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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: Mr. K

Was his trip into East Germany seared in his mind as well?


41 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:07 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Polls - Proof that when the Main Stream Media wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: kristinn

"Sen. Kerry asked for and was denied a one year deferment to study in Paris."

No doubt to study here

http://www.cordonbleu.net/flashindex.html

where he could learn the fine art of "searing".


42 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:09 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: dead

LOL!....FLIP /FLOP


43 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:15 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: kristinn

That Johnson guy (one of the most unattractive specimens you'll ever encounter) was smarmy. Brian let him get by with most of it, but seemed to feel he should treat the guy with some deference.

Every question was parried with a long statement about how Kerry was (you won't believe this) a Viet Nam veteran and therefore had to be treated with respect.

Apparently no one else who served in Viet Nam--most of them much longer than Kerry--is deserving of respect--just Kerry.

Brian did ask one substantive question about Kerry releasing records

This got the usual answer -- "I believe they've all been released." Followed by the usual Bush remark. "He's released as many records as Bush" - a flat out lie since he's released none and Bush has released all.

Apparently the Kerry campaign is still counting on the thus-far successful theme that they will be protected by the press.


44 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:27 AM PDT by altura (Free the dogs! Kerry for dogcatcher.)
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To: Piquaboy
His daddy should have rolled over and shot him out of the window! Or, in the words of the famous Gunny Hartman,
"Kerry, the best part of you ran down the crack of your momma's a$$ and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress. I think you've been cheated!"
45 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:35 AM PDT by gunnygail (John F Kerry sure can "parlez vous a HUMMA HUMMA!")
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To: Piquaboy

ROTFLMAO


46 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:47 AM PDT by MattinNJ (It will be a Dubya landslide. Hillary will see to it.)
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To: doug from upland; kristinn
The terrifying part is that even with all we know about Kerry being certifiable - not what we suspect, but what we KNOW - half this nation will still vote for him.

I think it's time for secession. Thank God I'm a Texas girl.
47 posted on 08/11/2004 6:55:57 AM PDT by Xenalyte (I love this job more than I love taffy, and I'm a man who loves his taffy.)
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To: Onelifetogive
I can understands this. I, too, once had "mistaken recollections" about having spend Christmas 1968 on a secret mission to Cambodia. Turns out, we actually had Chinese takeout in Barstow...

I remember you!

I was the CIA guy sitting in the booth next to you.

Hey! Where's my hat?

48 posted on 08/11/2004 6:56:11 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Democrat - It's in the dictionary - It's between "delusional" and "dimwit.")
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To: kristinn
How can people eat such bs? If you have been to Cambodia your not going to forget it, and and saying your "near Cambodia" for crying out loud nay where you go in SE Asia your "near Cambodia" the Indochinese subcontinent isn't that big. I'm only about 70 miles from Myanmar right now and about 150 miles from Cambodia to say I am in either one of those places is ridiculous. I have been to both places a couple times, and I'm not going to get it confused and say that I'm living there now just because I'm a few miles away, if i said I was there now I would be lying. How can he speak such an obvious lie? I really think he believes his own trash
49 posted on 08/11/2004 6:56:21 AM PDT by Conservative_boy_in_Bangkok (DNC- "We have made a clone. We shall call him Minnie Dukakis")
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To: kristinn

is this like the clintonista who "lied" to his diary?


50 posted on 08/11/2004 6:56:39 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it)
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To: kristinn

The man is a nut.


51 posted on 08/11/2004 6:57:19 AM PDT by FeliciaCat
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To: End_Clintonism_Now

J.F. Kerry, wants to send them love and hippie flowers while they kill Americans. What a foolish man he is.

His wife is even a bigger idiot for marrying this dumb a$$.


52 posted on 08/11/2004 6:57:46 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: kristinn
"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.

Exactly where, when and to whom did he "correct" the record?

53 posted on 08/11/2004 6:58:42 AM PDT by tsmith130 (Making one's enemies suffer is currently an under-valued activity.)
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To: kristinn

54 posted on 08/11/2004 6:59:15 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Strategery - "W" plays poker with one hand and chess with the other.)
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To: kristinn

SCORE ANOTHER FOR THE SWIFTIES!!!

As Dukakis would say "it was an oversight." Yeah, Kerry, one that defamed the government and your "band of brothers."

Now every single one of his "recollections" is suspect.

Releasing the official records could help jog your memory, Kerry!!


55 posted on 08/11/2004 6:59:30 AM PDT by SpinyNorman (McCain and Kerry called the Swifties "liars" without speaking to a single one.)
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To: kristinn

RELEASE YOUR RECORDS, SENATOR KERRY!!! Do the right thing....RELEASE!!


56 posted on 08/11/2004 6:59:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Mr. K
"oily"

That's the word I have been wracking my brain to describe sKerry! Yes, oily ... creepy, too.

Thanks!

g

57 posted on 08/11/2004 6:59:42 AM PDT by Geezerette (... but young at heart!-)
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To: kristinn

"...he is certain that at some point subsequent to that he was in Cambodia."

Must've been that Khmer Rouge Tupperware party he attended some time after his discharge.


58 posted on 08/11/2004 7:00:03 AM PDT by Socratic (Yes, there is method in the madness.)
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To: kristinn

Mistakes are piling up... I said I won't raise taxes... No I meant I won't raise some taxes... No I meant taxes shouldn't be raised. No I meant I will raise taxes but not by that much. No I think I clearly said I would raise taxes but that it won't have much of an impact. No I distinctly said we must raise taxes to reduce the defecit. Well what the hell we raised taxes anyway who cares everyone in congress deserves a pay raise anyway.


59 posted on 08/11/2004 7:00:27 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (Do not let the UN make decisions for the protection of the United States... VOTE for George W. Bush)
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To: kristinn
Okay, Jeh Johnson, did Kerry lie? He claimed on more than one occaision to have been in Cambodia in December '68, even going so far as claiming Nixon was president at the time. He even made the claim to have been there on the floor of the Senate in '86 when he used the "seared - seared in my memory" phrase.

When did he "correct the record" (as you claim he did), and does that mean he lied, or does he have an extremely faulty memory or wild imagination (either of which should disqualify him as a serious contender for the White House)?

And, Mr. Johnson, since Kerry has admitted to committing war crimes, and is an ardent supporter of unfettered partial-birth abortion, why would it not be fair or accurate to label him a 'baby killer,' as he and his ilk tried to paint innocent Vietnam vets 30+ years ago?

60 posted on 08/11/2004 7:00:30 AM PDT by HenryLeeII (sultan88, R.I.P.)
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