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Another little John Kerry Vietnam story. See if you can detect why it's another Kerry lie.
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| 9/13/2004
| Jim Curtis
Posted on 08/13/2004 7:18:34 PM PDT by Jim_Curtis
Do you have any pets that have made an impact on you personally? Kerry: I have always had pets in my life and there are a few that I remember very fondly. When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had a dog we called VC. We all took care of him, and he stayed with us and loved riding on the swiftboat deck. I think he provided all of us with a link to home and a few moments of peace and tranquility during a dangerous time. One day as our swiftboat was heading up a river, a mine exploded hard under our boat. After picking ourselves up, we discovered VC was MIA. Several minutes of frantic search followed after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another boat called asking if we were missing a dog. It turns out VC was catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed confused, but unhurt, on the deck of another boat in our patrol.
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Although there are lots of things about this story that make it highly questionable, there is one particular thing about this that makes it an absurd lie. I'll give the answer later if no one guesses it.
To: Jim_Curtis
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:20:04 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
To: Jim_Curtis
If the other boat was close enogh for the dog to land on it then it was close enough to be within shouting range at best.
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:21:14 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Here, bite down on this.)
To: Jim_Curtis
uhhhh........the dog was catapulted off......before he was catapulted on???????
To: Jim_Curtis
If the other boat was so close to jk's boat that the little dog "catapulted" onto the deck, why didn't the blast shake up the other boat as well?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:23:20 PM PDT
by
noexcuses
To: Jim_Curtis
The dog was in Vietnam. Kerry was in Cambodia.
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:23:24 PM PDT
by
catpuppy
(Cambodia John ... A legend you can grow with.)
To: Jim_Curtis
There is not much of a deck on such boats?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:23:34 PM PDT
by
ikka
To: Jim_Curtis
Didn't the Cambodians eat dog?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:23:36 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
To: Jim_Curtis
the other boat called to ask if a dog was missing. that seems to be a long way for a dog to fly through the air...
To: Jim_Curtis
Strange story.
If the two boats were close enough for the dog to be thrown from one to the other, why would they need to search for minutes for him? The other boat would have seen what happened and known that it was kerry's boat's dog. They also would have been able to shout to them immediately rather than contacting them by radio some amount of time later.
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:23:47 PM PDT
by
Bob
(From an old commercial: "Don't forget between the toes, Johnny.")
To: Jim_Curtis
The dog wasn't eating a chocolate chip cookie?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:24:08 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(We are The Knights Who Say "Ni!" No! Not The Knights Who Say "Ni!" The same!)
To: Jim_Curtis
Kinda like the "licorice" story didn't make sense to me.
He jumped into the water then grabbed an oar to fish out the hampsters cage. If he was allready in the water why would he need the oar?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:24:50 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Here, bite down on this.)
To: catpuppy
"The dog was in Vietnam. Kerry was in Cambodia."
Sounds like a great movie title: "If this is Christmas, I must be in Cambodia."
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:25:34 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(We are The Knights Who Say "Ni!" No! Not The Knights Who Say "Ni!" The same!)
To: tobyhill
There is a picture of him in Nam with a little puppy, have seen it many times.
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:25:41 PM PDT
by
sweetiepiezer
(A member of the VRW.)
To: Jim_Curtis
This story is so Outrageous, one has to question the sanity of the Teller, in this case the War Hero!!!
To: Jim_Curtis
Have any of his crewmates confirmed that a mine exploded under his boat? That's a new one to me. Could it possibly be a LIE!??
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:26:10 PM PDT
by
passionfruit
(passionate about my politics, and from the land of fruits and nuts)
To: Jim_Curtis
There was no mine explosion?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:26:13 PM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Finally an answer for the prisoner problem at Abu Ghraib: Don't take any.)
To: mass55th
The dog wasn't eating a chocolate chip cookie? LOL good one!!
To: Jim_Curtis
Ok then, didn't both Cambodians and Vietnese eat dog? A VC just gave back his dinner?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:26:18 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
To: Jim_Curtis
another "mine blew up under my boat" story and the dog's name wasn't VC it was Rassmann?
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posted on
08/13/2004 7:26:19 PM PDT
by
SCHROLL
(Liberalism isn't a political philosphy - it's a mental illness)
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