The American voting public can be divided into two groups: those who are old enough to remember Vietnam, and those who aren't.
Those who aren't, are really, really, really, REAAAaalllly bored with Kerry for getting himself mired in something they wouldn't know how to care about even if they wanted to.
Those who are, can be divided into two groups: those who just want to forget about Vietnam, and those who don't.
Those who do, are really, really, really, REAAAaalllly peeved with Kerry for reminding them of something they just wish they could forget about.
Those who don't, can be divided into two groups: those who approve - for whatever reason or reasons - of Kerry's involvement in Vietnam, and those who don't.
Those who approve, are the only group of voters whom Kerry and the old media and everyone else (and that includes the Swift Boat veterans) are **NOT** alienating from Kerry by trying to turn the 2004 election into a referendum on Vietnam (and in the case of the Swift Boat veterans, I'm sure they're doing it deliberately, because the poisonous little toad has just delivered himself right into their hands).
Anyone care to guess on how the numbers fall out, w/r/t how many people are going "positive" on Kerry, based on the above breakdown, vs. how many are going "negative"????
Just keep it up, ketchup boy... nice move, standing up there and yelling VIETNAM VIETNAM VIETNAM VIETNAM!! over and over. Unfortunately for you, you sorry sack of schumer, you made the worst kind of enemy you could possibly have made, during and after Vietnam: American combat veterans. Then, instead of keeping your mouth shut and forcing them to go on the offensive and then just ignoring them, which *might* have allowed you to salvage your credibility with the electorate, you ran right out and started braying about your "Vietnam Service" - and ran right into the ambush. Now, your fellow veterans whom you betrayed, have got you right where they've wanted you for the last 30 years: exposed and surrounded. As the old Rumanian proverb goes, "Every bird dies by his tongue".
I'm really glad you opened your arrogant yuppie yap and screwed yourself. I love watching liberals squirming like rats, impaled on the truth.
How many versions is Rassman going to tell on this. This is his version at the convention. Was he on Kerry's boat or not?
Spoke: Thursday, July 29
Jim Rassman
Rassman is joined by other Kerry crewmates on stage in Boston, July 29, 2004. (Photo: AP )
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Former Army Green Beret Jim Rassman joined a dozen other of John Kerry's Vietnam crewmates on the convention stage in the lead-up to the candidate's address.
Rassman told the convention he wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for Kerry. In a March 1969 ambush, Kerry led his swift boat through heavy fire on the waters of the Mekong Delta and pulled Rassman to safety after Rassman’s own swift boat was blown to pieces.
Kerry, who was wounded that day, earned a Bronze Star for valor.
Rassman, a registered Republican, called up John Kerry’s campaign before the Iowa caucuses to volunteer to help. He told delegates he'd seen Kerry's "bravery and leadership under fire," and that he would be "a great commander-in-chiefWell, for voters who don't read Kerry promotional articles and testimonials or watch TV, here's a diagram! They'll be 'guiding' our hands in the voting booth next. Oh, I forgot, they did that last time. Not to worry, Kerry will think up something else to steal the election.