[Jenya]

Kerry is pathetic. If this weren't such a serious issue, it would be funny.

But it's not.

[Ruth A.]

Another good post.

[jnarcus]

You always find such great posts...thanls for all the hard work and due diligence....The truthe ashall set us free. GET OUT THE VOTE ( but only if it is for Bush)

[PhilDragoo]

[Diver Dave]

but, but, but, JF'nK told us he spent Christmas in Cambodia.

There are two pathological liars in the news these days.
John "Flipper" Kerry and Scaught Peterson.
One wants to fulfill his date with destiny as President,
and the other just wants a date.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....But two of Kerry's crewmates -- Wasser and Zaladonis -- both told the Times the boat was in the vicinity of the Cambodian border and fought an engagement with a Viet Cong sampan on Christmas Eve day.

"We patrolled a river on the border," Zaladonis said last week. "Unless I'm out of my mind or mistaken, that river was part of the border."

There are no after-action reports that pinpoint where Kerry's boat was. But a file from Navy archives in Washington obtained by the Times provides support for both sides.

An entry in a monthly summary of engagements for December 1968 reports that on Christmas Eve, "PCF-44 fired on junk on beach. Results: one sampan destroyed."

The entry was made by then-Capt. Roy Hoffmann, the overall commander of Swift boats and now one of Kerry's most vocal critics. The entry contains a coordinate that points to an area about 40 to 50 miles south of the Cambodian border, near an island called Sa Dec.

The entry also notes that the incident took place at around 7 a.m., which would have given Kerry's boat 12 hours to make it to the Cambodian border by nightfall. At a cruising speed of 23 knots, the boat could have covered the distance in about two hours.

This would be consistent with the contention of Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan that Kerry was in Sa Dec but reached the Cambodian border later the same day.

Since the anti-Kerry ad first surfaced, Kerry's crewmates have fanned out in his defense. Along with Rassmann, crewmates Gene Thorson and Del Sandusky, leading petty officer with Kerry on PCF-94, decried the allegations as politically inspired "garbage." Star Tribune via the LA Times

[leadhead]

Instead of trying to emulate the Jack Kennedy Navy exploits to gain political cache, I would prefer Q-tip head to emulate the brave and honorable Adm. Michael Borda.

[Chieftain]

Click the logo to donate to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

[PogySailor]

Bump!