cambodia, but he is not certain whether it was actually in Cambodia but he is certain that there was some point subsequent to that that he was in Cambodia."

Mr. Johnson also repeated Sen. Kerry's canard that he left Yale in 1966 and turned down all options to further his education by choosing to serve his country. As was (barely) reported in March of this year, Sen. Kerry asked for and was denied a one year deferment to study in Paris.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christmasncambodia; kerry; kerry2004; kerrylies; militaryrecord; waffles
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To: kristinn

This is an example of someone trying to be 'clintonesque' and failing.


We know bill clowntoon, sen. kerry and you're no bill clintoon.


(clintonesque: an oily dissembler, shunned in polite society)


21 posted on 08/11/2004 6:50:01 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: kristinn

So what does his "shrink" say about the repressed mistaken memories?

Could it be due to mind altering substances that erased his memory?


22 posted on 08/11/2004 6:50:02 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: kristinn
No, No Kerry's story is correct.

Just substitute Christmas for Tet and Saigon for Cambodia. And hangover for seared.

23 posted on 08/11/2004 6:50:30 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: kristinn
Kerry "Corrects Record," "Seared" Memory of Christmas in Cambodia Now "Mistaken Recollection"

BULL S*IT!!

He said it was SEARED....SEARED in his memory!!

24 posted on 08/11/2004 6:50:35 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: kristinn

25 posted on 08/11/2004 6:51:14 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: kristinn

Oh what a tangled web...


26 posted on 08/11/2004 6:51:15 AM PDT by xp38
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To: kristinn

That would make him CAUGHT . . . in another lie.


27 posted on 08/11/2004 6:51:18 AM PDT by Petronski (Kerry doesn't have the courage to come forward and tell the truth.)
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To: kristinn
Okay, well John Kerry has said on the record that he had a mistaken recollection earlier.

Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED. Kerry LIED.

Despite this the media will petition the Pope for Kerry to be elevated to sainthood.

28 posted on 08/11/2004 6:51:36 AM PDT by 4CJ (||) Men die by the calendar, but nations die by their character. - John Armor, 5 Jun 2004 (||)
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To: kristinn

We want to hear Kerry say that, not his spokesman. Kerry wtote newspaper articles, spoke on the Senate floor, and told reporters that he served in Cambodia. Was he mistaken or lying. Hopefully, some of the reporters will get on this story after learning that they were used as shills.


29 posted on 08/11/2004 6:51:54 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kingattax

LOL


30 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:14 AM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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To: kristinn
Mr. Johnson replied, "I believe he's corrected the record to say it was someplace near Cambodia, but he is not certain whether it was actually in Cambodia but he is certain that there was some point subsequent to that that he was in Cambodia."

There was some point subsequent to Christmas 1968 that I was in Cambodia, but that doesn't mean I drove a swift boat there during the Vietnam war and it doesn't mean I was shot at by the then-nonexistant Khmer Rouge.

Kerry's got the Clintonian parsing down pat.

31 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:16 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: kristinn
Methinks Mr. Kerry is taking being the "Hollywood Candidate" too seriously with his Cambodia boat trip -

Regards, Ivan

32 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:20 AM PDT by MadIvan (Gothic. Freaky. Conservative. - http://www.rightgoths.com/)
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To: kingattax

33 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:30 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Bush is Hell on liberals and terrorists.)
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To: kristinn
So, I gather from Mr. Johnson's explanation that we must "always" parse Kerry's word. And this excuse for an honest man is close to being the leader of the strongest nation in the world?

Bush's debate statement should be "There you go again"...with another J Efn lie, Mr Kerry.
34 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:31 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: mystery-ak
I frequently offer "mistaken recollections" in front of congress with the pre-fix "seared--seared in my mind."

Any other searing mistaken recollections, Senator, concerning three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a shot up sampan?

35 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:48 AM PDT by Callahan
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To: kristinn
So Kerry is using the ... he was in Cambodia but not on that date line to try and weasel out of his senate speech....

This is as bad as listening to "Bubba".

Don't the swiftees say he never was in Cambodia? I can hardly wait and hear what O'Neill has to say about this one.

hawk

36 posted on 08/11/2004 6:52:57 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: BlkConserv

Great list!....


37 posted on 08/11/2004 6:53:54 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: kristinn
Headline should read:

Kerry Admits that SwiftVets Points Have Credibility

38 posted on 08/11/2004 6:54:23 AM PDT by The_Victor
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To: kristinn

Why isn't Kerry being asked this question by all the hounding media, and why isn't he PERSONALLY correcting the record??????? Instead, he is sending out his surrogates to do the job. Kerry needs to be asked on camera about this. Over and over and over and over. Until he answers.


39 posted on 08/11/2004 6:54:31 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: kristinn

This will be enough for the presstitutes to continue their full bore promotion of Kerry. If Kerry was a Republican, he would be dead meat and the election would be over. But he's a Democrat and gets a pass on each and every lie, freaky bahavior, and pomposity.


40 posted on 08/11/2004 6:54:37 AM PDT by Semi Civil Servant (I spent Chanukah in the Hamptons, and Christmas in Cambodia.)
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