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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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To: alisasny
That democrat chart is proof they've become certifiably nuts. It looks like the type of convoluted psychotic fantasies put out by the Lyndon LaRouche crowd. Didn't the LaRouchees do a similar chart to "prove" the connection between the Queen of England and the Medellin Drug Cartel?

Sane people would see the straight-line, single-level connections between the Kerryites and their 527 attack machines. They won't obsess over the fantasized significance of the many times removed connections of the swifties.
21 posted on 08/28/2004 6:39:32 AM PDT by drpix
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To: bronxboy

Hey there it goes! Success! I had to reboot to get it to work


22 posted on 08/28/2004 6:48:40 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: stylin_geek

Thank you sir for the newspaper registration key.

You have done us a great service.


23 posted on 08/28/2004 6:48:43 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: stylin_geek

Thanks!


24 posted on 08/28/2004 6:50:02 AM PDT by 68skylark
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To: Baynative
Alternatively....

                    A fatigue be-medalled Beatle begging a murderer  .........

                   or perhaps discussing how to send Catholic charity money to the IRA

                   or "Why  did you leave Mary Jo in the Car?"

25 posted on 08/28/2004 6:51:15 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: Baynative
Alternatively....

" Mary jo? I was drunk and she wouldn't put out, so I just left her in the car after it ran off the road."

26 posted on 08/28/2004 6:55:27 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: stockpirate

Naw, they'd have to jump through WAY too many hoops to get H. on the ballot in the Nifty Fifty in two month's time. Besides that, do you think Edwards would allow it?


27 posted on 08/28/2004 6:58:38 AM PDT by JennysCool (Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.)
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To: stockpirate

And is anyone demanding to see Kerry's paystubs for those periods he was in the Naval Reserves?

It is curious that the LibMedia are again trying to harp on GWB's NG service, while trying to completely ignore Kerry's service or lack there of.


28 posted on 08/28/2004 7:03:58 AM PDT by TomGuy (After 20 years in the Senate, all Kerry has to run on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.)
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To: Pitiricus
‘About his service in Vietnam, is Kerry... Telling the truth 39% Exaggerating the truth 31% Lying 15%’

A Kerry guy spun that to me as great news: hey, only 15 per cent think he’s lying about his service record! Hang on, man, 46 per cent think he’s exaggerating or lying. Your boy’s negatives outweigh his positives on the sole issue you’ve chosen to define the man and his candidacy. Among independents — i.e., all those critical swing voters — 34 per cent think he’s telling the truth, and 48 per cent think he’s either exaggerating or lying.

He’s got a week off now for the Republican convention. If the Swift vets are still hounding Kerry by mid-September, he’ll be mired in a Vietnam quagmire of his own making. And, unlike the original, no matter how many hits you take, there’s no early release.

Brilliant

29 posted on 08/28/2004 7:05:07 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Peach

That excuse is about as bad as the trial balloon Kerry tried to float last weekend about Christmas in Cambodia being a secret CIA mission, 'thus, he couldn't talk about it'.


30 posted on 08/28/2004 7:12:25 AM PDT by TomGuy (After 20 years in the Senate, all Kerry has to run on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.)
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To: bert

No. "Mary Jo? Yeah, she put out, but then the b**ch got pregnant, so I got her drunk, crashed the car, and mopped up that problem."


31 posted on 08/28/2004 7:18:03 AM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: Baynative
"These people will fall for anything."
They fell for the bullsh*t about PT-109 and Camelot, and Marilyn Monroe and (on and on) - they fall for anyone with big hair and big teeth, believe you me. Most of them even fell for my Chappaquiddick story.
32 posted on 08/28/2004 7:19:46 AM PDT by afz400
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To: JennysCool
I think all that is required is a vote by the nominating committee of the D's
33 posted on 08/28/2004 7:29:25 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
Tired of the lamestream media and the DemocRATS 'smear the messenger' campaign? Do SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Do what Reagan did - GO AROUND THEM AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!

Get your own "EXPOSE KERRY'S FRAUD SWIFT BOAT VETERANS FOR TRUTH" STICKER!

I put this sticker on my truck the other day. I get lots of honks and 'thumbs up'!

The sticker serves 3 purposes:
1 - Shows visible support for "Swift Boat Veterans For Truth" to passing motorists, (encourages our side discourages the libs).
2 - Gets the swiftvets.com website visible to the public, so they can and find out more about 'Hanoi John' Kerry.
3 - Circumvents the lamestream media BIAS filter!

Made by fellow FReeper disabled vet who has a bone to pick with Kerry, like we all do!
Large (24" Wide 12" Tall) $20 (like mine above)
Small (12" Wide 6" Tall) $10
Profits go to SwiftVets.com

Ping your FRiends, let 'em know about this!

FReep mail / private reply for details on how you can get one for your vehicle!

35 posted on 08/28/2004 7:41:56 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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To: Pitiricus

"hundreds of other Swiftvets loathe him, and many of them are determined to stick to him like DNA to Monica’s dress."

LOL!!


36 posted on 08/28/2004 7:44:26 AM PDT by Max Combined
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To: stylin_geek; mylife; prion

You can read Steyn at http://www.steynonline.com/index.cfm


37 posted on 08/28/2004 8:03:31 AM PDT by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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To: fanfan

yeah I went to steynonline but had to register for the spectator article there as well


38 posted on 08/28/2004 8:19:19 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: afz400
"These people will fall for anything."
They fell for the bullsh*t about PT-109 and Camelot, and Marilyn Monroe and (on and on) - they fall for anyone with big hair and big teeth, believe you me. Most of them even fell for my Chappaquiddick story.
 
Yep they will buy anything. 

39 posted on 08/28/2004 8:32:45 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (I made my Fortune selling Sugar Coated Cat Turds on a Stick at the DNC Convention)
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To: Pitiricus

ping


40 posted on 08/28/2004 8:35:55 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Kerry/Edwards. A pig in a dress is still a pig.)
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