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Kerry's showing he just can't take the heat
Chicago Sun Times ^
| September 5, 2004
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 09/04/2004 5:44:17 AM PDT by visagoth
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Kerry just keeps owning himself everytime he opens his mouth. I think the UNFIT sticks - and he oughta wear it.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:44:17 AM PDT
by
visagoth
To: visagoth
i>At any rate, less than 60 minutes after President Bush gave a sober, graceful, droll and moving address, Kerry decided to hit back. In the midnight hour, he climbed out of his political coffin, and before his thousands of aides could grab the garlic from Teresa's kitchen and start waving it at him, he found himself in front of an audience and started giving a speech. As in Vietnam, he was in no mood to take prisoners: ''I have five words for Americans,'' he thundered. ''This is your wake up call!''
Even Dick Morris stated tha he is voting for Bush and that Bush made a great speech.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:47:20 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
("Kerry, backed by, supported by, lead by, funded by, admired by, COMMUNISTS!" It's about VVAW)
To: visagoth
I started laughing hysterically. John F*ckin is really THAT bad. I mean the guy is Central Casting's idea of a candidate who does the wrong thing and trips over his words at the wrong time. You have to see Kerry in person to appreciate he's screwed up the wrong way and at the famous midnight rally he looked like he was on a bender. Hey, if Kerrycula wants to emerge from his political coffin for more late night campaign stops, I'm all for it. Kudos to Mark Steyn for bring us another dead on satire of a candidate going nowhere - like um, on his windsurfer board when there's no wind to push it forward. (laughing hard)
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:49:43 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: visagoth
Kerry decided to hit back. In the midnight hour Wait until the debates. Holy Moses! President Bush will be all calm, and Kerry will come apart at the seams. I believe his true self will show through when he has to go one-on-one with President Bush.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:49:48 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Donate to Swift Boat Vets. "I" did!)
To: stockpirate
No one has the right to insult Kerry, except possibly Teresa, and only on the day she gives him his allowance.
Priceless.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:50:00 AM PDT
by
visagoth
(If you think education is expensive - try ignorance)
To: stockpirate
Here is the kind of liar that Kerry is: Kerry titles his book "Tour of Duty" for his service in Vietnam. He also claims that he had TWO tours of duty in Vietnam (because of his time on the USS Gridley).
John Kerry was in Vietnam (for 4 months) and yes he was on the deep-water coast of Vietnam on the USS Gridley (for a few weeks), but he did not serve a tour in Vietnam.
A Tour in the Nam was 12 months, one year, 365 days, one trip around the sun. Guys would count down the days until their time was up. It was a big deal. When you only had a few weeks to go until your 12 months was up, you were "SHORT", going home soon. When you broke 100 days you were a Double Digit. A Single Digit Vet (less than 10 days to go) could be found in his hooch packing.
This issue is important for this reason. John Kerry knows that he didn't serve a Tour, let alone TWO Tours, in Vietnam yet he brazenly reports that he did.
One might argue 'Well, the time that Kerry spent in Nam was HIS tour, so what is the big deal"?
If that is your argument then Kerry should have named his book "My Time in Nam" or something. Not give the impression that he spent a tour in Nam. AND, there is NO excuse for his claim for TWO TOURS in Nam. It is John Kerry spinning the truth to make himself something that he is not.
As far as Unfit for Command is concerned, I have read it. The Swifties could care less if John Kerry got medals, their issue is the same as what I explained above (and the fact that Kerry smeared their good name with his lies) and that is that Kerry diverts from the truth to make himself into something that he is not so much, that he cannot be trusted.
Kerry embellished his After Action Reports to get medals that he didnt deserve. He fabricated accusations when he came back from Vietnam when he spoke before the Senate Intelligence Committee when he said that his fellow Vietnam Veterans committed atrocities. He has never provided any proof that his accusations were true, and in fact now admits that his accusations were over the top. Over the top? They were untrue! And his falsifications harmed POWs, their families, and Vietnam Veterans in general.
POWs who were in North Vietnam prison camps when Kerry was telling his fabricated stories to the Senate and the American public to bolster his political ambitions were tortured and threatened to be placed on trial as War Criminals. POWs were told by their captors You will never go home because of Kerrys fabrications. Kerrys untrue accusations are unforgivable.
General Vo Nguyen Gaip , the Commanding officer of the North Vietnamese Military and Bui Tin who served on the General Staff of the North Vietnam Army and received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975 both claim that North Vietnam was poised to negotiate a surrender because of the Communists military failures during the 1968 Tet Offensive and thereafter. But because of the Anti-War movement in America (led by Jane Fonda and John Kerry) they felt that the Demonstrations gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses."
America was kicking the Communists butt in every battle. General Westmoreland had the Communists number and was winning the war. Americas pullout of Vietnam was due to Kerry and his group of Demonstrators. Kerrys ant-war activities played a very significant part in causing America to lose the war in Vietnam.
Because of John Kerry and others like him there are more names on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D. C. than there otherwise would have been. There was also the slaughter of 3.5 million South Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians when America pulled out that is significantly attributable to John Kerry and his now admittedly over the top accusations. John Kerry has blood dripping from his untrue accusations.
When I returned home to Los Angeles from Vietnam in 1971 my head was spinning as I walked through the Terminal at LAX, thinking about the culture of war that I had just left while looking around at the opulence in America. When I stepped outside onto the sidewalk a group of Longhairs walked by and one of them spat on me while the others called me a Baby Killer. I feel that the treatment that I received, and have lived with for the past 33 years, was due to John Kerry and his lies.
John Kerry does not have the moral integrity, honesty, or judgment to be the Commander-In-Chief of the worlds most powerful military. John Kerry IS, unfit for command.
Vietnam Veteran
Mekong Delta 1970-1971
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:51:16 AM PDT
by
Viet-Boat-Rider
(((KERRY IS A NARCISSISTIC LIAR, GOLDBRICKER, AND TRAITOR!)))
To: visagoth
Great post. Steyn should be required reading in schools. Kerry really is an utterly self-centered human being. It's all about him all the time. He stands for nothing but himself. He can't stand the rigors of a poltical campaign. So how can he stand the rigors of war?
To: visagoth
I heard a rumor that the Salvadoran immigrant that dries Kerry's feet (essential after a day of wind surfing) is voting for Senor Boosh.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:51:45 AM PDT
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
To: visagoth
I think KnKerry will be so thrown off message during the debates that his head will spin off. LOL!
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:51:48 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Donate to Swift Boat Vets. "I" did!)
To: stockpirate
I have five words for Americans,'' he thundered. ''This is your wake up call!
Geeeeez! Kerry wants to run a trillions econony and now we find Kerry can't count to six.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:52:50 AM PDT
by
hflynn
To: visagoth
Some say that FnKerry had a few too many martini's that night. Makes one wonder, doesn't it?!
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:54:18 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Donate to Swift Boat Vets. "I" did!)
To: visagoth
Kerry is running his kamikaze kandidacyROFLMAO!! Doubly so, since this is showing up in the "old media".
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:54:52 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Hey folks, the Crusade is underway. Time to realize it or die.)
To: visagoth
First thing I read this morning. Great way to start the day!
To: stockpirate
This is from Dick Morris!
Dick Morris
Sometimes a strategist just has to sit back and gasp
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | UNTIL President Bush began his speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention, the goal of the United States' anti-terror policy was perceived by a largely supportive public as a bid to assure safety. With a rhetorical flourish worthy of the great speeches of all time, George W. Bush has transformed the war into a battle for liberty.
In a speech that was at once eloquent and substantive, sensitive and dynamic, profound and familiar, Bush has risen to a level few presidents have ever reached.
Sometimes a strategist just has to sit back and gasp. Occasionally, a seasoned political observer needs to realize that he has seen something extraordinary. Tonight, Bush made me feel like that.
The speech satisfied every single political need. He contrasted with Kerry without appearing negative. He demonstrated emotion without pandering. He rose to a level of substantive specificity without becoming wonkish.
The Bush speech was akin to a State of the Union speech, surveying the landscape of American issues and articulating a proactive agenda for the next four years. But, like his stirring address to Congress in the aftermath of 9/11, he issued a ringing declaration for freedom, injecting the historic concept of freedom into the center stage in the 2004 election.
In recent times, Al Gore's 2000 convention speech holds the record for the largest vote swing as a result of an acceptance speech. But Bush left the Gore rhetoric in the dust. Summoning a poetry unusual in American politicians and unique among those who now run for office, Bush reached into each of our souls and brought forth an emotional response that only a glorious speech could summon.
He combined dignity and simplicity. His style reminded one of FDR's Fireside Chats, explaining policies in a philosophical context. He pulled his litany of programs together, labeling them an "ownership society." He explained his education agenda with a wisdom and insight that experts in the field and parents alike must find compelling. And he explained to each of us what the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are about.
He elaborated the domestic Republican agenda and explained its relevance to men and women trying to raise children and workers seeking better jobs, secure retirements and access to health care. In a party largely devoid of issues ever since Clinton passed welfare reform and balanced the budget, and since crime dropped and Reagan defeated communism, Bush outlined an agenda for the future which, at last, competes with the Democratic promises and spending.
I voted for Gore in 2000, as a true child of the Clinton era. But I decided to vote for Bush on Sept. 12, 2001 when I saw how he handled the threat we face. I used to back Bush because he offered safety; now I support him because he summons us all to an ideal. Before he spoke, supporting Bush was a duty one owed to the fallen. Now, it is an honor.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:55:50 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
("Kerry, backed by, supported by, lead by, funded by, admired by, COMMUNISTS!" It's about VVAW)
To: hflynn
There's something hilarious about saying that at midnight. Kerry is a bad Peters Sellers. And he makes Inspector Clouseau look downright respectable.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:55:54 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: JeeperFreeper
I thought for a while that Howard Dean was going to be 'the one', but the DNC thought better I guess. This guy is going to be even easier to beat than Dean.
Kerry must be pathological. He's so far removed from the realities of democratic politics than he was from the interior of Cambodia. Instead of those military records the SBVFT are calling for, I think we should be more interested in seeing his medical ones, they may be quite telling.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:55:56 AM PDT
by
visagoth
(If you think education is expensive - try ignorance)
To: visagoth
It would be very difficult for John Kerry to encourage a "Return to Normalcy" in the wake of the event at that school in Russia.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:56:13 AM PDT
by
Bernard
(Let Freedom Reign)
To: visagoth
Great article by Steyn.
The new season of Saturday Night Live starts tonight. Kerry has provided a ton of good fodder. Can't wait to see what they do to him.
To: visagoth
'Three years on, the two conventions drew the same distinction. If you want passivity and wallowing in victim culture, the Dems will do. If you want to win this thing, Bush is the only guy running.'
That last paragraph nails it.
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posted on
09/04/2004 5:57:22 AM PDT
by
mathluv
(Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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