Posted on 08/11/2004 6:45:03 PM PDT by Jeff Blogworthy
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry has waffled again, this time on his own recollections of a supposed mission to Cambodia on Christmas of 1968.
On the Senate floor on March 27, 1986 (Congressional Record, page S3594), Sen. Kerry said:
I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what is was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khme Rouge and Cambodians, and have the President of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; The troops were not in Cambodia…I have that memory which is seared--seared--in me....
In an October 14, 1979, letter to the Boston Herald, Sen. Kerry wrote of his vivid memories of his Christmas Eve spent in Cambodia (quoted in Unfit for Command, page 46):
I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real.
But today, on Fox News' "Fox and Friends," Kerry Campaign Advisor Jeh Johnson had this to say to the show's co-host Brian Kilmeade:
JOHNSON: 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 recorded to say it was some place on a river near Cambodia and he is certain that at some point subsequent to that he was in Cambodia. My understanding is that he is not certain about that date.
KILMEADE: I think the term was he had a searing memory of spending Christmas - back in 1986 in the senate floor in Cambodia.
JOHNSON: I believe he has corrected the record to say it was some place near Cambodia he is not certain whether it was in Cambodia but he is certain there was some point subsequent to that that he was in Cambodia.
Don't feed the trolls,feed the trolls to the kitties. :)
This isn't a fond war memory gone wrong. It's a politically motivated lie that was found out.
Kerry is in real trouble....
Good advice. I follow it half-assed.
The timing is prior to the beginning of Nixon's presidency. A lie. Not in any manner or on any basis debatable. If J F'ing Kerry did not know he was lying at the time he told this whopper of a story [giving him the benefit of the doubt as merely delusional] ... by the time he had repeated it a few times he knew better and still continued to repeat what he knew by then to be a falsehood.
BTW, if there are any women out there that can explain the appeal of this "gentleman" please let me know. If I get truly desparate whatever ploy this wanker is using might prove useful :<)
He was also going to find out who ate the strawberries....
The Dem mouthpiece is spinning the same story on Scarborough country. The river was 60 miles long and how could you be sure if you were in Cambodia or not, blah blah.
At least you know a liar when you see one. :)
Self induced false memory syndrome.
No telling what other delusions he may be operating under!
Pat Buchanan just did on "Scarborough Country" on MSNBC.
I say he lied to cover his own deeds and said everyone was doing it to cover his own arse. I have yet to hear of anyone else testifying to Congress then saying the same things that Kerry did....
Maybe Kerry was on LSD that Christmas in Cambodia?
When this story first popped up a day or two ago, I read somewhere (probably on the FreeRepublic) that several boats had inadvertently strayed into Cambodia earlier. To prevent a recurrence, several boats were posted at the border, and concrete pilings were driven into the river bed.
Therefore, Kerry could not have been in Cambodia as a result of a navigational error.
The only alternative to rescue this story is to be on a secret mission with the CIA (yeah, the CIA, that's the ticket - the yahoos will fall for that one!)
I wonder if Pat read my post...
IMHO, I want to hear it from KERRY HIMSELF, not some dem operative reading off some faxed talking points.Along with his "180", THAT would ALSO "splain" a lot.
I like it when he does the 360s on the war. I support it, I don't support it, I support it. Just imajine him doing a pireout (SP) Spinning around endlessly>
....ah yes, the strawberries....(Was it Capt Queeg or Capt Querry?) LOL!
Yeah - I'm sure the CIA was looking for green self-important yahoos to command their top secret operationas across the border under the orders of president-elect Richard Nixon.
Interesting you should say that. This morning I watched the original May 4th Swift Vets press conference. One of the Vets said almost that exact thing about Kerry... "personality disorder, dangerous, unfit..."
I urge anyone who hasn't watched, to take 1 hour, 20 minutes and watch the whole thing. Simply amazing.
GO HERE:
swift1.he.net/~swiftvet/index.php?topic=SwiftVetQuotes
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