1971 Flashback: John Kerry admits to NYT he volunteered for Swift Boats to avoid war

The New York Times Archives (NO LINK) | April 23, 1971 | nwrep

[Republic]

This is one sick puppy.

[montag813]

So we started to beach our boats to go to ashore and find out what we had been shooting at."

How does one easily "beach" a prop boat like a Swift without wrecking the screws? This is no PBR we are talking about here.

[AlexW]

There is plenty of good information out there, but the MSM will never report it, and how many undecided voters read sites like NewsMax, WND, or Freerepublic ?
The MSM is too busy still looking for dirt on GWB and his guard duty.

It was my understanding that John Fing Kerry joined the navy
because it was not involved in any combat operations at the time, and never thought he would see any.

[zeaal]

Thanks for the find.

[PhilDragoo]

[Yaelle]

INTERVIEWER: We've had these battle of the ads, from Moveon.org, and the Swift vets Mr. Democratic spokesman, Which do you think is more likely, That George W. Bush is Hitler, or John Kerry exaggerated about his Vietnam experience?

Priceless. Bears repeating. I think if this played on tomorrow's Sunday shows, all FReepers everywhere would float up like that cartoon dog into ecstasy.

[Republic]

DISGUSTING.

This freak must have been afraid that POW's would be found, come home, and state how kerry's cowardly acts against Vietnam Vets, his WORDS in front of congress, crushed their spirits and embolded their captors.

[fuzzy122]

I thought the F-104 was more dangerous than the F-102. Am I wrong?

Yes the F-104 has a rating of 30.63. But the article didn't cover that aircraft.
BTW: I didn't write it. I only plagiarized it.
Er? uh? Quoted it.
Good eye. Now carry on.

Stay Strong
Fuzzy

[bjcintennessee]

ping

[tophat9000]

I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing." ...

Gee it's funny how lucky Kerry was that after not "want(ing) to get involved in the war" that when his mission changed and he was to be "involved in the war" for a years tour.... he just "lucked out" and got (un)involved in the war in four months... just like his luck to fall in love woman with alot of money....that Kerry is just one "lucky" guy