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Kerry's Quagmire (another brilliant Steyn column)
The Spectator ^ | August 28 2004 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 08/28/2004 5:48:43 AM PDT by Pitiricus

I have no views on whether one or more of John Kerry’s bemedalled wounds from the Mekong Delta 35 years ago were self-inflicted — though the Kerry campaign, in its second big concession to his chastisers, now says his first Purple Heart-earning wound might have been ‘unintentionally self-inflicted’. But there’s no doubt every wound from the last 35 days is self-inflicted, beginning with the candidate’s disastrous decision at the Democratic Convention to play up Vietnam and play down Iraq, 9/11 and anything else that happened in the last 30 years. Since then Kerry’s shot himself in the foot so many times he ought to put in for a good dozen more Purple Hearts....

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/28/2004 5:48:44 AM PDT by Pitiricus
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To: Pitiricus

This one is Treason!

You just do not realize how sick jfk is until you read this.

VVAW worked with the NV to get US not to bomb NV troops during an attck by NV.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201299/posts

And this one go to 54
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201386/posts


2 posted on 08/28/2004 5:58:27 AM PDT by stockpirate (Real issue is Kerry attended meeting where VVAW discussed killing 7 US Senators! 11/71)
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To: Pitiricus

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/web_of_connections.pdf

check out this link

I got it in my email today from the Kerry campaign.

They really want to keep this issue alive.


3 posted on 08/28/2004 5:59:23 AM PDT by alisasny ("I will leave no hampster behind" John F'en Kerry : ))
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To: Pitiricus

Arggg. I love Steyns work but dont wish to provide the spectator with ANY personal info


4 posted on 08/28/2004 6:01:00 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife

Try www.bugmenot.com


5 posted on 08/28/2004 6:02:17 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
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To: alisasny

Are you gonna post reports from midtown today?


6 posted on 08/28/2004 6:03:52 AM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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To: stylin_geek
Try www.bugmenot.com

Rats! First time I've ever tried that, and none of the passwords worked.

7 posted on 08/28/2004 6:06:10 AM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: prion

bugmenot didnt work for me either


8 posted on 08/28/2004 6:09:31 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: prion

Try this one:

username: i_will_not_register@yahoo.com

password: password


9 posted on 08/28/2004 6:10:01 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
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To: stylin_geek
That was the first one I tried. Maybe the Spectator has a gate to ensure two people don't log into the same account at the same time.

I'll try later.

10 posted on 08/28/2004 6:11:41 AM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: stockpirate
I going to find this out. It should be real easy with you guys directing me.

According to Schacte, on Kerry's first PH both Schacte and Hibbard denied Kerry's request for a PH...

Who authorized or granted Kerry's first PH and why?

11 posted on 08/28/2004 6:15:08 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Do you just think I fell off a turnip truck?)
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To: sirchtruth

I don't know the answer to this, I would suggest you try one of the posts concerning his medals in keywords.

My focus is the VVAW and FBI files.


12 posted on 08/28/2004 6:19:33 AM PDT by stockpirate (Real issue is Kerry attended meeting where VVAW discussed killing 7 US Senators! 11/71)
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To: stylin_geek; prion
I was probably the one blocking prion using the bugmenot accout "i_will_not_register". I believe they have the gate as described.

Steyn is a genius. I wish I could write half as well as he does. If he speaks as well as he writes, he should have his own tv/radio show.

13 posted on 08/28/2004 6:20:35 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (Kerry: Like Gruber from McHale's Navy TV - Always after a Purple Heart)
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To: Pitiricus

And get a load of this one.

From the Washington Post, another Kerry lie is revealed:

The Kerry campaign has refused to release Kerry's personal Vietnam archive, including his journals and letters, saying that the senator is contractually bound to grant Brinkley exclusive access to the material. But Brinkley said this week the papers are the property of the senator and in his full control.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201591/posts


14 posted on 08/28/2004 6:23:33 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: mylife

check your security settings (cookies). bugmenot didn't work for me until I adjusted security..


16 posted on 08/28/2004 6:32:54 AM PDT by bronxboy
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To: stockpirate
The minute you start running ads demanding that voters ‘tell George W Bush to stop telling lies about what a weally weally big war hero I am’, you sound ridiculous. Especially when your opponent is a guy who’s never complained about anything – not the ‘Bush is Hitler’ stuff, not the ‘Bush knew about 9/11 in advance’ stuff, not even the comparatively mild Michael Moore slur that he’s a moron so paralysed without his minders that he continued reading My Pet Goat to Florida grade-schoolers for a full seven minutes on September 11. Kerry himself made sneering cracks about the pet goat business, and Bush didn’t whine about it.
17 posted on 08/28/2004 6:33:48 AM PDT by John Thornton
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To: prion

I just used bugmenot also. What #9 posted works.


18 posted on 08/28/2004 6:34:29 AM PDT by Condor51 (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -- Gen G. Patton Jr)
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To: Pitiricus

Outstanding write-up!

Hate "registering" for access, but had fun providing a bunch of phoney data.


19 posted on 08/28/2004 6:35:09 AM PDT by G Larry (Support John Thune!)
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To: John Thornton

My guess is Kerry is sinking fast and they know it, both the R's and the D's. Look for Hillery to take up the banner of pres.for the D's.....


20 posted on 08/28/2004 6:36:30 AM PDT by stockpirate (Real issue is Kerry attended meeting where VVAW discussed killing 7 US Senators! 11/71)
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