I can see it already. Bush 53%, Kerry 45% and four years of listening to liberals whine about how those awful Republican swifties sank Kerry. They'll be his Willie Horton. Kerry's stupid decision to run on a fraudulent war record will be ignored.
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Kerry must be kicking himself that he didn't get footage of his bullet ridden boat on that day.
Kerry claims his boat was damaged but it was his boat that towed back the damaged PCF-3. Does that make any sense?
The Swift Vets have stated that, when PCF-3 hit the mine, the other three boats (but not Kerry's boat) laid down machine fire on the shoreline for about 40 seconds until they realized there was nobody ashore.
In the meantime, Rassmann was, literally, up to his neck in the river and Kerry was zooming away from the action.
If you read other accounts Rassmussen claims he was "eating a chocolate chip cookie" when he fell overboard. If another boat had hit a mine earlier and the other three boats were laying down fire on the shoreline, why would this guy be calmly eating a chocolate chip cookie?
The most logical sequence of events is:
1. The five boats are proceeding down the river with Rassmussen eating his chocolate chip cookie.
2. PCF-3 hits the mine and the concussion is felt by all other boats.
3. Kerry goes to full throttle, roaring down the river, causing the cookie munching Rassmussen to lose his balance and fall overboard.
4. PCF-43, PCF-23 and PCF-51 are now rescueing PCF-3 and spraying the shore with machine gun fire while our intrepid Mr. Kerry is beating feet away from the action minus Rassmussen.
5. After 40 seconds, the PCF-43, PCF-23 and PCF-51 cease their fire. Someone taps Mr. Kerry on the shoulder and says, "Ummmmm.....Skipper.....The other three boats are engaged in a rescue, there is no more shooting and.....ummmmm......you left Rassmussen in the water bach there.
6. Mr. Kerry then turns around and fishes Rassmussen out of the water with his guns blazing.
7. The undamaged PCF-94 (Kerry's boat) then tows the damaged PCF-3.
8. Mr. Kerry then files an after action report whose version of the events is then used to award him his Bronze Star.
Can we get definite proof of this? I suspected this all along.
I hope fore the opposite: That Kerry will NOT drop out of the race. I want him to run and to lose. I don't want another Dem to take his place and increase their chances of winning.
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The MSM has already started turning on Kerry. The Bostpon Globe has recently published unflattering stores about him, Newsweek is backing away from him and, most recently, Helen "I've-got-Alzheimers-and-don't-care-how-I-show-it" Thomas turned on Kerry and his lies.
They are realizing that they can't bury this story much longer. I smell roasted Kerry turning on the spit.
How credible is this Burkett guy?
JF Kennedy's heroics warranted a stirring Hollywood movie, PT 109. JF Kerry's antics warrant a remake of "McHale's Navy".
“You have to realize that Gardner was an unusual member of the crew,” explains the author. “Gardner had a previous tour of duty on Swift Boats. He knew the right way to confront the enemy – not the Kerry way [steering to open water].”
America isn't ready for the Kerry Way either, and never will be - he is a pretty lousy Senator, just look at his senate record. Kerry is a playboy with lots of toys to play with leaving him little time to be a United States Senator - that he was ever elected is truly a blight against Massachusetts, a state where if history were still taught, the people should know how to tell a charlatan.