Alston Never Served Under Kerry

Captain's Quarters ^ | 8/14/2004 | captain ed

[Timeout]

I sent it to "Latch". Do you think I should send it to the other addresses?

[bitt]

Ya - short, sweet and deadly. Send it to Karen Hughes, too!! LOL!

[Timeout]

Man, it makes my palms sweat just thinking about the first time Hurley shows up for one of his puffball interviews and gets walloped with this question: "Why doesn't Kerry release his records?"!

One can dream.

I'll forward the "Latch" email to the other addresses.

[R. Scott]

If this gets out to the mainstream media, this story kills Kerry's campaign.

But it won’t change the fact that Hanoi John, the self aggrandizing, lying, backstabbing, seditious traitor isn’t President Bush! The people backing Hanoi John now don’t care about his lying and treason. Character doesn’t mean a darn thing to them.

[R. Scott]

The most intense action came during an extraordinary eight days of more than 10 firefights, remembered by Kerry's crew as the "days of hell."

10 firefights in 8 days. That would qualify for “days of hell”, but hardly “extraordinary”. Our boat - an Army LCU (cargo hauler carrying 200 tons of ammo) had 3 or 4 firefights a day while on the Perfume and Cua Viet Rivers during the 2 ½ months of Tet ’68 when we were Up North before I left.
I guess I really should thank the Hanoi John campaign for stressing the Viet Nam Experience. I have been able for the first time to put my own experience in perspective. I never realized before just how hot it was for us. We were “heroes” and never knew it!

[R. Scott]

Two of the men are in T-shirts, two are without shirts. Alston is wearing a black T-shirt and a camoflaged shirt. It just appears odd.

Not that unusual. My photo album from back then show the same type of attire. Some wearing shirts and T-shirts, others bare.

[Yaelle]

It's not airbrushing; it's some sort of netting.

I think the photo is genuine. Let's hear an explanation of it.

[R. Scott]

Look, too, at that weird object upon which Kerry's elbow is resting. What is it? If you enlarge it, it appears to be a formless mass that simply melds into the background.

It looks like the cover on a M-2 50 cal. pointing aft - behind the boat. The cover is rubberized canvas so it has no distinct focus where it is hanging loose.

[R. Scott]

Probably a .50 with a small armored shield -- (the pointy object to the left of Kerry's elbow.)

I was thinking charging handle.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Oh No! Not another hit to the Swift Boat PING!

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[King Prout]

wow.

[mylife]

Poor Cherie! It looks like a tough run up to Nov!

[Eva]

Did anyone respond to your question about the picture?

[No Longer Free State]

Britt Hume just called Juan Williams out over this stuff. Juan was defending the left's analysis of Bush's record while claiming that all the allegations against Kerry have been investigated already. Britt looked like he was about to smack some well-needed sense into Juan, but limited his response to "Balderdash...there is new information here that warrants investigation."

Unfortunately, the Juan Williams's of the world control the majority of the media, Britt. It just ain't gonna happen.

[texasbluebell]

Well, I see I was wrong about Doug B's parentage; he's not David's son at all. Just wanted to correct my post above.

[TruBluKentuckian]

"It's not airbrushing; it's some sort of netting.

I think the photo is genuine. Let's hear an explanation of it."

After seeing the larger resolution version of the picture, I agree with you. The area that appeared to be airbrushed is much clearer in the larger picture and you can see what it is.

[stand watie]

!!!!!!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[lainde]

bttt