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Rassmann opens veterans counter for Kerry (getting "very irritated")
wqad.com ^ | August 18, 2004 | AP

Posted on 08/18/2004 9:44:27 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

DES MOINES, Iowa Jim Rassmann, who credits John Kerry with saving his life while under fire in Vietnam, is countering new commercials challenging the Democratic nominee's war record.

Rassmann, a former Special Forces officer, is in Iowa today. It's his first visit to the state since January when he was reunited with Kerry after more than 30 years.

His visit, which started in Cedar Rapids this morning, comes as another group of Vietnam veterans airs T-V ads accusing Kerry of fabricating his war record.

Rassmann says he has little patience for it and it's starting to be "very irritating."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: johnkerry; kerry; rassmann; veterans; vietnam
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1 posted on 08/18/2004 9:44:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Rassmann says he has little patience for it and it's starting to be "very irritating."


Translation= you, the little people are only free to do as you are told so be quiet and clap for him.


2 posted on 08/18/2004 9:46:17 AM PDT by saveliberty (Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Remember - of all the people who served in Vietnam, only Rassmann is allowed to have an opinion.

Everyone else has to accept whatever Jimmy has to say.

3 posted on 08/18/2004 9:48:04 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: saveliberty

4 posted on 08/18/2004 9:48:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Maybe Rassmann will address the charges instead of relying on his status as a former member of the military.

Or maybe not. Maybe he'll continue to kiss Kerry's plebeian Marxist butt and continue to be very "irritated."

5 posted on 08/18/2004 9:48:41 AM PDT by Reactionary
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Truth hurts, eh Rassman?

Rassman... who never served with kerry, either.


6 posted on 08/18/2004 9:48:58 AM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: wideawake

He's invested all his credibility in Kerry.

A very bad investment.


7 posted on 08/18/2004 9:49:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rassmann says he has little patience for it and it's starting to be "very irritating."

Irritating? Chafing a bit, Jimmy? Munch another chocolate chip cookie and jump in the lake. Only this time, your buddy won't be there to pull you out.

Maybe the pressure of knowing he falsified a report is getting to him, and NOT the ad.

8 posted on 08/18/2004 9:49:27 AM PDT by Use It Or Lose It (Ho, Ho..John K..how many lies did you tell today? Ho, ho..John K..how many lies did you tell today?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rassmann says he has little patience for it and it's starting to be "very irritating."

What incredible irony. I find MoveOn.Org's misleading ads and Michael Moore's fictional "Fahrenheit 9/11" to be extremely irritating. Does that mean I can expect them to be removed from public view, Herr Rassmann?

No? Well, then TOUGH. Grow a thicker hide, chimp.

9 posted on 08/18/2004 9:50:31 AM PDT by Prime Choice (I remember when John Kerry last lied to us. It is seared into my mind.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

LOL! Back here in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts, even his own partisans call him "Just For Kerry" and "Do You Know Who I Am?"


10 posted on 08/18/2004 9:50:59 AM PDT by saveliberty (Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Watch out for the swiftboats.net site. It is grossly inaccurate. It lists kerry as having been on PCF-66 (which he wasn't on) for his entire 4 months there. It doesn't list him as being on PCF-44 and PCF-94 (the ones he really was on).


11 posted on 08/18/2004 9:51:18 AM PDT by Bob
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Rassman... who never served with kerry, either

I thought he was on Kerrys boat when Kerry ran like a scared pussy when swift boat 3 hit the mine causing Rassman to fall off the back of Kerrys boat? Whats the story?

12 posted on 08/18/2004 9:51:39 AM PDT by Bommer (John Kerry is a Vietnam Traitor)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Rassmann "served" with Kerry as a passenger for two days. Who knows him better? If he had got on the Chenoweth boat just ten yards away, he would be singing a different song today.


13 posted on 08/18/2004 9:51:55 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Reactionary
***There is also a serious contradiction inherent in the umbrage that some seem to take - or feign - when someone dares to suggest that the old soldier has no clothes. To question the veracity of a man's claims about his service is beyond the pale, is the thinking. But the problem is that to believe the Senator is to disbelieve his critics, who are also veterans. And that's what it boils down to: if Kerry is telling the truth, the Swiftboat Veterans are lying. If the Swiftboat Veterans are telling the truth, Kerry is lying. The harsh reality is that a lying veteran, or veterans, is/are in our midst. And since one of these veterans wants to take the helm of our nation during the most dangerous time in our history, we'd better not let specious ideas about the sanctity of military service prevent us from uncovering the truth.

But what is that truth? Was Kerry the Audie Murphy of Vietnam, or the just the little man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz? Let's examine some of what O'Neill and Corsi tell us in their book about the John Kerry reality behind the John Kerry myth.*** The Kerry Files: The Young Opportunist's Handbook

14 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If you can't stand the heat Chips Ahoy Boy, then get the hell out of the kitchen.


15 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:10 AM PDT by Jenya (Removed a brutal dictator, liberated millions....our thriving economy....Yep, it's Bush's fault.)
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Rassmann says he has little patience for it and it's starting to be "very irritating." The Vietnam vet adds,"Why won't the massess accept our spoon-fed revionist history".


16 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:16 AM PDT by BlackRain
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To: saveliberty

Rassmann is very irritating, but he owes the guy who pulled him out of the water. I understand the loyalty, even if we see it as misplaced.


17 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:24 AM PDT by doug from upland (John Kerry is a sports fan like Lorena Bobbitt is a surgeon)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That free speech, so very irritating. We must just listen to you, you know all, eh, Rassman?


18 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:45 AM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Maybe Jimbo can explain how he can describe the Bronze Star incident when he says he was on the bottom of the river through almost all of it.
19 posted on 08/18/2004 9:52:52 AM PDT by colorado tanker (shove it!)
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To: Bob

Thanks for the caution about:
COASTAL SQUADRON ONE Swift Boat Crew Directory information.

I was wondering if the email address could be used to get and give some information.


20 posted on 08/18/2004 9:54:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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