JANUARY -- NOT CHRISTMAS -- KERRY IN CAMBODIA (More Flip-Flop Spin!)

And we all know that Nixon raced back to the WH after being sworn in and the first thing he did was start a secret war in Cambodia which had never existed until the moment he took office. And then John Kerry was immediately dispatched to participate in this secret war on the 21st of January.

The Night Before Christmas (Cambodian Version)

Twas the night before Christmas and we were afloat
Somewhere in Cambodia in our little boat.
While the river was lightened by rockets red glare
No one but the President knew we were there.

The crew was all nestled deep down in their bunks,
While the Spook and I watched the sampans and junks.
Our mission was secret, so secret in fact,
No one else would remember it when we got back.

When out on the water there arose such a clatter
I leaped down from the bridge to see what was the matter.
The incoming friendly was starting to flash
And I knew that the ARVN's were having a bash.

The snap of friendly fire on the warm tropic air
Convinced me for sure no one knew we were there,
On a clandestine mission so secret it's true
That I'm still convinced only Tricky Dick knew.

While I huddled for safety in the tub on the bow,
I thought of a title, "Apocalypse Now."
To give to the films I was I making each day
To show all the voters when I made my big play.

As I sat there sweating in my lucky flight jacket,
Spook said, "Merry Christmas!" and tossed me a packet.
And what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a new lucky cap, which I still have right here.

I keep it tucked here, in this leather brief case,
Just sharing with the press its secretive place
As I regale them again with my senate refrain,
That Christmas in Cambodia is seared into my brain.

Don't bother to quibble with history my friend,
By pointing out Johnson was President then.
Don't listen to Swiftees who try to explain,
For I tell you that night is seared into my brain.

Down Hibbard, down Lonsdale, and you too O'Neill,
So you don't remember? Well it's something I feel.
I don't need all you Swiftvets to support my campaign,
Cause Christmas in Cambodia is seared into my brain,

Into my brain, into my brain, into my brain...

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

I checked the record...it was 3/26/86 that he made his famous "...seared -- seared..." speech to the Senate.

So from my post above, Kerry may have known he had screwed the pooch bigtime with his speech, and wanted to know exactly what was in the actual records that might possibly refute his lie.

I think there's something worth following here--maybe not, but I sure wish a reporter would ask the question: "Why did you feel the need to review your military records with your letter dated May 9, 1986? Seems you would know what's in them without having to verify it..."

Might show evidence of some guilt or recognition that he had lied...and still did nothing to correct the record. It would have been devastating to his reputation.

Whether he wrote the diary on Christmas Day, a week later, or five years later, it still seems that he lied to his diary.

Precisely! He was writing/filming his legend as he went along.

This should be "seared" in ALL of our memories:

Kerry supports VIETCONG "7 POINTS" for "peace". The result????

sKerry has to come out and say: I was wrong about Chirstmas in Cambodia; I did clandestine missions in Cambodia on such and such dates; here is the hat I have been saving all these years.

None but sKerry will do. Not the campaign, not his historian, not even shipmates (though they are needed to corroborate claims). He will have to release his records to prove this. Otherwise, sKerry is no better than he claims Nixon or Pres. Bush to be.

This will be his great proving ground as to whether or not he will lie to the American people. There's the gauntlet, sKerry. You must pick it up (not your valet or anyone else) or you let it lie and suffer the consequences.

LOL!! Another film.= Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
Directed by
George Butler

Writing credits
Douglas Brinkley (novel)
Genre: Documentary

Plot Outline: A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0407263/

Hey! was Brinkley on Kerry's boat?

Hey! Has Brinkley seen Jean Kerrí's service record? How about Jean Kerrí's super double secret CIA record? If he wasn't on his boat, and if he hasn't reviewed his records, what kind of historian can he be? Swift Boat Veterans for Truth include dozens of eye witnesses to the quality of Jean Kerrí's naval service.