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Ex-Kerry crewmate visits Florida cities (putting the "lies" to bed)
Ocala Star-Banner, FL - ^ | staff report

Posted on 08/15/2004 5:53:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

OCALA - The highest ranking enlisted man on Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry's U.S. Navy swift boat in Vietnam, Clearwater resident Del Sandusky, will visit three north central Florida sites next Wednesday.

Sandusky will visit with UAW retirees on 4301 Maricamp Rd., from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., be at the Disabled American Veterans Center (Chapter 85) at 9892 SE 58th Ave., from 3-5 p.m. before concluding his visit at the Unified Training Center at 809 North University Ave., in Gainesville from 7-9 p.m.

Sandusky was born in a farming community in Streator, Ill., in December of 1943. His father worked for the Santa Fe railroad and the moved to Florida in 1957 where Del attended Dunedin Middle School.

He joined the Navy in 1961 and began his first tour of Vietnam in 1964. He volunteered and was assigned to the "river boat squadron" in 1965 and spent 1966 in Da Nang on the river. He began his second tour in spring of 1968 and John Kerry came onto the swift boat in January of 1969. He was there throughout Kerry's service and beyond.

He is a retired computer technician.

"He will be here to answer any and all questions about the man who saved his life and whose life he saved," said Bob Van Heyde, a local Kerry supporter.


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Damage control. I bet Kerry's camp is doing this in a lot of retirement areas.
1 posted on 08/15/2004 5:53:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Where have I been? Rassmun I knew about, but Kerry saved Sandusky's life too?


2 posted on 08/15/2004 5:57:24 AM PDT by YaYa123 (@What A Guy.com)
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To: YaYa123

I caught that also.


3 posted on 08/15/2004 5:59:03 AM PDT by Dog ( Attention: Everyone check their briefcase for their "magic" secret agent hat... That is all.)
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To: YaYa123; Dog

That's just a pre-programmed response from a Kerry suppoter. "Quotes for Kerry Dummies" will be out soon.


4 posted on 08/15/2004 6:03:17 AM PDT by hobson
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Joe Brower; Matchett-PI

It would be great to hear what this crewman has to say in an unscripted environment where the handlers can't have as much control. First and foremost, let's hear about the trips to "Cambodia." Even knowing who accompanies this guy will be instructive. Any chance there is a FReeper in the area?


5 posted on 08/15/2004 6:04:46 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (When it came to Intelligence, Kerry was absent)
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To: YaYa123

Oh! They're coming out of the woodwork.

Here's a bit from the Boston Globe (Letter to Editor)

GREEN WALL OF SILENCE.....We have all heard about the blue wall of silence, the belief within the law enforcement community that any officer who blows the whistle on another officer's misbehavior is a traitor and a cop hater. We hear stories about cops being pressured by other cops to commit perjury to cover up another policeman's misdeeds. It is a common theme in the news, on TV dramas, and in film.

As someone who served in the US Army from 1969 until 1996, I can attest to the green wall of silence that exists within the US military. Any service member who publicly exposes the misbehavior of another service member is immediately labeled a traitor to the country.....


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2004/08/15/the_green_wall_of_silence/


6 posted on 08/15/2004 6:05:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Where have I been? Rassmun I knew about, but Kerry saved Sandusky's life too?

Oh, absolutely, dude. Right after he beat the holy living poo outta Doctor Octopus. :)


7 posted on 08/15/2004 6:08:24 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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"He will be here to answer any and all questions ..."

I wish someone would show up and read the part from Kerry's Senate testimony about the war crimes (beheadings, etc.) that he accused our GIs of systematically committing, and ask Mr. Sandusky whether Sen. Kerry's sworn testimony was the truth or a lie.

8 posted on 08/15/2004 6:09:41 AM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

FReepers are in rare form today. LOL!


9 posted on 08/15/2004 6:11:06 AM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Knowing the bulldog mindset of some regular posters to this and other similar sites, by the time this clown gets up to speak, they will have given his entire military career a complete rectal exam and, if there are any holes in his story of service with Kerry, you can be sure it will be out there.
When you throw together a cover story, there's bound to be facts that have been overlooked. Without the internet and it's search capability, these people would get away with these alibi's. Not anymore.
10 posted on 08/15/2004 6:11:09 AM PDT by finnigan2
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To: NonValueAdded

The Kerry camp is trying to keep his campaign from vanishing from sight. They're both speaking at the VFW annual convention - Bush Monday, Kerry on Wed. Only I think Bush's speech is going to be more interesting and news worthy.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — President Bush is to announce on Monday that he supports a Pentagon redeployment plan and will withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in the most significant rearrangement of the American military since the end of the cold war, an administration official said Saturday.

The redeployment plan itself was first reported by The New York Times in early June.

Mr. Bush will also announce in a speech on Monday to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati that the withdrawal will affect an additional 100,000 military support staff and family members, who will leave the regions as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/politics/15MILI.html


11 posted on 08/15/2004 6:11:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: finnigan2

Bump!


12 posted on 08/15/2004 6:12:46 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
He began his second tour in spring of 1968 and John Kerry came onto the swift boat in January of 1969.

Is this just another lie??

13 posted on 08/15/2004 6:14:23 AM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"He will be here to answer any and all questions about the man who saved his life and whose life he saved," said Bob Van Heyde, a local Kerry supporter.

Perhaps some local, or not so local, Freepers could send some documentation to members of those three organizations Sandusky will be visiting, arming them with both the imformation we, and others have, and some to the point questions?

14 posted on 08/15/2004 6:14:58 AM PDT by G.Mason (A war mongering, red white and blue, military industrial complex, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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Where have I been? Rassmun I knew about, but Kerry saved Sandusky's life too?

??? New chapter in the Mitty tale?

15 posted on 08/15/2004 6:20:33 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: GailA; G.Mason

Bump!


16 posted on 08/15/2004 6:21:33 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The Alston Timeline (Captain Ed's Alston Never Served Under Kerry Followup)

Florida Freepers should pin him down about the truth of Alston NOT serving under Kerry.


17 posted on 08/15/2004 6:22:03 AM PDT by AmericaUnited (It's time someone says the emperor has no clothes.)
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To: GailA
Is this just another lie??

How dare you question the wartime exploits of John Effin' Kerry and Del "Who?" Sandusky: THE WONDER TWINS!


18 posted on 08/15/2004 6:22:30 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; MeekOneGOP; onyx; My2Cents; JohnHuang2; Dog Gone; Dog; isthisnickcool; ...

Ping


19 posted on 08/15/2004 6:25:05 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: GailA
He began his second tour in spring of 1968 and John Kerry came onto the swift boat in January of 1969.

Kerry may have become OIC of PCF 93 on January 30, at the earliest. So it might not be a lie.

But, unless I'm misreading the dates, the first February after-action report for PCF 94 (still available on Kerry's website --- download it while you can!) is on February 13. And Kerry's old boat, PCF 44, was involved in operations in the interim.
20 posted on 08/15/2004 6:37:56 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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